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01.27.12

UPS Announces Change in Pension Accounting Method

Adopts Simpler, More Transparent Mark-to-Market Methodology

UPS (NYSE: UPS) today announced an accounting change relating to expense recognition for company-sponsored pension and postretirement benefit plans. The new method, adopted in the fourth quarter of 2011, will result in simpler, more transparent financial reporting.

01.26.12

UPS Driver Achieves 50 Years of Safe Driving

4 Million Miles Traveled, 35 Million Packages Carried By Ron "Big Dog" Sowder

A young Navy vet who joined UPS in 1960 has just become the first driver in the company's history to pass the 50-year mark for safe driving as a member of UPS's "Circle of Honor."

01.24.12

UPS to Release 4th Quarter Results on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012

UPS (NYSE: UPS) will announce its fourth quarter results on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, at approximately 7:45 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.

01.18.12

Hoelting Named UPS Freight Sales SVP

John Fain Retiring After 30 Years of Service

Paul Hoelting, the vice president of corporate business development for UPS Freight (NYSE: UPS), has been promoted to the position of senior vice president of sales.

UPS Leadership

UPS Chairman and CEO, Scott Davis, discussed the need for more global trade to grow jobs in the United States and improve conditions around the world. "Where trade crosses borders millions of people see a better future, and that makes all of us safer." Learn More »

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