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WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (UPI) — Almost 1 billion people have been hit by this year’s global food shortages, says the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The number of undernourished, the FAO said, rose by 40 million, following a 75 million jump the previous year. More: continued here

In a tough economy, may flocking to Ebay for extra cashWKTV, NY –20 minutes agoand is making a living selling other people's items on Ebay. "I think what we do is a service to the area, because people who do have items now have an … More: continued here

MANCHESTER, N.H. — The four major shippers are almost all striding towards better climate records, with two making big improvements since last year. Climate Counts , which scores businesses based on their efforts to review, reduce and report their impacts on the climate, first looked at the consumer shipping industry …

Hundreds of holiday packages that left from the Lenexa FedEx site may never make it to their destination after the truck they were in ends up in a river. More: continued here

The Kingwood-area FedEx Offices are offering solutions to help its local customers save time and money as they prepare to ship millions of precious holiday packages this holiday season. With a broad array of services for almost every shipping need and price range, the Kingwood-area FedEx Offices are well prepared …

The Humble-area FedEx Offices are offering solutions to help its local customers save time and money as they prepare to ship millions of precious holiday packages this holiday season. With a broad array of services for almost every shipping need and price range, the Humble-area FedEx Offices are well prepared …

CHICAGO—-Zacks.com releases the latest Analyst Interview. Today’s interview is with senior analyst Ann Heffron, who discusses FedEx Corporation , Con-way Inc. , United Parcel Service, Inc. and CSX Corporation . More: continued here

Customers don’t like higher prices? Whodathunkit? More: continued here

Online Sales Show Signs of ImprovementWall Street Journal –30 minutes agoEBay Inc. saw a 9% decline from a year earlier in unique visitors to its site between Dec. 1 and Dec. 5, though it was still the most heavily trafficked Web …E-Commerce Spending Makes Up Lost GroundInternetNews.comHoliday E-Commerce Spending Accelerates in …

FedEx Corp. expects to report fiscal 2009 earnings of $3.50-4.75 a share, down from $4.75-5.25 it had previously forecast. The express carrier, however, forecast earnings of $1.58 a share for the fiscal second quarter ended Nov. 30, compared with an earlier outlook of $1.40-1.60. More: continued here