Local Knowledge: 2013 FedEx St. Jude Classic

Globe and Mail (blog) New ways on Main Street to cover stocks' slide on Wall StreetReynolds CenterAnd as I wrote in a recent blog post about gold — which was trading at another nominal high on Thursday — eBay has enhanced its offering for gold and silver sellers and buyers. According to The Street, silver…

The 2011 FedEx St. Jude Classic begins its week-long run Monday at the Tournament Players Club at Southwind with the Danny Thomas Pro-Am, followed by Wednesday’s Championship Pro-Am featuring Tim Tebow and Thursday’s start of the $5.6 million PGA Tour event with world No. 2 Lee Westwood the defending champion. More: continued here

Feb. 11 (Bloomberg) — General Motors Corp ., FedEx Corp . and Wynn Resorts Ltd . are among companies slashing pay for more than 100,000 employees, contributing to U.S. deflation that could worsen the economic slump. More: continued here

BRAZILIAN BUY: FedEx said it is buying transportation and logistics company Rapidão Cometa LogIstica e Transportes SA, one of the largest logistics companies in Brazil. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.RIVAL'S … More: continued here

William Perlman/The Star-Ledger Thousands of FedEx envelopes are sorted by region as they are placed on conveyor belts to be loaded on planes and shipped to their destinations. FedEx shipped 13 million packages last Monday, up from last year’s… More: continued here

The Australian Financial Review Forager looks for value in global juggernauts, Google, eBay, Lloyds BankThe Australian Financial ReviewThe investment team at Forager Funds Management is unequivocal: cheap stocks are difficult to come by – on a global basis. The search for value, the boutique investment firm says, is particularly difficult in the US, where sharemarkets…