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Today's Daily News

AK Steel Starts Salaried Worker Lay-Offs
AK Steel, one of the North America's largest flat-rolled steelmakers, has begun to lay off salaried employees because of a decline in orders for carbon, specialty and stainless steel products. Click to continue

GM Posts Record Sales in Asia
Sales in the region rose 2.7% Click to continue

DHL Opens a New Life Science Competency Center
Located in Carolina, Puerto Rico, the new facility enhances DHL Global Forwarding's abilities by offering services specifically to meet the shipping needs of pharmaceutical, biotechnical and medical device manufacturers. Click to continue

UPS to Manage Most of Merck's U.S. Distribution
Through its subsidiary UPS Supply Chain Solutions, UPS has assumed control of two key Merck distribution centers, which provide Merck with temperature-sensitive storage, packaging and transportation services critical to its pharmaceutical and vaccine products. Click to continue

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