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Fred Smith, founder and chief executive of package-delivery pioneer FedEx, said growing demand from developing countries for high-technology and other valuable goods would assure continued growth in US exports even if the dollar’s slide reversed. More: continued here

FedEx warned that mounting fuel costs and a weak US economy, which crimped quarterly profit, may weigh on the package-delievery company’s results well into its next fiscal year. More: continued here

FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) – Deutsche Post AG. is seeking to solve problems at its loss-making Express business in the United States by forming a cooperation with a partner in that country, with Fedex Corp and the U.S. Postal Service as likely candidates, Euro am Sonntag reported, citing sources. More: continued …

Brandi Wooten, 29, is married with two kids and works as a package tracer for FedEx. A hard shopper, she buys off-season and sale merchandise, but that doesn’t stop her from being “a fashionista,” she said. “I look for something girly because I’m very feminine, and colorful clothes because I …

FedEx Freight will be replacing its Concord Road location with a strategically placed 11-acre site. More: continued here

The one-size-fits-most eBay boxGlobe and Mail, Canada –May 15, 2008Canada Post and eBay Canada have teamed up to develop an exclusive box designed to take the headache out of shipping and selling online for ordinary people. … More: continued here

AuctionBytes Blog If I Ran the eBay ZooAuctionBytes Blog, MA –13 hours agoWho would have thought that a children's book published nearly 60 years ago could so clearly describe the changes over the last several years at eBay? … More: continued here

HAMBURG: Holder and top seed Roger Federer beat unseeded Italian Andreas Seppi 6-3 6-1 in the Hamburg Masters yesterday to set up a final with Spain’s Rafael Nadal for the second year in a row. More: continued here

A key part of the FedEx Ground business model – using independent contractors rather than employees to deliver the goods – is under increasing pressure from courts and regulators, with Wisconsin drivers involved in the attack. More: continued here

Century College needs a new school for truck drivers, and FedEx in Mahtomedi needs more room. A complicated deal involving land in Afton could be the answer. More: continued here