MEMPHIS (TheStreet) — FedEx boosted its third-quarter profit only slightly as costs rose, but provided current quarter guidance ahead of the consensus estimate. In pre-market trading, shares were up $3.56 or 4.17% to $88.84. Excluding items, the company said it earned 81 cents a share for the fiscal third quarter ended Feb. 28. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters had estimated 82 cents. The …
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — FedEx Corp. laid off 1,000 employees Friday to meet job cuts the package delivery company announced were coming after third-quarter earnings dropped 75 percent. FedEx said half of the dismissed workers — all of whom were salaried or management employees — were employed in Memphis, where the corporation and its largest…