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Yahoo
13 hours ago
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Yamaha Motor Manufacturing enlists 3PL to manage distribution operations
This story was originally published on Supply Chain Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Supply Chain Dive newsletter. Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corporation of America will transition its internal distribution operations to DHL Supply Chain, tentatively on Oct. 5, according to a July 15 press release. YMMC expects the strategic partnership to allow it to expand capacity, improve logistics transparency and speed up delivery to customers, the release said. The company does not expect the transition to disrupt customers' current service levels. "By enhancing our internal logistics capabilities, we're able to focus even more on our core strength — world-class manufacturing and creating Kando for our customers," Bob Brown, YMMC president and CEO, said in the release. Creating Kando, a Japanese word meaning deep satisfaction and excitement, is a pillar of Yamaha's corporate philosophy. YMMC will transition about 175 team members to DHL Supply Chain as part of the deal and continue supporting distribution operations, the company said. The workers will remain on-site at YMMC. The switch to DHL Supply Chain reflects YMMC's long-term strategy to build a more responsive and scalable supply chain, the manufacturer said. DHL's on-site support and logistics expertise position YMMC to strengthen reliability and increase flexibility, per the release. The YMMC partnership comes as DHL Supply Chain expands its operations. The company acquired Inmar Supply Chain Solutions in January, adding 14 return centers and about 800 associates. Recommended Reading DHL Supply Chain experiments with GenAI
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Deutsche Post's (ETR:DHL) investors will be pleased with their decent 43% return over the last five years
If you buy and hold a stock for many years, you'd hope to be making a profit. Better yet, you'd like to see the share price move up more than the market average. But Deutsche Post AG (ETR:DHL) has fallen short of that second goal, with a share price rise of 12% over five years, which is below the market return. However, if you include the dividends then the return is market beating. Unfortunately the share price is down 3.9% in the last year. Let's take a look at the underlying fundamentals over the longer term, and see if they've been consistent with shareholders returns. We've found 21 US stocks that are forecast to pay a dividend yield of over 6% next year. See the full list for free. To quote Buffett, 'Ships will sail around the world but the Flat Earth Society will flourish. There will continue to be wide discrepancies between price and value in the marketplace...' One flawed but reasonable way to assess how sentiment around a company has changed is to compare the earnings per share (EPS) with the share price. During five years of share price growth, Deutsche Post achieved compound earnings per share (EPS) growth of 11% per year. This EPS growth is higher than the 2% average annual increase in the share price. So one could conclude that the broader market has become more cautious towards the stock. The graphic below depicts how EPS has changed over time (unveil the exact values by clicking on the image). This free interactive report on Deutsche Post's earnings, revenue and cash flow is a great place to start, if you want to investigate the stock further. What About Dividends? When looking at investment returns, it is important to consider the difference between total shareholder return (TSR) and share price return. Whereas the share price return only reflects the change in the share price, the TSR includes the value of dividends (assuming they were reinvested) and the benefit of any discounted capital raising or spin-off. Arguably, the TSR gives a more comprehensive picture of the return generated by a stock. As it happens, Deutsche Post's TSR for the last 5 years was 43%, which exceeds the share price return mentioned earlier. The dividends paid by the company have thusly boosted the total shareholder return. A Different Perspective Deutsche Post shareholders gained a total return of 1.0% during the year. Unfortunately this falls short of the market return. On the bright side, the longer term returns (running at about 7% a year, over half a decade) look better. It's quite possible the business continues to execute with prowess, even as the share price gains are slowing. I find it very interesting to look at share price over the long term as a proxy for business performance. But to truly gain insight, we need to consider other information, too. To that end, you should be aware of the 1 warning sign we've spotted with Deutsche Post . Of course Deutsche Post may not be the best stock to buy. So you may wish to see this free collection of growth stocks. Please note, the market returns quoted in this article reflect the market weighted average returns of stocks that currently trade on German exchanges. Have feedback on this article? Concerned about the content? Get in touch with us directly. Alternatively, email editorial-team (at) article by Simply Wall St is general in nature. We provide commentary based on historical data and analyst forecasts only using an unbiased methodology and our articles are not intended to be financial advice. It does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell any stock, and does not take account of your objectives, or your financial situation. We aim to bring you long-term focused analysis driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis may not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements or qualitative material. Simply Wall St has no position in any stocks mentioned.
