FedEx and UPS Have New Competition: You're Never Going to Guess Who It Is

Officials with UPS and FedEx say they expect to deliver more packages this year than last holiday season. That’ll mean there will be more jobs for seasonal workers. More: continued here

Memphis-based FedEx Corp. paid $16.5 million for the 76.5 acres that it purchased recently in the Airpark East industrial park, according to records filed last week with the Davidson County Register of Deeds. More: continued here

Location, location, location might be a real estate cliche, but Northeast Polk's location between two major metropolitan areas with its confluence of Interstate 4 and U.S. 27 is showing dividends for the local economy. More: continued here

Hassen Chalghoumi is the best-known imam in France and easily the most controversial, even though he preaches peace instead of hate. Police cars are stationed in front of his mosque during Friday prayers, and he has two bodyguards with him at all times when he goes out in public. Sometimes, when it all becomes too…

FedEx had reiterated a forecast of $8.50 to $9 a share on Jan. 23. She rates FedEx shares the equivalent of a buy. FedEx predicted global economic expansion of 2.8 percent for 2015, less than the company’s Dec. 17 outlook for a 3 percent gain. The shares fell 2.5 percent to $171.36 at 10:28 a.m….

Percy Harvin will play Thursday against Oklahoma in the FedEx BCS National Championship Game after spending the last several weeks rehabilitating his sprained right ankle. More: continued here