Once accused of using profits from its monopoly postal operations in Germany to fund predatory pricing in other services, Germany?s Deutsche Post had little trouble gaining approval of its acquisition of U.K.-based logistics provider Exel.

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As China’s economy continues its unbridled growth, it’s no surprise that the country’s international cargo market is also experiencing a boom. This growth is not only keeping AES Cargo’s offices in Beijing and Shanghai busy, but also having a positive effect on the company’s offices in Europe and the Middle East.

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TNT N.V. announced that its Express Division will acquire TG+, a leading Spanish domestic distribution company, subject to regulatory approval. The proposed acquisition of TG+ will expand and strengthen TNT?s domestic express business and fuel its international express business in Spain, a strategic market in Europe with high growth potential. At the same time, TG+ will further drive growth of TNT’s leading position in the premium express delivery market in Europe by providing better coverage in this key market.

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TNT announced that it is in the process of acquiring China?s leading freight and parcels transportation operator, Hoau Logistics Group, based in Heilongjiang. The deal is expected to be completed in the course of next year. Both companies have signed a Letter of Intent for this purpose. Through this acquisition, TNT will become the largest privately owned transportation network for freight and parcels in China. TNT already operates the largest distribution infrastructure in China with 140 operating facilities, covering 2.4 million square metres of warehouse space across 600 cities.

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TNT N.V. announced a broad range of initiatives that will sharpen its strategic focus on its core competency of providing delivery services by managing transport networks like Mail, Express and Freight Management. Key resulting initiatives include exiting its logistics business and a ? 1 billion share repurchase which commences at tuesday.

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The Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) industry?s latest fascination is the ongoing cost reductions associated with RFID infrastructure.

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Before sending a request for proposal to vendors, establish whether you should drive this project from the business intelligence or business application side, or whether the hybrid approach is best. Demand planning products from the different sets of vendors imply that there are differences in focus and skill sets. Do not mix and match vendors from all three areas; such a move will be confusing to your organization, as well as to the vendors.

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EPCglobal India, a division of GS1 India, said on Monday that, a Global Transport & Logistics Action Group has been launched by EPCglobal Inc. to facilitate adoption of RFID (Radio frequency identification) technology & EPC (Electronic Product Code) standards by this sector.

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The shares of TNT, in the past period named as a potential take-over candidate, has been risen in the past period based on speculations on possible take-over by f.e. UPS. This morning the stocks went up again after the message that there will be a web cast/press conference for analysts.

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Despite increasing international trade disputes, China’s textile exports are expected to grow 19.21 percent year on year to 116 billion US dollars this year.

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