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Astoria Characters: The Corner-Eatery's Owner

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 01.05.2010 | New York

Read More: Andreas Andreou, Astoria, SUNY Geneseo, Pizza, Gyro, Queensborough Community College, Cyprus, Cyprus Corner, Ups, Flushing, New York News, Whitestone, Lemonia, New York News

Andreas Andreou hasn't had a break all day or a day off in more than a month, but he gladly steps behind the counter at Cyprus Corner to take the take-out orders.

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Postage and Other Economic Outrages Against Soldiers

Don McNay | Posted 12.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Military Families, US Soldiers in Afghanistan, Kentucky Guardianship Administrators, Working Class Families, Economic War, Bailouts, Christmas, Armed Services Committee, Fahrenheit 9/11, Working Class, Fort Campbell, Cnbc, Media Cycle, US Armed Services, Mutual Funds, Diana Henriques, Military, Army, Richmond Ky, Tiger Woods, HR 707, Check Cashing Companies, Air Force Marines, Postal Service, Navy, McNay Settlement Group, Popcorn, US Soldiers, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Federal Express, Postage Stamp, Senate Armed Services Committee, Congress, Support Troops, Fox Business News, House Armed Services Committee, Clu, Tiger Woods Mistresses, Soldiers, The American College, Lonely Soldier, Million Dollar Round Table, Fidelity Destiny Fund, NY Times, War Zone, Bobby Vinton, Ups, HR 2126, US Military, Main Street, Stars and Stripes, Iraq, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Fox, Media, Kentucky Guardianship Administrators LLC, Peter Lynch, Wall Street Bailouts, Unemployment, Postage, Financial Crisis, Trillion Dollar Deficits, Lily Tomlin, US Soldiers Iraq, Lexington, Fidelity Investments, Structured Settlement, Msfs, Chfc, Economic Crisis, Payday Lenders, Body Armor, Kentucky, Don McNay, Fort Knox, Usps, Contractual Mutual Fund, Dhl, Tiger Woods Affair, Letters, House Armed Service Committee, Cnn, Wall Street, Vanderbilt University, Tax Refund Anticipation Loans, Eastern Kentucky University, Certified Structured Settlement Consultant, Afghanistan, Michael Moore, Cssc, Annuity, Life Insurance, Too Big to Fail, Body Bag, Annuites, Walter Reed, hb404, Business News

America ships soldiers off to Afghanistan and Iraq for free. If you come back in a body bag, they ship that back for free, too. However, we make families who send soldiers socks, food and underwear pay shipping costs.

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The Problem With Bail-Outs

Nick Jefferson | Posted 11.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Bail Outs, Leadership, Ups, Obama, Bail Out, Management, Business News

Whether or not any of us thinks that bail-outs can be justified in principle, in practice they tend at best to reinforce poor management, and at worst they even reward it.

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UPS Employees Say They Were Forced To Lobby Against FedEx

Washington Post | Dan Eggen | Posted 09.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Fedex, Labor Unions, UPS Workers, Ups, UPS Lobbying, Business News

n an increasingly bitter Washington battle between the nation's two largest shipping companies, some unionized UPS workers say they are being forced t...

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A Conservative Sellout? Quelle Surprise

Thomas Frank | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fedex, Acu, Ups, David Keene, American Conservative Union, Chairman David Keene, Politics News

"David Keene is no conservative." That is what I predict Mr. Keene's brethren on the right will soon be saying about the longtime chairman of the American Conservative Union.

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Pay for Play - Conservatives Busted Again

Dave Johnson | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Conservatism, Pay for Play, Fedex Pay for Play, Fedex, Ups, Politico, American Conservative Union, Politics News

How much of what we see on TV, hear on the radio and read in newspapers or online as "conservative" or "centrist" opinion is actually paid for by corporate interests?

