United Parcel Service

On a website touting September 22-26 as “3D Print Week,” United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS) said Monday it planned to begin offering 3D printing services at nearly 100 stores across the U.S. By installing a 3D printing service in many of its brick and mortar locations, UPS...

One big advantage brick-and-mortar retailers have had over Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and other e-commerce companies is “immediacy.” Customers could walk into a store, see something, buy it, and take it home. With Amazon, they have to place an order and wait for the package to arrive – anywhere from...

As United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) finishes up delivery of packages it failed to deliver for Christmas, some analysts were already talking about opportunities for competitors to “fill the breach.” Following criticism on social media, senior airfreight and logistics analyst, Anthony Gallo,...

"We're terribly sorry," United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) spokeswoman Natalie Black told CNN. Black’s comments were made in response to numerous complaints from customers who did not receive packages promised for delivery by Christmas. Black blamed recent severe weather in the Dallas area,...

Lots of quarterly reports are on deck this week, to go along with all the delayed economic data expected to be released. Analysts and investors should have plenty to mull over. Earnings highlights will include reports from AT&T, McDonald's, Microsoft and Netflix, which are all expected to post...

The analysts at UBS have added Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) and Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK) to their Dividend Rulers list. Two consumer goods companies already on the UBS list are Clorox (NYSE: CLX) and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ). UBS selects stocks for its Dividend Ruler list based...

The earnings crunch continues this week. Reports are due from the likes of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) and General Motors (NYSE: GM), which are expected to say their earnings were lower than a year ago. On the other hand, Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), Ford (...

Logistics and shipping company United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) announced early Friday that its second quarter earnings were set to miss forecasts due to over capacity. The company also sees weaker full year earnings as a result of the weak quarter. Overcapacity Causing Weakness For the second...

In the wake of upbeat presentations last week at Oppenheimer's 8th Annual Industrial Growth Summit in New York City, the firm has become more optimistic about the stocks of logistic services providers. In particular, the Oppenheimer analysts favor FedEx (NYSE: FDX), Landstar System (NASDAQ: LSTR...

The earnings crunch is in full swing this week. Some of the highlights include anticipated quarterly reports from the likes of Apple, Amazon.com and Ford, which analysts expect to report lower per-share earnings for the most recent quarter than a year ago. On the other hand, year-over year...

Many S&P 500 companies have already reported earnings, but there are still plenty of quarterly reports scheduled for the last week of January. Here is a quick look at what analysts expect to see from some of the most prominent reports due this week. Caterpillar Peoria, Illinois-based heavy...

There are lots more on the earnings calendar this week, including results from Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) for the three months that included the release of the iPhone 5. Monday Results from Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) and Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) will be the highlights on Monday, and analysts expect to see...

United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS), the world's largest package company - and ostensibly a bellwether of the state of U.S. and global economic activity - is scheduled to report second-quarter 2012 results Tuesday, July 23, before the U.S. market opens. Expectations Analysts on average predict that...

The earnings crunch rolls on. Analysts are looking for strong earnings growth in this week's quarterly reports from Apple, Caterpillar, Starbucks and Visa. But ConocoPhillips, Ford and Netflix are among those expected to post significantly lower per-share earnings, compared to the same period of a...