FedEx profit lags Street view, sees slower growth

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A Massachusetts delivery driver growing his hair out for charity said he has been told by his employer to cut it. Brad Siscoe, a contractor employee who makes deliveries for FedEx Ground, said Monday his employer wants him to cut his “hockey” hair, put it in a ponytail or tuck it under a hat. More:…

BEDFORD PARK, Ill. — A gunman walked into a Chicago-area FedEx shipping facility Thursday morning yelling for his wife, then fired several shots that sent panicked employees fleeing before he fatally shot himself, police said. Nobody else was injured. The shooter, identified as 28-year-old Benyamin Robinson of Chicago, was found dead in a vehicle inside…

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Package delivery company FedEx Ground has agreed to a settlement with state Attorney General Martha Coakley’s office in which it will pay the state $3 million in payroll and unemployment taxes, stemming from a dispute over alleged misclassification of drivers as independent contractors. More: continued here