UPS' next-day air and "deferred delivery" volume still trails that of FedEx, but is gaining.

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Britain retains the Royal Mail's monopoly on the last-mile delivery for daily mail volumes under 4, 000 items (Express Dairies got its delivery licence because its volume is above the monopoly threshold).

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Even after decades of traveling the same streets, UPS is using global positioning satellites along with parcel-volume data to remap delivery areas.

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In this third version, the expected sales of the Galaxy S4 coupled with support for a streaming music service (available as a monthly subscription from inside the MusicHub) has resulted in 7digital increasing their capacity with a new content delivery network to cope with the upcoming volume.

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Another prize for delivery services to fight over is the growing volume of goods that are sold by Internet retailers.

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After a disappointing set of Q3 results from FedEx last week driven by overcapacity in the international freight industry and an unfavorable volume-mix in the express package delivery segment, we have adjusted our price estimate for the company.

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This revamping of health care delivery is unlikely to happen before payment models are realigned to favor value over volume.

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With one or two exceptions that do not stick it to taxpayers, the other prominent postal reform bills also count on transfers from taxpayers to the USPS. Some contain adjustments that would reduce costs, such as shortening mail delivery to five days a week, but those proposed changes are only band aids given the dim prospects for mail volume.

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