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FedEx Corp. founder Fred Smith will step down as CEO in June -
Friday, March 25, 2022
FedEx Corp. said Monday that Fred Smith will step down on June 1 as CEO of the package-delivery company that he founded and be succeeded by the company's president and chief operating officer.
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Higher shipping rates help UPS as Q3 results top Street -
Friday, October 22, 2021
ATLANTA (AP) — UPS' third-quarter results beat analysts' expectations, as consumers are paying higher rates to have the package delivery company fulfill their shipping needs.
Shares rose 5% before the market open on Tuesday.
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UPS earns $2.7 billion but volume dips as stores reopen -
Friday, July 23, 2021
ATLANTA (AP) — Free from the pandemic lockdowns of last year, more shoppers are venturing into stores and relying just a bit less on brown UPS trucks.
United Parcel Service said Tuesday that it earned almost $2.7 billion in the second quarter. However, domestic volume was weaker than Wall Street expected, and the company's shares tumbled nearly 7% in afternoon trading.
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Small business demand lifts UPS Q1 profit, revenue up 27% -
Friday, April 23, 2021
NEW YORK (AP) — Small businesses in the U.S. fueled demand for delivery, helping UPS post better-than-expected earnings and revenue for the first quarter of the year.
That sent the company's stock to an all-time high Tuesday.
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US airlines adding jobs, extending rebound from October low -
Friday, March 5, 2021
U.S. airlines are adding jobs as industry employment extends a rebound from a low in October, when tens of thousands of airline workers were briefly laid off after federal payroll aid expired.
Cargo airlines have added jobs while passenger airlines have shed workers, mostly through incentives for workers to quit or take early retirement.
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United will pay $49 million to settle air mail fraud case -
Friday, February 26, 2021
United Airlines will pay more than $49 million to avoid criminal prosecution and settle civil charges of defrauding the U.S. Postal Service in the delivery of international mail.
The Justice Department said Friday that former employees of United's cargo division falsified parcel delivery information between 2012 and 2015. Prosecutors said that as a result, United collected millions of dollars in payments that it should not have received.
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Online shopping surge delivers record revenue for UPS -
Friday, January 29, 2021
NEW YORK (AP) — A surge in online shopping helped UPS post record revenue during the last three months of 2020.
Shares of United Parcel Service Inc. rose 5% before the stock market opened Tuesday.
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FedEx to cut up to 6,300 jobs in Europe over next 18 months -
Friday, January 15, 2021
MEMPHIS (AP) — FedEx plans to cut up to 6,300 jobs in Europe as it completes the process of folding a Dutch company it bought into its own delivery operation.
FedEx said in a statement Tuesday that the cuts will take place over 18 months and include express-delivery operations and back-office employees of TNT Express across the continent.
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FAA outlines new rules for drones and their operators -
Friday, December 25, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials say they will allow operators to fly small drones over people and at night, potentially giving a boost to commercial use of the machines.
Most drones will need to be equipped so they can be identified remotely by law enforcement officials.
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Demand for deliveries pushes FedEx 2Q profit to $1.2 billion -
Friday, December 18, 2020
FedEx Corp. more than doubled its profit in the latest quarter, as holiday packages were being stuffed into delivery trucks alongside everyday goods that people buy online to avoid visiting stores during the pandemic.
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Stock indexes end mixed as damage to the economy piles up -
Friday, December 11, 2020
U.S. stock indexes closed mostly lower Thursday following more evidence that the pandemic is tightening its grip on the economy while Congress remains in a stalemate over how to do something about it.
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Millions of hungry Americans turn to food banks for 1st time -
Friday, December 4, 2020
The deadly pandemic that tore through the nation's heartland struck just as Aaron Crawford was in a moment of crisis. He was looking for work, his wife needed surgery, then the virus began eating away at her work hours and her paycheck.
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Amid outcry, postmaster general to testify before House -
Friday, August 14, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing a public backlash over mail delays, the Trump administration scrambled to respond Monday as the House prepared an emergency vote to halt delivery interruptions and service changes that Democrats warned could imperil the November election.
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Pelosi calls House back into session to vote on Postal bill -
Friday, August 14, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling the House back into session over the crisis at the U.S. Postal Service, setting up a political showdown amid growing concerns that the Trump White House is trying to undermine the agency ahead of the election.
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Record surge in daily shipping volumes for UPS in 2Q -
Friday, July 31, 2020
A boom in online shopping during the pandemic pushed revenue higher at United Parcel Service Inc., which reported a $1.77 billion profit for the second quarter.
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Record surge in daily shipping volumes for UPS in 2Q -
Friday, July 24, 2020
A boom in online shopping during the pandemic pushed revenue higher at United Parcel Service Inc., which reported a $1.77 billion profit for the second quarter.
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Top Middle Tennessee commercial sales for 2019 -
Friday, January 31, 2020
Top commercial real estate sales, 2019, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.
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UPS gets government approval to become a drone airline -
Friday, September 27, 2019
DALLAS (AP) — UPS has won government approval to operate a nationwide fleet of drones, which will let the company expand deliveries on hospital campuses and move it one step closer to making deliveries to consumers.
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Walgreens, Google affiliate to launch drone delivery test -
Friday, September 20, 2019
Walgreens and a Google affiliate are testing drone deliveries that can put drugstore products on customer doorsteps minutes after being ordered.
Snacks like Goldfish Crackers or gummy bears as well as aspirin for sick kids will be delivered starting next month in Christiansburg, Virginia, by a 10-pound (4.5-kilogram) drone flying as fast as 70 miles (113 kilometers) per hour, the companies said Thursday.
