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UPS Inc. may join its rivals in offering Saturday delivery for standard ground packages as the company adapts to surging online shopping and an increasing reliance on home-based customers.

UPS is adding 300 self-service package-pickup lockers across the country to solve a problem annoying both UPS and its customers: missed deliveries.

UPS Inc. reached a tentative agreement with the pilots union on a five-year labor contract after protracted negotiations over the last several years. Details of the agreement will not be released until it is presented to the UPS pilots.

UPS Inc., with its large international business, was cautious in its reaction to England’s decision to leave the European Union on June 24.

UPS driver Jason Harcrow, 39, was on the job about 3 p.m. June 14 when he saw an old blue farm truck speeding off, leaving a small dog in a cloud of dust.

UPS Inc., the world's biggest package-delivery company, plans to spend $176.5 million to overhaul its Columbus package and sorting operations to keep up with growing demand being spurred by e-commerce.

LONG BEACH, Calif. — UPS Inc. said that 125 of its hybrid electric delivery trucks have been updated with a new engine that extends their delivery range while improving fuel economy.

Parcel and logistics company UPS Inc. posted first-quarter increases in revenue and net income despite the mixed economic situation — nationally and internationally — and also acknowledged it might have to take a charge against earnings of about $3.5 billion related to a pension issue.

UPS Inc. signaled its continued interest in Hoofddorp, Netherlands- based package and freight carrier TNT Express — currently pledged to a merger with FedEx Corp. — by asking a European Union court to reverse a 2013 regulatory ruling that blocked UPS from acquiring TNT.