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Revenue growth lifts UPS profit, confirms 2016 outlook

By Nick Carey CHICAGO (Reuters) – United Parcel Service Inc reported a higher quarterly net profit on Friday that met analyst expectations as revenue grew across its business units, and the company reaffirmed its full-year earnings outlook despite global economic uncertainty. Like other package delivery companies, UPS has benefited from a rapid rise in ecommerce, but has also struggled to bring down the extra costs associated with making stops at individual residential addresses rather than at businesses. …

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Oil rally to resume later this year, demand to offset glut: Reuters poll

A survey of 29 economists and analysts forecast Brent crude will average $45.51 per barrel in 2016, up marginally from last month's forecast of $45.20, and about $3.55 higher than the $41.96 average so far this year.     “We project solid global demand growth in 2016 (1.4 million barrels per day), and a reasonable growth in 2017 (+1.1 MMBbl/d), mostly driven by China, India and Africa. As such, demand should help to drive prices higher,” said Raymond James analyst Luana Siegfried.

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Oil rally to resume later this year, demand to offset glut: Reuters poll