FedEx drops Airbus order, buys Boeing 777s

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NEW YORK (TheStreet) — FedEx Corp.a faces new charges from the Justice Department which on late Friday filed additional chargesaaccusing it of conspiracy to launder money, in connection with its prescription drug case against the package delivery concern, the Wall Street Journal reports. The latest charges, in a new indictment filed in San Francisco district…

More than 1,000 people ran a 5k Saturday on Piedmont Triad International Airport’s new 9,000 foot FedEx runway to celebrate years of development to make the airport the company’s Mid-Atlantic sorting hub. More: continued here

St. Louis civic leaders look at Memphis with a mixture of envy and regret. They envy Memphis FedEx’s busy air cargo hub; they regret giving the company the cold shoulder 25 years ago. Now they are hoping the Chinese can help them to turn back the clock. More: continued here

(Reuters) – Workers at a New Jersey facility of package delivery company FedEx Corp unit FedEx Freight voted against union membership on Friday, the latest in a series of setbacks for the Teamsters union's efforts to unionize the company's workforce. In a statement, FedEx Freight welcomed the result of the vote by drivers at the…

In a move that ends the longest-running sponsorship of a Bowl Championship Series game, the FedEx Orange Bowl is over. According to the Sports Business Journal, FedEx balked at a proposal from ESPN to buy a “lengthy and more expensive college football package.” More: continued here