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		<title>The Challenges Severe Weather Brings to a National Distribution Service</title>
		<link>http://www.naparex.com/blog/2010/07/09/the-challenges-severe-weather-brings-to-a-national-distribution-service/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hayley O&#39;Hara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who is a part of a courier company understands the challenge severe weather brings to the success of a courier company. A national distribution service such as Naparex faces the challenge of battling all of the elements throughout the year. While a local or regional courier company in the Midwest for example can be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is a Courier Service?</title>
		<link>http://www.naparex.com/blog/2010/03/09/what-is-a-courier-service/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:58:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>monte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A courier service is an organized business that provides a unique delivery experience of packages and documents that range in size from an envelope and multiple skids.  A courier service is typically much faster delivery time than other methods typically provided by companies such as DHL, FedEx and UPS.  The courier service industry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Courier Services are Changing with Technology and Safety</title>
		<link>http://www.naparex.com/blog/2010/01/26/courier-services-are-changing-with-technology-and-safety/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:57:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently announced, those who drive vehicles in the transportation industry and courier services industry are going to be federally banned from texting under federal guidelines that the US transportation Sec. Ray LaHood announced.
&#8220;We want the drivers of big rigs and buses and those who share the roads with them to be safe,&#8221; LaHood said in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Risks of the Independent Contractor Model</title>
		<link>http://www.naparex.com/blog/2009/06/04/recent-risks-of-the-independent-contractor-model/</link>
		<comments>http://www.naparex.com/blog/2009/06/04/recent-risks-of-the-independent-contractor-model/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hayley O&#39;Hara</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Courier and Messenger]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many local and national courier companies rely on the independent contractor model to successfully operate their business. In recent years abundant attention has been focused on the use of independent contractors by several different groups, among those groups is the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as well as other federal and state labor agencies. These groups [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Courierboard.com Offers New Resource for IC&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://www.naparex.com/blog/2009/05/07/courierboardcom-offers-new-resource-of-ics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.naparex.com/blog/2009/05/07/courierboardcom-offers-new-resource-of-ics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 17:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hayley O&#39;Hara</dc:creator>
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Courierboard.com is offering a new resource to support the Independent Contractor Model. Courierboard.com has over 7,500 drivers with resumes to choose from. A company that uses Independent Contractor drivers can benefit from this resource because they will be able to maintain a diversified group of contractors and companies will reinforce their independent contractor status.
Independent contractor drivers can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Couriers of the World</title>
		<link>http://www.naparex.com/blog/2009/04/21/12/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:44:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hayley O&#39;Hara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new website has been launched that will reach many people involved in the same day couriers business. http://couriersoftheworld.com is a website that was created with the intent to bring together individuals who are a part of many different aspects of the same day courier business. Members would include company owners, drivers, couriers, messengers and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legislation Affecting the Courier Industry</title>
		<link>http://www.naparex.com/blog/2009/04/13/legislation-affecting-the-courier-industry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.naparex.com/blog/2009/04/13/legislation-affecting-the-courier-industry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hayley O&#39;Hara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The courier service industry has been facing many challenges at the federal level in the past year and it looks as though it will continue to face those challenges throughout 2009. President Barack Obama and the Democrats have been working to push legislative agendas to the forefront. Two of those agendas are threatening to the [...]]]></description>
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