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In episode 9 of Great Quarter, Guys, Kevin Hill and JP Hampstead discuss what is going on with FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX). What are the odds of the company being acquired, or are reports of FedEx's demise greatly exaggerated? Plus, we talk about the five biggest themes of the freight markets in...

Insider buying can be an encouraging signal for potential investors. Two energy companies saw insiders add to their stakes last week. A direct took advantage of a post-earnings slump in a transportation giant too. Conventional wisdom says that insiders and 10% owners really only buy shares of a...

Benzinga has examined the prospects for many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Bullish calls included leaders in electric vehicles and streaming video. Bearish calls included the iPhone maker and a top cannabis stock. The major U.S. indexes ended the last full trading week of the year...

To launch out of the gate on today's episode, we tackle tough-minded Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and how they recently decided not to allow 3rd party sellers to use FedEx (NYSE: FDX) Ground and FedEx Home due to their shipping performance. A shipping performance below 98% on-time delivery won'...

FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) has become a next-decade story. It will not happen this year. In fact, the fiscal 2020 second-quarter numbers were so bad that the C-suite didn't bother to attempt to sugarcoat them. "We have reached the bottom," said longtime CFO Alan B. Graf Jr. The bottom may hang until...

This morning the market seems to be delivering investors continued optimism, but FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) isn’t participating. Shares of the  global delivery company were down around 7.5% in premarket trading after it reported revenue and earnings that missed...

On today's episode – Just in time for the holidays, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) cans FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) over on-time delivery, Boeing Co (NYSE: BA) 737 MAX stops going, a tribute to American Shipper founder David A. Howard, Zach Strickland talks a couple of freight recessions, Emily...

Starting Dec. 18, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) will prohibit companies that use its website for selling products but handle their own fulfillment from using a FedEx Corp. unit for deliveries, citing the FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) unit's inability to hit Amazon's performance targets. The...

The second week of the peak holiday shipping season, which included the Cyber Monday online buying bonanza, didn't go as well as the first. Inclement weather in parts of the country played the delivery Grinch, according to data from consultancy ShipMatrix released Dec. 11. UPS Inc.'s (NYSE: UPS)...

A company most Americans have never heard of is poised to control a large swath of urban industrial land in greater Los Angeles. The North American unit of Australian real estate company Goodman Group (OTCMKTS: GMGSF) said it has acquired a 65-acre manufacturing and distribution site in Fullerton...

On this episode of Great Quarter, Guys, Seth Holm, Kevin Hill and special guests Peter Rentschler and JP Hampstead talk mega mergers in transportation and why Old Dominion (NASDAQ: ODFL)  shareholders have knocked it out of the park. Plus, FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) takes on The New York Times,...

Customers of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and UPS Inc. (NYSE: UPS) that tender a lot of packages weighing 50 to 70 pounds are in for some price pain in 2020 unless they are excellent contract negotiators. The reason: For the first time, FedEx and UPS will slap an "additional handling surcharge" on air...

Good day, Do warehouse workers want amenities like basketball courts, a soccer field, a gym, a pizza and grill station, and a pop-up nail bar? Clothing company ASOS seems to think so because it recently designed a warehouse with those perks, according to an article in Material Handling &...

FedEx Express, the air and international unit of FedEx Corp (NYSE: FDX), said it has more than doubled the number of Asia-Pacific origin markets serving the U.S. and Canada for its early-morning delivery service, FedEx International First. The unit said it has added 14 originating Asia-Pacific...

Regional carriers have much to offer parcel shippers, especially those looking to break some of their bonds with FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and UPS Inc. (NYSE: UPS). The regionals can deliver fast and reliably because of their tight coverage areas. Their cost to serve can be lower because they don't...