Daily Mail
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Scourge of the Pokemon gangs: Thieves tear open packs and even chase delivery vans to get hands on cards that can be worth thousands
Criminal gangs have forced retailer HMV to withdraw Pokemon trading cards worth thousands from its shop floors and online. Phil Halliday, boss of the high street chain, told The Mail on Sunday that demand for the cards has become so intense that even its delivery vans are being targeted. Mr Halliday said: 'They're phenomenally sought after. [So there is] a rabid threat of theft.' The flagship store on London 's Oxford Street has seen thieves breaking in to search for rare cards that they can sell to collectors for large profits. Mr Halliday added: 'We got broken into here at the Oxford Street store – the theory was they went straight to the back of the shop to try and see where these Pokemon cards were. 'We had people chasing a DHL delivery van because they thought there were Pokemon cards in it.' HMV keeps the packs, pictured, behind the shop counter and limits sales to four per customer. 'We can't keep them anywhere near [the shop floor], they are all behind the counter,' Mr Halliday said. He added: 'They are also very easy to shove down your trousers when you're on the run.' HMV no longer sells them online because the site is attacked by bots, which are programmed to buy as many as possible as fast as possible. The company also removed information from its website about stock levels in stores. Pokemon cards, which depict cartoon monsters that are used by their 'trainers' to battle each other, exploded in popularity in the 1990s and continue to attract new generations of fans. The characters also inspired a long-running Japanese cartoon series and numerous video games and merchandise. Rare cards command huge prices on the resale market. One set, featuring a Charizard dragon character from 1999, is on sale for £25,000 on eBay. In 2022, American YouTuber Logan Paul set a record when he bought an ultra-rare Pikachu Illustrator Pokemon card for £3.9million. In May a man was arrested in Manchester after police found stolen Pokemon cards worth about £250,000 during a raid on his house. Last November a man in Polegate, East Sussex, admitted stealing a Pokemon card valued at £30,000. It was found for sale on Facebook but police returned it to its owner. And earlier this month, a heist occurred in the American state of Massachusetts, with the thief stealing £84,000 worth of rare cards. Pokemon cards are not the only childhood toys being targeted. Lego is attractive to thieves because rare 'collectable' sets command high prices and are difficult to trace.
Telegraph
4 days ago
- Politics
- Telegraph
Putin's spies have infiltrated every section of British society
The Foreign Office's exposure and sanctioning of Russian individuals and organisations working against the UK demonstrates that we are a prime focus for Putin's political warfare, which is the use of all means other than armed conflict to achieve the state's objectives. Russia's targets are worldwide, but it is obvious that Britain is a priority given our leading role in supporting Ukraine. Indeed, some have suggested that the UK is the number one target behind Ukraine, even above the US, as Putin still hopes to lure Trump away from giving his full backing to Kyiv. Russian objectives include directly disrupting military aid to Ukraine as well as sowing division at home and inflicting greater costs on us through sabotage and cyber warfare. There have been repeated attacks in Britain and across Europe against infrastructure and transport hubs involved in shipping aid to Ukraine. A warehouse fire in London and an incendiary attack against a DHL hub in Birmingham are both likely to be the work of agents of the GRU, the Russian military intelligence service. Cyber attacks have targeted media outlets, telecoms providers, political institutions, government bodies and energy infrastructure in the UK. The Ministry of Defence has repelled 90,000 cyber attacks from hostile states in the last two years. Many originated in Russia, usually via proxies. Espionage and disinformation are also critical elements of Russian political warfare. Earlier this year a group of six Bulgarians living in the UK was convicted of spying across Europe on behalf of Russia, and Moscow devotes immense resources into bot farms attempting to inject its anti-Ukraine narrative into social media sites. Beyond sabotage, cyberwar and disinformation, Moscow's political warfare operations include direct threats to life. Since Putin came to power there have been at least six assassinations or attempted assassinations in the UK that were likely the work of the GRU. Three of the GRU units the Foreign Office has sanctioned have been implicated in the failed murder of Sergei Skripal in Salisbury in 2018. The cyber components of two of these units were involved in targeting Skripal and then sought to disrupt UK and international investigations into the events. The third unit, known as 26165, was directly responsible for the attempt on Skripal's life. The same unit, in March 2022, conducted online reconnaissance on civilian shelters in Mariupol and Kharkiv, lining up artillery strikes which killed non-combatants sheltering there. Despite its current emphasis on undermining Ukraine and its allies, Russia's political warfare campaign goes much further, encompassing all areas of its national interests, including economic development, fostering allies and destabilising the West. A few years ago the head of Nato confirmed Russia had infiltrated environmental movements in Europe to maintain dependence on imported Russian gas. Since the start of the Gaza conflict in 2023, Russia has used armies of fake social media profiles to disproportionately amplify Pro-Palestinian voices in the UK to promote public discord and influence government decision-making. 