Is FedEx package tracking breaking down under the weight of eager iPhone 4 buyers? Looks like it! Here’s the word from FedEx.com: “Package deliveries are proceeding as normal, however tracking updates are temporarily being delayed. Please try back later.”
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EBay Will Pay $35 Million to Retain Top Executives Until SpinoffBloombergFive of EBay Inc. (EBAY)'s top executives will leave the company when it spins off the payment-processing division PayPal next year, and retaining them until the deal closes will cost more than $35 million, according to a regulatory filing today. Chief … More: continued here
Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Thursday’s session are Fedex, Barnes and Noble, Winnebago and Palm. More: continued here
FedEx expects to handle 9 percent more packages on its busiest day of the year — now projected for Dec. 12. More: continued here
Forbes Icahn changes course, urges eBay to sell 20 percent of PayPalReuters(Reuters) – Activist investor Carl Icahn on Wednesday called on eBay Inc to sell 20 percent of its PayPal payments unit in an initial public offering, a change in tack from his previous call for a complete spinoff. Icahn in January called for eBay…
ATLANTA – Vijay Singh locked up the FedEx Cup and its huge bonus Sunday simply by finishing four rounds at the Tour Championship. He certainly didn’t win it with his play at East Lake, closing with an even-par 70 that left him in a tie for 22nd place in the 30-player field. More: continued here
Citing the need for energy independence in the U.S., FedEx Corp. CEO Fred Smith kicked off the Green Logistics Conference Monday at the FedEx Institute of Technology at the University of Memphis by calling on the transportation industry to find alternatives to oil. More: continued here