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• UPS Said to Weigh Network Sharing to Rescue TNT Purchase

  UPS is also looking at asset sales as part of a package of solutions it may present to regulators as soon as tomorrow, the people said.

  www.bloomberg.com

• Guidebook authors show ups and downs of Seattle stairways

  Jake and Cathy Jaramillo, authors of "Seattle Stairway Walks: An Up-and-Down Guide to City Neighborhoods" (The Mountaineers Books), lead free monthly guided walks on Seattle stairways, about 1 to 4 miles.

  seattletimes.com

• Ryan Leslie Forced To Cough Up $1 Million For Laptop Reward

  'Ain't no way to get around ups & downs.' Jury of my peers rules for the plaintiff," Leslie tweeted in reaction to the verdict after leaving federal court in Manhattan.

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• Research In Motion Spikes As Goldman Ups To Buy From Hold

  Research In Motion shares are trading sharply higher Thursday morning after Goldman Sachs analyst Simona Jankowski lifted her rating on the stock to Buy from Neutral, asserting that there is a positive risk/reward trade-off heading into the company's ...

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• Stocks Up Again As Analysts Say 2013 Will Be Good

  What is a fact is that for all the doom and gloom, ups and downs and bearish talk, the S&P has having a pretty good 2012, up 12.6% at today's close. « Previous Thor Industries Down 11% This Week, But It's Still Up 38% YTD · Stocks To Watch Today HOME ...

  blogs.barrons.com

• Start-Ups: Silicon Valley Recap, Episode 4: Restart

  Kim's work problems. Sarah and Jay and the date cheating. A map shows us where Silicon Valley is. (Hint: think California.) Then we zoom in for a closer look.

  www.pcmag.com

• Sundance 2013: Spotlight, Park City at Midnight and New Frontier Official Line-Ups

  Thursday afternoon, the Sundance Film Festival released the official line-ups for its out-of-competition sections Spotlight, Park City at Midnight and New Frontier.

  www.indiewire.com

• Kroger Beats, Ups Outlook - Analyst Blog

  The Kroger Company ( KR ), one of the largest grocery retailers, recently posted better-than-expected third-quarter 2012 results on the back of its "Customer 1 st" strategy and effective cost management.

  community.nasdaq.com

• More Fire Protection for Cargo Planes Urged by US NTSB

  (BA) 747-400 operated by UPS crashed near Dubai after a fire made the jet uncontrollable, killing both pilots, according to the NTSB, which is assisting the investigation.

  www.businessweek.com

• Competition heats up for distribution workers

  UPS Airlines president Mitch Nichols said during a Thursday breakfast event hosted by Greater Louisville Inc., the metro chamber of commerce, that it has been challenging to find workers.

  www.bizjournals.com

• Chinese Kung Fu Expert Beats Up Men Who Came To Evict Him From Home

  So when 38-year-old Shen Jianzhong was faced with a mob of thugs trying to evict him, he asked himself what his hero, Bruce Lee, would do.

  www.businessinsider.com

• Saddle Up: ACC/Big Ten, part deux

  No. 13 Michigan State at Miami, 7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN: Usually, teams with obvious Final Four potential coast through most of the early portions of their season, saving their most cardiac-arrest-inducing performances for exempt tournaments and conference ...

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• UPS looks to clear TNT deal

  UPS is promising to sell assets across Europe and guarantee access to its air freight network in a bid to assuage Brussels' concerns about its takeover of TNT Express.

  www.ft.com

• Cops make teens do push-ups for punishment

  NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) -- The mother of an 18 year old forced to do push-ups as punishment for knocking down a mailbox offered support for the officers who could be suspended depending on the outcome of an internal investigation.

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• Peleliu holds pull-up challenge at-sea

  15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, take a moment to enjoy their recent victory, accruing 538 pull-ups during the Campbell Cup Pull-Up Challenge in the gym of the USS Peleliu, Nov. 24. Marines and sailors of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Peleliu ...

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• Plantronics: JP Morgan Ups Rating To Overweight; Shrs Rally

  Shares of headset maker Plantronics are on the rise Thursday after J.P. Morgan analyst Paul Coster upped his rating on the stock to Overweight from Neutral, with a price target of $41.50, up from $39.50. Coster also raised his estimates on the company.

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• Big 12 title games produced outright champions, but could create ugly match-ups

  "In some cases, it didn't really equate the right way either," Stoops said of uneven title-game match-ups. "In the end, this is what we've got.

  blog.newsok.com

• UPS, FedEx want more of holiday shipping pie

  Shipping volumes tend to surge significantly during the holiday season around Thanksgiving and Christmas, and the two leading delivery companies United Parcel Service (UPS) and FedEx (FDX) are competing fiercely to capture a larger share of this surge.

  money.msn.com

• Pull-ups top agenda for female Marines in 2014

  2012 - Female Marines soon will be required to perform pull-ups, just like male Marines do, as part of their annual physical fitness tests, the Marine Corps' top general announced Tuesday.

  www.usatoday.com

• UPS Store drive helps Toys for Tots Literacy Program

  The UPS Store® at 1040 W. Crestview Drive, North Cornwall Township, has launched its holiday donation drive for the Toys for Tots Literacy Program, helping deliver the gift of reading to less fortunate children in Lebanon County.

  www.ldnews.com