'The Kremlin should be in no doubt,' according to David Lammy, 'we see what they are trying to do in the shadows and we won't tolerate it. That's why we're taking decisive action with sanctions against Russian spies'. He is right to impose these sanctions, but even assuming many of our allies follow suit, they will have little impact. Nor will the detailed exposure of Moscow's political warfare apparatus and some of its key players deter them. On the contrary, their activity will increase and become more sophisticated, especially with the development of artificial intelligence. In this situation, we need to constantly improve our defences, both in cyber security and intelligence. There are opportunity costs to that though. A few months ago the head of MI5, Ken McCallum, admitted he had been forced to 'pare back' on counterterrorism to deal with the growing threat posed by Russia and other hostile states. And don't for one moment think that Putin is not exploiting the waves of small boat Channel crossings that are filling our country with people we know nothing about. But defence is not enough: we must also fight fire with fire. The GRU, as well as the other Kremlin organs involved in attacking us have to be made to pay a price well beyond this sanctions regime. That means our own offensive political warfare campaign against Russia. Here, the Foreign Office sounds a hopeful note, claiming to be countering Russian attacks both publicly and 'behind the scenes'. But do we have the capability, the legal freedom and the political will to inflict the damage that is required?
New York Post
5 days ago
- Business
- New York Post
Fitness equipment maker slapped with $250,000 overcharge fee in shipping snafu over tariffs -- and other companies can be in same boat
A US-based fitness equipment maker was forced to pay $250,000 after being overcharged in a shipping snafu tied to President Trump's shifting tariff policies – and it likely isn't the only company that has received an inflated bill, The Post has learned. Echelon, an eight-year-old company in Chattanooga, Tenn, was hit with the eye-popping tab by shipping giant DHL for a June delivery of 1,000 treadmills, stationary bikes and other items it manufactures in China. The overcharge was the result of a tariff increase on imported steel and aluminum in June – when the rates increased to 50% from 25% and spiked the cost of shipping household appliances for the first time. 4 Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Echelon makes treadmills, bikes and other equipment in China. AFP via Getty Images DHL was supposed to charge Echelon only for the amount of aluminum in its equipment but instead calculated the fee as if the entire delivery was made from the lightweight metal, according to the company's fuming boss Lou Lentine. 'It's very difficult for brokers to keep up with the ever changing rules, but a small mistake misclassifying [items] could put a company out of business,' Lentine told The Post. 'I don't think I'm the only one that this happened to.' He's probably right, said New York City-based customs broker Bobby Shoule of JW Hampton Jr. & Co. Mistakes are 'more common than people will admit,' Shoule told The Post. 'The problem is that the rules were written fast. Figuring out the new directives [from the government] is triple the amount of work we have to do.' DHL admitted its gaffe but refused to refund the $250,000, telling Lentine to take it up with Uncle Sam, according to an email it sent to Echelon that was shared with The Post. 'We acknowledge that the incorrect processing of entries has led to significant delays in processing your refund, and I fully understand the frustration this has caused,' a custom operations manager wrote to the company on June 16. 4 DHL overcharged a corporate customer by $250,000 for tariffs on goods made in China. AFP via Getty Images Lentine initially resisted paying the overcharge fee but forked over the money last week after US Customs sanctioned Echelon and held up its future shipments. 'I have to pay that amount and wait weeks if not months to get that money back from the government,' Lentine said. 'This will impact our cash flow.' A DHL spokesperson blamed the 'complexities of international tariffs' for the mistake. 4 Lou Lentine is the chief executive of Echelon, which makes fitness equipment. Linkedin/Lou Lentine 'This situation arose from an incorrect tariff code being applied, resulting from inaccurate information provided in the initial declaration of goods,' the rep told The Post on Friday. 'We understand that navigating the complexities of international tariffs can be challenging, especially with constantly changing regulations.' 4 Rapidly changing rules for tariffs has made it difficult for shippers and importers to calculate the correct tariffs, experts say. REUTERS On a reddit board for customs brokers, one user lamented, 'How do you explain China tariffs to new customers, (they) think I'm ripping them off.' The title of another Reddit user's recent post was, ''Duty assessed by mistake and DHL is a nightmare! What to do?' Others are also stumped. 'Furniture With Iron Bases — how to calculate tariff? Glass Tops and Tables and Chairs with Iron pedestals/legs,' wrote one confused reddit user in June.
