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United Parcel Service said Wednesday it plans to hire more than 100,000 extra workers to help handle an increase in packages during the critical holiday season.

UPS has unveiled a battery-powered, four-wheeled cycle to more efficiently haul cargo in some of the world’s most congested streets and to reduce its carbon footprint. The company unveiled the tiny delivery vehicles Tuesday in New York City. It said a trial run is focused on the city and several places in Europe. The slimmed-down vehicles look familiar enough with...

Video surveillance allegedly shows the driver taking the packages from the South Loop UPS warehouse and then dropping them off at his Chicago home.

The big carriers such as FedEx, UPS and Amazon make lots of deliveries, and none of those packages are being shipped for “free.”

Xiaodi Hou co-founded autonomous-driving startup TuSimple in 2015, but he just took over as CEO and chairman of the board March 3.

U.S. stock futures rose Tuesday, pointing to multiday winning streaks for the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq.

A rocky start to 2022 has unnerved investors but three sectors — tech, health care and industrials — offer a lot of opportunity.

South Side native, Mike O’Donnell, began playing the bagpipes at 19 years old after being introduced to the instrument by his priest.

Netflix, UPS, TikTok, and Price Waterhouse Cooper have joined the long list of companies refusing to do business in Russia over their invasion of Ukraine.

A surge in jet fuel prices and limited capacity is making airfreight more expensive.

Target’s strategy to keep growing sales includes sweeter perks, a more robust ad strategy and ear piercing.

U.S.-based United Parcel Service Inc and FedEx Corp. announced on Sunday that they were suspending shipments to Russia, citing the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Officials for Canada, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy, Austria and Iceland all announced measures to further isolate Russia.

Some airlines are taking longer routes to avoid the conflict, adding to fuel costs.

Civilian flights within Ukraine were restricted through the end of Thursday, according to a notice to airmen.

The Postal Service’s plan would blunt the Biden administration’s pledge to replace its federal fleet of 600,000 cars and trucks to electric power.

“This is your chance to free yourself of those companies,” CNBC’s Jim Cramer said, one day after a dismal January closed out with a strong two-session rally.

These are the stocks posting the largest moves in midday trading.

FedEx COO Raj Subramaniam told CNBC it’s part of an ongoing commitment to HBCUs, including a $5 million donation in 2021.

U.S. stock futures pointed to a relatively flat open for the first trading day of February.