DHL abandons USA
• BloombergDHL Express, Deutsche Post AG's overnight-delivery unit, will abandon efforts to compete with United Parcel Service Inc. and FedEx Corp. in the U.S., firing 14,900 workers and closing three-fourths of its outlets. The unit's losses, reorganiz



I have got to believe Christmas would be their busiest time of the year ... to close down now rather than in early 2009 ...!