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 2007
Revenue  $49,692
  49,114
  382
  4,369
  .36
  4.11
  1.68
Assets  39,042
  7,506
Shareowners’ equity  12,183
Capital expenditures  2,820
Cash and investments  2,604


07 08
06
0504
36.6
47.5
42.6
49.7 51.5
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
We also invested in other opportunities that will drive growth
through enhanced customer relationships and increased
exposure of our brand. This included our sponsorship of the

UPSers handling 19 million items. It was hugely successful
and accomplished a great deal for the UPS brand in China.
We also became the official logistics and express sponsor of

which will enhance brand recognition there and generate
new business opportunities.
We believe it is important to continue investing in the
business to ensure that we are in an even stronger position
when we emerge from this economic downturn.

in an environmentally responsible manner. The purchase of
200 hybrid electric and 300 compressed natural gas vehicles
expanded UPS’s alternative fuel fleet 30 percent to more than
2,200, the largest such private fleet in the industry. Addition-
ally, we were the first in our industry to purchase hydraulic

enables significant fuel and emissions reduction.





in 2007, meeting our goal for the year.

drove the segment’s improvement. In particular, the launch
of a new global air freight portfolio at the beginning of the

“We intend to benet from
the challenges as well as the
opportunities before us.”
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07 07
Adjusted08 08
Adjusted
06
0504
3.3
4.2
3.9
0.4
4.4*
3.0
3.6*
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
*See page 5 for description of adjustments.