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FedEx Office, a division of FedEx Corp., announced Friday it’s laying off 200 people nationwide — 100 of which are located in the company’s North Texas offices. (FDX) More: continued here

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FedEx Office is laying off about 100 employees at its Dallas headquarters, as well as about 100 more nationwide, as part of an effort to restructure and accelerate its transition to online services, the company said Friday. More: continued here

The Rutherford County Industrial Development Board has approved a tax abatement lease with FedEx Ground for a distribution center that would open in 2011 with about 200 employees. More: continued here

NEW YORK (AP) – FedEx Corp. said Thursday its fiscal first-quarter earnings fell 22 percent, but still met Wall Street’s expectations, as cost cuts partially offset the impact of slowing global growth. More: continued here

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A second FedEx employee has died of injuries sustained Wednesday when their truck crashed into the back of a slow-moving 18-wheeler and caught fire on Interstate 20 in Ruston. Rodney Palmer, 38, of Martinsville, Va. , died about 1 a. m. today at LSU Hospital in Shreveport, Ruston police said. …

It had been a long time, but FedEx worker Robert Martin knew exactly what it was like to be on the receiving end of the Memphis Food Bank. When FedEx sentout a call for help, Martin was there. “They said they needed some volunteers, so I volunteered,” said Martin, 58, …

While the FedEx Cup Championships this week are somewhat anticlimactic with Vijay Singh (below) already having clinched the title, new Ryder Cup phenom Anthony Kim says he wants to take a big step forward for when Tiger Woods returns to the tour next year. More: continued here

The Rutherford County Industrial Development Board (IDB) approved a formal tax abatement lease Wednesday with FedEx Ground, though it won’t become official until the company agrees to a land deal. More: continued here