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Packages await delivery Dec. 19, 2018, inside a UPS truck in Baltimore. Parcel carriers are handling record deliveries during the pandemic and bumping against capacity constraints.

Amazon’s Prime Day drive for early holiday sales will push FedEx, UPS to the limit

October 15, 2020 at 1:41 p.m.

FedEx and United Parcel Service are girding for their biggest test yet in the e-commerce era, with "Christmas Creep" pushing the holiday shopping season ever earlier and stretching the limits...

Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett, seen here in a 2017 file photo, has expressed support for a hostile takeover of USG Corp's board.

Buffett seen mulling strong-arm tactics in Knauf’s USG showdown

May 1, 2018 at 11:44 p.m.

Berkshire Hathaway plans to oppose USG Corp.'s board nominees, backing a shareholder revolt that flared after the wallboard maker spurned a takeover bid from Germany's Knauf. USG shares jumped. Knauf,...

A Smith & Wesson .357 magnum revolver is displayed for customers to rent at the Los Angeles Gun Club on December 7, 2012 in Los Angeles. The gunmaker is considering changing the name of its holding company.

Gunmaker Smith & Wesson to drop 19th-century founders from name

June 9, 2018 at 4:06 a.m.

Smith & Wesson Holding Corp., maker of handguns carried by Civil War soldiers and Clint Eastwood's 1970s police character Dirty Harry, is looking to change its name. The board already...

Luxury seating and in-flight entertainment screens sit aboard a Piaggio Aero Industries Avanti Evo business jet on the opening day of the 51st International Paris Air Show in Paris on June 15, 2015.

Rise of private-jet ride sharing crimps new aircraft orders

June 9, 2018 at 6:29 a.m.

Thanks to new technology, flying in a private jet is no longer just for business titans and the superwealthy. But in a paradox, that means aircraft manufacturers like Cessna and...

Cashing out before higher taxes kick in: Investors see surge in special dividends

August 23, 2021 at 6:25 p.m.

Companies from Wynn Resorts Ltd. to IDT Corp. are paying special dividends at four times the pace of last year, helping investors stay a step ahead of tax rates poised...

Cashing out before higher taxes kick in: Investors see surge in special dividends

December 25, 2018 at 6:18 a.m.

Companies from Wynn Resorts Ltd. to IDT Corp. are paying special dividends at four times the pace of last year, helping investors stay a step ahead of tax rates poised...

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