http://www.mail.com/companies/14546-fedex-corporation.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/companies/14546-fedex-corporation.html http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2043870-ups-1q-profit-rises-7-percent.html DALLAS (AP) — Consumers who kept spending after the holidays ended helped boost profit at UPS. United Parcel Service Co. said Thursday that first-quarter profit rose 7 percent to $1.04 billion. Its adjusted profit beat analysts' expectations and shares rose more than 2 percent. Daily package volume in the U.S. increased and company revenue rose 2.3 percen... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:51:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2043870-ups-1q-profit-rises-7-percent.html 2013-04-25T21:51:32Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2039018-fedex-customers-pick-delivery-time-fee.html MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — FedEx will let recipients leave detailed instructions for their driver or reschedule a delivery to their home. FedEx Corp. said Tuesday it will charge $5 to reschedule the delivery day or location and $10 to request a 2-hour delivery window. Other services are free, including putting a 14-day vacation hold on deliveries or making a r... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:04:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2039018-fedex-customers-pick-delivery-time-fee.html 2013-04-23T14:04:13Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2000410-stocks-lower-disappointing-jobs-report.html NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell on Wall Street Friday after the government reported a sharp slowdown in hiring last month that was far worse than economists had expected. The Dow Jones industrial average ended 40.86 points lower at 14,565.25, a loss of 0.3 percent. The index was down as much as 171 points in the early going, then rose gradually through the re... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 21:26:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2000410-stocks-lower-disappointing-jobs-report.html 2013-04-05T21:26:29Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1995400-weak-economic-reports-send-stock-market-lower.html NEW YORK (AP) — Weak reports on hiring and service industries sent the stock market sharply lower Wednesday, giving the Dow Jones industrial average its worst day in more than a month. The Dow fell 111.66 points, or 0.8 percent, to 14,550.35, its worst decline since Feb. 25. The Standard & Poor's 500 index dropped 16.56 points, or 1.1 percent, to 1,553.69... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 20:36:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1995400-weak-economic-reports-send-stock-market-lower.html 2013-04-03T20:36:45Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1992974-health-insurers-lead-stocks-higher-wall-street.html U.S. stocks closed at a record highs Tuesday after reports on auto sales and factory orders provided the latest evidence that the U.S. economy is strengthening. Traders plowed money back into European stocks as the financial situation in Cyprus appeared to stabilize. Health insurers powered the gains a day after the government released revised reimburseme... Tue, 02 Apr 2013 23:51:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1992974-health-insurers-lead-stocks-higher-wall-street.html 2013-04-02T23:51:37Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1986948-ups-pays-40m-to-online-pharmacies-probe.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Shipping company UPS has agreed to pay $40 million to end a federal criminal probe connected to its work for online pharmacies. The U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday that the Atlanta-based company would also "take steps" to block illicit online drug dealers from using their delivery service. The DOJ says the fine amount is t... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:49:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1986948-ups-pays-40m-to-online-pharmacies-probe.html 2013-03-29T18:49:24Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1967078-fedex-profit-falls-weak-airfreight-business.html DALLAS (AP) — FedEx said Wednesday that third-quarter profit fell 31 percent as customers shifted to slower and less-expensive international air-shipping options, and it cut its forecast of full-year earnings. The company says it will cut capacity to and from Asia starting next month and might retire some of its older airplanes. FedEx shares fell $5.64, o... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:20:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1967078-fedex-profit-falls-weak-airfreight-business.html 2013-03-20T15:20:09Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1956528-obama-us-shift-cars-trucks-oil.html LEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Envisioning cars that can go "coast to coast without using a drop of oil," President Barack Obama on Friday urged Congress to authorize spending $2 billion over the next decade to expand research into electric cars and biofuels to wean automobiles off gasoline. Obama, expanding on an initiative he addressed in his State of the Union sp... