Unlike competitors such as FedEx, UPS and DeutschePost, Expeditors owns no trucks, ships or planes.
Smith's ground-hog revamp is the most radical redesign of FedEx in its 28-year history.
FedEx planes had delivered packages in the face of hurricanes, volcano eruptions and labor strikes.
An hour after the shutdown of the nation's commercial airspace on Sept. 11, FedEx Corp.
We equal the entire annual volume of UPS and FedEx combined twice a week.
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UPS' next-day air and "deferred delivery" volume still trails that of FedEx, but is gaining.
Fedex is another great example of an organization rethinking its cost structure without impacting service quality.
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Powell's software was also behind the launch of Roadway Package Systems, which later became FedEx Ground.
FedEx said it will be capable of handling 36, 000 parcels and documents per hour at Pudong.
Oracle (ORCL), Caterpillar (CAT), and FedEx (FDX) all surprised today with their downbeat assessments.
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Wal-Mart, FedEx and Dell became category leaders because they figured out supply chains.
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If a clinic has an urgent request for medicine, Fedex will deliver it for free.
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FedEx, Southwest Airlines, Microsoft, Apple, Genentech, Oracle and others were born in the 1970s.
FedEx's 2004 purchase of Kinko's, the office services firm, drew criticism, and its revenues are flat.
You can get a "C" grade at the Yale School of Management and still launch FedEx.
More than a week later, it arrived via FedEx with installation tools and easy-to-follow directions.
Other competitors in the transportation sector include: FedEx (FDX) and Air T, Inc. (AIRT).
In the U.S., employers, such as FedEx and Manpower, pay some employees with Visa payroll cards.
FedEx said federal investigators have declined to supply it with a list of suspect pharmacies.
"It is unclear what federal laws UPS may have violated, " FedEx said in statement Friday.
Receipts from UPS and FedEx were used as evidence in the trio's trial last year.
One by one, he turns out posters for clients like FedEx, Nike and Bruce Springsteen.
But a shipper who hears tales about lost luggage may be inclined to patronize FedEx instead.
The UPS-FedEx rivalry will heat up in 2007 after a detente in prices last year.
Another minus for FedEx is the money it is pouring into its ailing copy chain, Kinko's.
The government could allow FedEx to have a permanent, effectively government-sponsored, monopoly over the shipping market.
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FedEx wouldn't comment to Forbes on the rule change or the U.S.-China business climate.
FedEx moved its regional shipping hub from the Philippines to Guangzhou, China a year ago.
After the PGA Championship two weeks ago, Woods was ranked 108th in the FedEx Cup standings.
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