UPS Lowers Estimate

Watch the transports and retailers, they fall first... UPS, the world's largest package-delivery company, tumbled 3% after...

reducing its profit estimate while citing a weaker economy and higher fuel costs.

CFO Kurt Kuehn said last month: a slowing U.S. economy may make it difficult for the company to meet its first-quarter earnings target.

Air deliveries, which are among its most profitable services, are falling faster than ground shipments.