FedEx to boost rates 5.5% for freight (Louisville Courier-Journal)

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Sen. John McCain is in the “embryonic stages” of selecting a vice presidential running mate and he hopes to unveil his choice before the Republican National Convention to avoid the type of problems that plagued Dan Quayle’s debut two decades ago. More: continued here

eBay Holds Consistent Pattern of Adding to Earnings-Driven After-Hours Gains in Next Day's Regular SessionNasdaqEBAY favors widening between the sessions over the last 12 years, crossing more aggressive next-day percentage closing levels following 28 of 48 after-hours earnings events during those years and narrowing in the other quarters. Looking deeper into the …and more » More: continued…

A FedEx truck pulling three trailers overturned Tuesday on U.S. 6 in Carbon County, touching off two crashes that involved… More: continued here

MEMPHIS, Tenn.—-FedEx Trade Networks, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. and growing international ocean and air freight forwarder, today announced it has opened seven new freight forwarding offices across Asia and Europe as part of an aggressive global expansion plan. More: continued here

A biotech service company has opened a 60,000-square-foot facility designed to store human biological samples for a wide array of customers, including universities and research centers. More: continued here