December 13, 2010 Comments Off on FedEx’s busiest day ever: The pre-game show for Santa
Call it the pregame show for Santa and his elves. Monday was expected to be the busiest day in FedEx history, with nearly 16 million packages moving on its conveyer belts, trucks and planes. That’s up 13 percent from 14.2 ...
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Read More »November 16, 2010 Comments Off on UPS to hire about 50,000 workers for holiday season
ATLANTA — UPS says it will hire about 50,000 temporary workers to handle the crush of holiday shipments this year. United Parcel Service said Tuesday that it expects to deliver 430 million packages between Thanksgiving and Christmas. The busiest should ...
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Read More »September 16, 2010 Comments Off on FedEx 1Q profit doubles; will cut 1,700 jobs
NEW YORK — FedEx Corp. indicated Thursday that the global economic recovery remains uneven. It said strength in international shipments are driving profits, but said it will cut 1,700 jobs in an attempt to fix its money-losing U.S. trucking business. ...
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