A FedEx cargo aircraft crash-landed in strong winds Monday morning at Japan’s Narita International Airport east of Tokyo and burst into a ball of flames, police and news reports said. More: continued here
Read More »FedEx plans York distribution center (The Charlotte Observer)
FedEx Corp. plans to open a $14 million regional distribution center in York County, S.C., in October, generating an anticipated 22 full time jobs, up to 84 part-time positions and 99 opportunities for independent contractors. More: continued here
Read More »FedEx Crash That Killed 2 Is Its First Fatal Accident (Update2) (Bloomberg)
March 23 (Bloomberg) — FedEx Corp. , the world’s largest cargo airline, suffered its first fatal accident with the crash of a Boeing Co. MD-11 jet at Tokyo’s Narita airport that killed both pilots. More: continued here
Read More »FedEx releases names of pilots killed in crash (BizJournals)
FedEx Corp. has released the identities of the pilot and co-pilot who died in the early morning crash of FedEx Express Flight number 80. The crash occurred at Narita Airport in Tokyo. (FDX) More: continued here
Read More »FedEx plane crashes on landing in Tokyo, two dead (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
A FedEx Corp cargo plane caught in a gust of wind crashed and burst into flames as it landed at Japan’s Narita airport on Monday, killing the two crew and closing the main runway at the busy gateway to Tokyo. More: continued here
Read More »Two killed in FedEx plane crash at Tokyo airport (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A FedEx cargo plane en route from China crashed in high winds and exploded in a ball of flames Monday at Tokyo’s Narita International Airport, killing both pilots, officials said. More: continued here
Read More »Stock-Option Repricing Wave Lets Workers Sidestep Crash of 2008 – Bloomberg
Stock-Option Repricing Wave Lets Workers Sidestep Crash of 2008BloombergBy Ian King and Connie Guglielmo March 23 (Bloomberg) — EBay Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and dozens of other companies are asking shareholders to do something for employees that investors can’t do for themselves: sidestep the worst market crash … More: …
Read More »Feds want online auction for surplus, seized goods – CTV.ca
Feds want online auction for surplus, seized goodsCTV.ca, CanadaOTTAWA — Move over, eBay — the federal government wants a piece of the online auction pie. Public Works officials are developing a real-time auction website after an internal study showed it could dramatically increase revenues for the sale of … More: continued …
Read More »FedEx shares sink 7%, dragging UPS down too (Louisville Courier-Journal)
FedEx shares fell more than 7 percent yesterday, pulling UPS down with it, as investors reacted to the delivery company’s surprisingly bad quarterly profits and analysts predicted more tough times. More: continued here
Read More »FedEx and UPS gear up for more tough times (Post-Tribune)
Despite gaining new customers from the shrinking U.S. presence of DHL and lower fuel prices, the world’s two largest package delivery companies are battening down the hatches as they prepare for weak global economic conditions to get even worse. FedEx Corp. said Thursday it will cut more jobs and trim …
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