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Commentary: Attempt To Protect Chinese Market Share Is Basis Of FedEx Lawsuit Against U.S. Department Of Commerce
Wednesday, June 26, 2019 - 12:11pm | 583FreightWaves features commentary from Market Voices – contributors with unique knowledge of numerous transportation/logistics/supply chain sectors, as well as other critical expertise. FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) announced on June 24 that it is suing the U.S. Department of Commerce in the United...
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FedEx Posts Weak Results For Fiscal Fourth Quarter And Full Year
Tuesday, June 25, 2019 - 6:26pm | 504FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) reported late Tuesday a $1.97 billion net loss in its fiscal 2019 fourth quarter on revenue of $17.8 billion. Adjusted for various events, net income in the quarter came in at $1.32 billion. Operating income in the fourth quarter fell to $1.32 billion, compared to $1.33...
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FedEx Is Now The World's Policeman, Lawsuit Says
Tuesday, June 25, 2019 - 5:10pm | 891What responsibility does a freight provider have in ensuring shippers comply with trade restrictions? That is the central question FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) is asking in its lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Commerce. According to the suit, FedEx is being burdened by having to comply with Export...
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Tuesday's Market Minute: FedEx Fights Back
Tuesday, June 25, 2019 - 9:34am | 335FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) is suing the U.S. Dept. of Commerce after shares lost 2.7% Monday in a delivery error connected with Chinese telecom giant Huawei. Concerns that China would blacklist the U.S.-based global delivery service after it returned a Huawei device meant to be delivered in...
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Amazon To Lease 15 More 737 Freighters Through Lease With GE Unit
Tuesday, June 18, 2019 - 2:24pm | 487Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced on June 18 that it will lease 15 Boeing (NYSE: BA) 737-800 freighters from GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), the aircraft lending unit of General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE). The airplanes, which will operate in the U.S., will enter Amazon's fleet by 2021,...
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What The Truck?!? Headhaul – FedEx Ex Amazon
Tuesday, June 11, 2019 - 10:30am | 173It's the headhaul edition of WTT?!? and this week we're talking Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX), Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT), Oil, blockchain, and more. We've got Headlines, Big Deal/Little Deal w/ Emily, a focus on the Amazon/FedEx break up with our market experts who...
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Today's Pick-Up: FedEx And Amazon: Much Ado About Not Much
Monday, June 10, 2019 - 1:45pm | 724Good day, This week's "much sizzle but little steak" award goes to FedEx Corp.'s (NYSE: FDX). June 7 decision to drop Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) as a domestic air express customer. The media voraciously devoured the story because it had symbolic value and involved two high profile companies....
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FedEx And Amazon Part Ways With Shrugs, And Maybe A Few Smiles
Monday, June 10, 2019 - 10:56am | 985The U.S. transportation industry hasn't seen such a mutually agreeable divorce in years. To virtually no one's shock, FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) continued late on June 7 its multi-year process of untethering from Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), announcing it would not renew Seattle-based Amazon's U....
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FedEx's Express Unit Ends Relationship With Amazon
Friday, June 7, 2019 - 4:37pm | 306In a move not entirely expected but hardly surprising, FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) said Friday that it will not renew its contract for its FedEx Express air and international unit to handle Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) U.S. air delivery business. The announcement does not affect Amazon's...
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FedEx's Express Unit Creates Flex-Time Driver Classification
Friday, June 7, 2019 - 10:40am | 219FedEx Express, the air and international unit of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) has created a category of lower-wage, flex-time drivers who will supplement the unit's regularly-scheduled driver workforce. FedEx confirmed that the unit is recruiting for 700 positions in 160 U.S. markets. The workers will...
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China To Investigate FedEx Over Misrouted Deliveries
Monday, June 3, 2019 - 11:12am | 325Escalating a dispute over a "wrongful delivery," China said it is launching a probe into FedEx (NYSE: FDX) and is putting the logistics giant on a list of companies it may blacklist as "unreliable," Bloomberg reports. China's announcement comes after the Trump Administration imposed a ban on...
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FedEx To Launch Sunday Ground Deliveries
Thursday, May 30, 2019 - 3:11pm | 999FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) announced Thursday that its ground-parcel delivery unit, FedEx Ground, will launch year-round Sunday deliveries across most of the U.S. beginning in January 2020, and that it will accelerate the process of redirecting nearly all shipments now tendered to the U.S. Postal...
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Bulls And Bears Of The Week: Apple, Chevron, FedEx, Uber And More
Saturday, May 18, 2019 - 3:18pm | 832Benzinga has examined prospects for many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Bullish calls included tech giants and a big oil leader. Bearish calls included biotechs and a recent IPO. The escalating trade war with China continued to overshadow the markets in the past week. Furthermore,...
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FedEx, UPS, DHL Executives See Eye-To-Eye On Blockchain
Tuesday, April 30, 2019 - 5:04pm | 1027Executives from FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX), DHL and UPS Inc. (NYSE: UPS) took the unusual step of sharing a single stage and found common ground on how blockchain technology can transform the global supply chain. "This is not a process improvement initiative. This is a...
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Q&A: FedEx's First Female CMCO/EVP Seeks To Promote Inclusion, Diversity
Friday, April 5, 2019 - 2:03pm | 736This year, Brie Carere became the first woman to serve as Chief Marketing and Communications Officer (CMCO) at FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX). Now, as CMCO and Executive Vice President, Carere is using her position to promote diversity and inclusion at FedEx. In a Q&A with FreightWaves,...