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UPS has announced it is changing its policy with respect to pregnant employees and will try to accommodate them with light duty work.

UPS Inc. expects holiday shipping volume to rise 11% to 585 million packages from last year, enough packages to circle the earth 4½ times.

UPS Inc. said it will increase its rates an average of 4.9% for package, less-than-truckload and airfreight delivery, effective Dec. 29.

UPS Inc. said it is expanding its backup package drop-off service, Access Point, to all major U.S. metropolitan areas by 2015.

UPS Inc. said it has purchased i-parcel to enhance management of fast-growing Internet purchases on an international basis.

UPS Inc. is working to convince e-commerce retailers not to offer free overnight shipping Dec. 23 to avoid the shipping delays that were seen last year, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Regulatory compliance, product security and cost management were the most commonly cited supply-chain concerns for the global healthcare industry in an annual survey by UPS Inc.

UPS Inc. said it plans to hire as many as 95,000 seasonal workers, an increase of nearly 75%, to handle increased peak season holiday shipments.

UPS Inc. said Ronald Chang has been named president of its UPS Capital business, which offers insurance and trade payment services, to succeed Bob Bernabucci, who is retiring after 41 years of service.