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Flush with a $9 billion stockpile after abandoning their $6.8 billion acquisition of TNT NV last week, UPS Inc. officials said they are evaluating other acquisitions consistent with their long-term growth strategy.

UPS Inc. announced Wednesday a new international express airfreight service for heavy shipments.

UPS Inc. said that Monday begins its seasonal peak week of the year and that it plans to deliver more than 135 million packages around the world this week, culminating with 28 million deliveries Thursday, its busiest day of the holiday season.

UPS Inc. will increase its rates for parcel shipping by 4.5% for air-express packages and by 4.9% for ground delivery, effective Dec. 31.

UPS Inc. announced a new cloud-based platform it said will better enable customers to collaborate with international suppliers.

Parcel carrier UPS Inc. said its third-quarter net income fell 56.3% to $469 million from a year earlier due to a one-time charge on pension funding, but its upbeat forecast for the fourth quarter led its stock to jump 3% immediately following the company’s Oct. 23 report.

UPS Inc. last week began contract talks with the Teamsters union, while the company awaited additional developments in its planned $6.7 billion purchase of TNT Express N.V., its largest-ever planned acquisition.

UPS Inc. said it reached an agreement with the Teamsters union to restructure a pension plan covering 10,200 union workers in the New England region.

UPS Inc. raised second-quarter earnings to $1.12 billion, with help from its less-than-truckload unit, but the biggest parcel and freight carrier warned that its second-half profit will be diminished by a weakening U.S. economy.