After a long tease, Tradepoint Atlantic finally announced Wednesday its first development deal at the firm’s logistics center at Sparrows Point. FedEx Corp.’s ground delivery arm is building a 300,000-square-foot distribution center at the 3,100-acre site in southeastern Baltimore County. ...

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Baltimore County's economic development department says FedEx filed an application to build the facility.

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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit charging that FedEx discriminated against deaf and partially deaf workers and job applicants for years.

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WASHINGTON — The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service is revamping its priority mail program to raise revenue and drive new growth in its package delivery business. The agency is now offering free online tracking for priority mail shipments, free insurance ...

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NEW YORK — FedEx Corp., the world’s second biggest package delivery company, said Wednesday that it will lose more than 10 percent of its U.S.-based executives under a voluntary buyout plan. The Memphis, Tenn., company says its personnel will leave ...

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NEW YORK — FedEx expects to ship a record number of packages during the holidays, thanks to shoppers’ growing fondness for buying online. The world’s second-largest package delivery company expects to handle 280 million shipments between Thanksgiving and Christmas, up ...

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The U.S. attorney’s office in Memphis is suing FedEx over the company’s use of battery-powered, refrigerated cargo containers. A statement from the U.S. attorney’s office for West Tennessee says the government is seeking to recover $1.55 million ...

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NEW YORK — Strong earnings from FedEx and a sharp drop in claims for unemployment benefits pushed stocks mostly higher in midday trading Thursday. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 100 points, or 0.9 percent, to 11,923 shortly after noon ...

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service said Tuesday it has lost $5.1 billion in the past year, pushing it closer to imminent default on a multibillion-dollar payment and to future bankruptcy as the weak economy and increased Internet use drive ...

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A new solar installation at FedExField in Landover – the home of the Washington Redskins – has been completed by NRG, one of the largest solar power developers in the United States. The 8,000-panel project – the largest such installation ...

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