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:05:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1956528-obama-us-shift-cars-trucks-oil.html 2013-03-15T22:05:45Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1924530-mass-woman-sues-fedex-marijuana-delivery.html PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts woman has sued FedEx, claiming the company mistakenly sent her a package containing seven pounds of marijuana, then gave her address to the intended recipients, who later showed up at her door. Maryangela Tobin of Plymouth said in the suit filed Feb. 12 that by disclosing her address, the company violated state priva... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:21:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1924530-mass-woman-sues-fedex-marijuana-delivery.html 2013-03-01T18:21:57Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1915628-worlds-postal-services-struggle-with-lower-demand.html OTAKI, New Zealand (AP) — Sandra Vidulich is so excited about the leather boots she ordered through Amazon that she rips open the box in front of the postman and tries them on. "I looove them," she declares, as the driveway at her tree-lined home in rural New Zealand briefly becomes a catwalk. "They're cool." For now, a boom in Internet shopping is helpin... Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:37:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1915628-worlds-postal-services-struggle-with-lower-demand.html 2013-02-27T15:37:47Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1819874-ups-abandons-69-billion-deal-tnt-express.html UPS scrapped plans to grow in Europe through the acquisition of Dutch delivery company TNT Express because European regulators were getting ready to reject the $6.9 billion deal. It would have been the largest acquisition in UPS history. UPS had offered in March to buy TNT, Europe's second-largest delivery company, to better compete with Europe's largest,... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1819874-ups-abandons-69-billion-deal-tnt-express.html 2013-01-14T22:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1780506-we-want-christmas-gifts-time.html NEW YORK (AP) — Will Santa's sleigh be late? A record number of Americans took to the Web to order holiday gifts after retailers flooded their inboxes with offers of extra discounts, free shipping and easy returns. But a storm bringing heavy winds and snow to much of the Midwest on Thursday — the heaviest shipping day of the year — could mean that some pa... Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1780506-we-want-christmas-gifts-time.html 2012-12-21T00:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1776152-fedex-grow-cutting-costs.html NEW YORK (AP) — FedEx may be pessimistic about the U.S. economy, but it's confident about growing its earnings. The world's second-largest package delivery company, a bellwether for economic health because of the vast number and kinds of shipments it handles, lowered its economic forecast for the U.S., saying there remains a lot of uncertainty for the cou... Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1776152-fedex-grow-cutting-costs.html 2012-12-19T21:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1763300-ups-design-lab-puts-boxes-to-smash-test.html ADDISON, Ill. (AP) — It looks like a torture chamber for cardboard and bubble wrap. At a lab in suburban Chicago, UPS Inc. tests new packaging designs by dropping, shaking and smashing boxes with brutal-looking equipment. The point is to see what type of packaging can withstand the trip from supplier to customer, protecting the delicate products inside. F... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 07:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1763300-ups-design-lab-puts-boxes-to-smash-test.html 2012-12-13T07:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1742576-fedex-to-offer-buyouts-with-up-to-2-years-pay.html NEW YORK (AP) — FedEx said Tuesday that it will be offering some employees up to two years' pay to leave the company starting next year. The voluntary program is part of an effort by the world's second-biggest package delivery company to cut annual costs by $1.7 billion within three years. The restructuring is a response to a shift by customers away from ... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1742576-fedex-to-offer-buyouts-with-up-to-2-years-pay.html 2012-12-04T19:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1733352-ups-offers-regulators-concessions-tnt-bid.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — United Parcel Service Inc. says it has offered the European Union's regulatory watchdog some concessions in its proposed €5.16 million ($6.8 billion) takeover of TNT Express NV. UPS said the remedies involve the small package delivery sector and "comprise the sale of business activities and assets, in combination with granting access to a... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 06:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1733352-ups-offers-regulators-concessions-tnt-bid.html 2012-11-30T06:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1728732-fire-suppression-systems-urged-cargo-planes.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The government should require fire suppression systems in all cargo containers or compartments of planes to prevent the kind of ferocious in-flight blazes that have killed four cargo pilots over the past six years, federal accident investigators said Wednesday. The National Transportation Safety Board didn't specify what kind of technolo... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1728732-fire-suppression-systems-urged-cargo-planes.html 2012-11-28T19:20:00Z