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American Conservative Union Responds To Politico's Pay-For-Play Story

Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 08.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Fedex, Americans for Tax Reform, Grover Norquist, Ups, American Conservative Union, David Keene, Acu, Pac, Business News

The American Conservative Union has sent out a press release today addressing Politico's story from this morning alleging a pay-for-play scheme betwee...

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UPS Bailout: FedEx's 'Brown Bailout' Media Campaign (VIDEO) (UPDATED)

Posted 08.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Fedex, UPS Bailout, FAA Reauthorization Act, Grover Norquist, brownbailout.com, Railway Labor Act, Ups, Brown Bailout, Fred Smith, Business News

UPDATED 5:29 p.m. FedEx has launched a full-fledged attack against a bill that it considers to be a bailout of its competitor, United Parcel Service...

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College Crunch Time: Dreams, Decisions, Drama

Darryle Pollack | Posted 05.13.2009 | Living

Read More: College Admissions, Parenting, Ups, Harvard, College, Living News

College crunch time is bad enough for a kid. It's far worse as a parent. Nothing hurts more than when your kid is rejected -- whether by a 4 year old on the playground or by Harvard.

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UPS: We Didn't Pull Advertising From "O'Reilly Factor"

Newsmax.com | Posted 05.07.2009 | Media

Read More: The O'Reilly Factor, UPS O'Reilly Factor, Ups, Bill O'Reilly, Media News

Did UPS back out as an advertiser on the popular "O'Reilly Factor" Fox News show, as MSNBC's Keith Olbermann reported last Tuesday? Absolutely not,...

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When Money Doesn't Talk

Marc Gunther | Posted 04.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Dov Seidman, Russ Roberts, Wikipedia, General Electric, Small Business, Ge, Proctor and Gambel, Careers, Herman Miller, Rsabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business Review, Southwest Airlines, Disney, Ups, Timberland, Google, Business News

Here's one answer: Instead of motivating people or trying to coerce them, companies can inspire them.

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Benefits of Landfill Gas Power For UPS Illustrated By Business Students

Greenbiz | Greenbiz Staff | Posted 10.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Landfills, Business School Students, Renewable Energy, Gasification, Electricity, Garbage Fuel, Green News, Methane Capturing, Ups, Energy, Trash Power, Alternative Energy, Green News

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- UPS could save more than $7 million by harnessing landfill gas for energy, according to a team of students from the University of ...

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Are These Energy-Saving Measures Wise... Or Wacky?

Andrew Winston | Posted 10.16.2008 | Green

Read More: School Day, No Left Turns, School Buses, Xerox, Innovation, Wal-Mart Sustainability, Ups, New Milk Jug, Staples, Green News

Some ideas, like Wal-Mart putting doors on refrigerated cases and cutting energy use 70% in that aisle, are head-slappingly obvious. But some wacky energy-saving ideas can be wise, too.

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UPS's Winning Bet On Big Brown

AP | STEVENSON JACOBS | Posted 05.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Ups, Big Brown, Kentucky Derby, The Preakness, Big Brown the Preakness, Big Brown Preakness, Business News

NEW YORK — A horse by any other name simply wouldn't have worked for UPS. Capitalizing on the buzz around thoroughbred racing's biggest event, ...

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Last-Minute Shoppers Worry About Shipping Rush

USA Today | Bruce Horovitz | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Last Minute Shopping, Shipping Fees, Circuit City, E-Tailing, Ups, USPS, Holiday Season, Net-Savvy Shoppers, Business News

Folks still fret over how many shopping days are left until Christmas. But Net-savvy shoppers worry about something else: How many shipping days? Aft...

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UPS Urinals Go Dry As Drought-Stricken Atlanta Answers, "What Can Brown Do For You?"

Bloomberg | Mary Jane Credeur and Laurence Viele Davidson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: UPS Headquarters, UPS Atlanta, Atlanta Drought, UPS Urinals, UPS, Business News

Urinals without water. Fountains without water. A waterfall without water. Dry is the goal as United Parcel Service Inc., Coca-Cola Co. and other com...

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