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23 Apr 2009 09:56

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Biz: Funny thing for UPS: When the economy slumps, people ship less

  • -56% dip for Brown, who hasn’t done much for us lately source
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08 Apr 2009 20:44

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World: Somali piracy? It’s like a business, really.

  • A lot of the vessels that had been taken have been previously released, so like any other businessman, when you’re out of stock, what do you do? You go and get more stock. The Somali pirates are businessmen.
  • Jim Wilson • Middle East correspondent for Fairplay International Shipping Magazine, on the recent increase in Somali pirate attacks in the last couple of weeks, after a slow period. They’ve made tens of millions of dollars this way, by the way. • source
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22 Mar 2009 23:21

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World: The day’s other big crash: A FedEx cargo plane in Japan (with video!)

Whoa. That’s freakin’ crazy! Let’s just say that we don’t like plane crashes. They suck. :( source
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