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Courier service calling it quits (65 Jobs Lost)
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | Wednesday, March 13, 2002 | Lillian Thomas

Posted on 03/13/2002 12:01:58 PM PST by Willie Green

Edited on 04/13/2004 2:34:36 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

The big-basketed bicycles of Triangle Messenger Service will stop rolling at the end of the month.

Triangle has told all its employees that it will close its doors as of March 29. Founder and President Bill Jones said he had reached an agreement yesterday to sell the business to 1st Courier/Dynamex, a Dallas-based national delivery company that has been operating out of a Manchester office in Pittsburgh for several years.


(Excerpt) Read more at post-gazette.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: recession; theneweconomy; workerscomp

1 posted on 03/13/2002 12:01:58 PM PST by Willie Green
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To: Willie Green
 doubling of the rate he must pay for workers'
compensation forced his decision to sell
the company.

In other words, 'recession', had nothing
to do with it, your keyword notwithstanding.

2 posted on 03/13/2002 1:07:07 PM PST by gcruse
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To: gcruse
You didn't bother to read the article, did you?

"His company also was affected by the recession, he said -- business dropped 8 or 9 percent over the last year..."

3 posted on 03/13/2002 2:12:21 PM PST by Willie Green
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To: Willie Green
Don't you read your own stuff, Willie?


Regarding recession :

"We would have weathered that," he said. Until the higher workers'
comp rates came, the company was not in financial
difficulty.

4 posted on 03/13/2002 2:18:01 PM PST by gcruse
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To: gcruse
That's an excuse. These messenger companies are doomed. Government and court filings are migrating to the internet. More and more document transmission is being done by e-mail, fax and/or internet. My company's use of messengers is way down.
5 posted on 03/13/2002 2:24:17 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: gcruse
Don't you read your own stuff, Willie?

Sure do. And apparently you found even more discussion of the recession in the article.

So what's your beef about me using "recession" as a keyword?
The topic is specificly addressed in the article.

6 posted on 03/13/2002 2:47:43 PM PST by Willie Green
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