Some, like UPS, grew up as couriers and have added freight forwarding and customs brokerage services.

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The basics of freight forwarding have changed little since the 1970s.

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The 100-year-old UPS now has a broader array of services, including freight forwarding, heavy airfreight and logistics planning, and is taking full advantage of burgeoning international trade to fuel growth, says Bank of America analyst Scott D.

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This is a guest post by Stephen Flowers, president of global freight forwarding at UPS. A native of Canada, Flowers has worked for UPS since 1981, and his jobs there have included stints in Paris, where he managed southern Europe, including France, Italy, Portugal and Spain.

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The 100-year-old UPS now has a broader array of services, including freight forwarding, heavy airfreight and logistics planning, and is taking full advantage of burgeoning international trade to fuel growth, says Bank of America (nyse: BAC - news - people ) analyst Scott D.

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Another good Sarbox play, says Fox, is Sirva, a moving and freight-forwarding company.

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They saw off a rival bid from National Basketball Association team owner Mark Cuban and Houston freight-forwarding executive Jim Crane.

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By next year a quarter of Deutsche Post's turnover is expected to come from logistics (freight-forwarding and the like), up from almost nothing last year.

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Just about every major oil services company and at least one major integrated oil company have been swept up in an ongoing U.S. government investigation Swiss freight-forwarding company Panalpina World Transport Holding.

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Imagine that Tellabs is in the freight-forwarding business.

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