Holding Companies & Conglomerates

ATLANTA - October, 31, 2007 - In honor of its 100th birthday, UPS (NYSE:UPS) has created a Centennial Grants Fund and awarded $1 million to three global micro-lending organizations. The funds will be used to support programs for entrepreneurs on three continents, including ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.- October 25, 2007 - Sixty years ago, the wife of a Marine Corps Reserve officer handed her husband a hand-made doll and told him to give it to an organization that provided toys to poor children during the holidays. When he told her no such agency existed, s...

ATLANTA - October 15, 2007 - As UPS (NYSE:UPS) continues to celebrate its 100th birthday in 2007, its employees around the globe plan to devote thousands of hours giving back to their communities this week during the company’s annual Global Volunteer Week.

ATLANTA - October 8, 2007 - UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced it was adding 306 alternative fuel vehicles to its "green fleet" by placing an order for 167 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) delivery trucks while taking delivery of 139 new propane delivery trucks in North America. Ad...

ATLANTA - October, 2, 2007 - UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced the induction of 785 drivers into its elite Circle of Honor, raising the total number of active drivers who have steered clear of accidents for at least 25 years to 4,451.

Of the Circle...

ATLANTA - September 17, 2007 - The Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2008 Corporate Equality Index today awarded a score of 100 percent to UPS (NYSE:UPS), a first for the package and freight delivery industry.

The Human Rights Campaign, or HR...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 4, 2007 - Matt Lawrence, a veteran UPS logistician, has become the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) first loaned executive from private industry.

Lawrence, whose nine-month assignment begins today, will r...

SEATTLE - August 29, 2007 - Suzanne Richard, a UPS supervisor, grew up in an atmosphere of family violence and poverty. She had to learn to defend herself at a young age and left home at 17 in search of a better life. She later married, had a son and then a daughter who di...

ATLANTA - August 20, 2007 - UPS (NYSE:UPS) today released its fourth annual Corporate Sustainability Report tracking progress on the company’s economic, social and environmental objectives.

The report is based on 2006 data. UPS reports annual...

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 25, 2007--Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc., today announced it had welcomed its first corporate-sponsored appointee to the Legal Aid Fellowship Program, an attorney from UPS who has begun a four-month assignment.

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