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UPS plans to hold holiday hiring steady at about 100,000 -
Friday, September 6, 2019
DALLAS (AP) — UPS said Monday it expects to hire about 100,000 seasonal workers and pay them more to handle the avalanche of packages shipped between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
That's about the same number of people that UPS hired for last year's holiday season. UPS is also counting on automation to keep up with the constant growth in online shopping.
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UPS adds pickup spots at retailers, seeks to fly more drones -
Friday, July 19, 2019
NEW YORK (AP) — United Parcel Service Inc. is responding to the growth in online shopping and pressures for speedy delivery by seeking to expand its drone deliveries and adding thousands of new spots where customers can pick up packages.
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FedEx will stop air shipments of packages for Amazon -
Friday, June 7, 2019
FedEx is dropping a contract for air shipment of packages for Amazon within the United States, reducing its ties with the online retail giant that is already expanding its own delivery business.
FedEx said Friday that it will not renew the contract for domestic FedEx Express handling of Amazon shipments when the deal expires June 30.
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FedEx to deliver 7 days a week to satisfy online shoppers -
Friday, May 31, 2019
FedEx plans to deliver packages seven days a week starting next January as it tries to keep up with the continuing boom in online shopping.
The company is also taking back nearly 2 million daily deliveries to homes that are currently handled by the post office in a move it says will increase the efficiency of its own network.
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US stocks end mostly lower, weighed down by industrials -
Friday, April 26, 2019
U.S. stock indexes finished mostly lower Thursday as disappointing earnings reports from several industrial sector companies weighed on the market, offsetting strong results from Facebook, Microsoft and others.
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Renewed jitters over trade send Dow 799 points lowers -
Friday, November 30, 2018
Stocks slumped on Wall Street Tuesday as traders worried that the U.S. and China made less progress than originally thought on defusing their dispute over trade. Bond prices surged, sending yields sharply lower as investors turned to lower-risk assets.
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Buckle up: Wall Street volatility is back with a vengeance -
Friday, October 26, 2018
NEW YORK (AP) — If you're an investor who was lulled to sleep by the stock market's calm, steady gains this summer, you're wide awake by now.
Stocks have swooned over the last three weeks as investors worried about a sea of troubles, including rising interest rates, the trade tensions between the U.S. and China and slowing economies outside the U.S. All of which could impair profit growth for U.S. companies.
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Buckle up: Wall Street volatility is back with a vengeance -
Friday, October 19, 2018
NEW YORK (AP) — If you're an investor who was lulled to sleep by the stock market's calm, steady gains this summer, you're wide awake by now.
Stocks have swooned over the last three weeks as investors worried about a sea of troubles, including rising interest rates, the trade tensions between the U.S. and China and slowing economies outside the U.S. All of which could impair profit growth for U.S. companies.
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ATF: Hundreds of guns stolen in Memphis seized near Chicago -
Friday, September 28, 2018
MEMPHIS (AP) — Most of the roughly 400 guns that were stolen from a United Parcel Service facility in Tennessee have been recovered in the Chicago area, federal authorities say.
Authorities seized about 365 Ruger .22-caliber and .380-caliber firearms after police officers responded to a call about suspicious activity in the southern Chicago suburb of Midlothian on Sunday afternoon — about 12 hours after the guns were taken from a UPS facility in Memphis, a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent said in court documents Tuesday.
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ATF warns public after 400 guns stolen in Tennessee -
Friday, September 28, 2018
MEMPHIS (AP) — About 400 guns have been stolen from a United Parcel Service facility in Memphis, Tennessee, and authorities are concerned about the theft's potential effect on public safety in this city and elsewhere.
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FedEx downplays US-China trade spat's impact on its business -
Friday, September 14, 2018
DALLAS (AP) — Shortly before the Trump administration announced a new round of tariffs against Chinese goods, FedEx Corp. leaders tried to assure investors Monday that a widening trade war will have little direct effect on the company.
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Shipping shakeup? Amazon might deliver some of its own orders -
Friday, February 9, 2018
Amazon's next move may be to shake up the shipping industry.
The online retailer is reportedly planning a new service called "Shipping With Amazon" that will allow it to pick up packages from businesses and deliver them to consumers. The service is expected to start in Los Angeles in the coming weeks, before it is rolled out more broadly as soon as this year, according to The Wall Street Journal , which cited anonymous sources.
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US stock indexes waver between small gains and losses -
Friday, January 26, 2018
U.S. stock indexes wavered between small gains and losses in morning trading Thursday after several big companies reported disappointing quarterly results or outlooks. Losses in food and beverage stocks and other consumer-goods companies outweighed gains in energy and other sectors. Bond prices fell, sending yields higher.
33.
Hit the road for the holidays -
Friday, December 8, 2017
Would you rather be home for the holidays or gone? If you chose the latter, you’re not alone. Call it the new holiday and winter tradition. Fueled by demographics, the sharing of photos on social media and shifting consumer trends, more Americans are choosing to take a trip instead of gathering at home.
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Urban will headline New Year’s celebration -
Friday, October 27, 2017
GRAMMY-winner Keith Urban will headline Jack Daniel’s Music City Midnight: New Year’s Eve in Nashville for a second consecutive year.
Urban will lead a diverse lineup that includes CMA New Artist of the Year Maren Morris, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Cheap Trick, 2017 country music breakout artist Carly Pearce, R&B artist Jonny P and the Fisk Jubilee Singers.
35.
Provision brings proton cancer therapy to Franklin -
Friday, October 13, 2017
Knoxville-based Provision Healthcare, LLC took a significant step toward completion of its newest proton cancer therapy center recently when it took delivery of a key component of the ProNova SC360, the latest advancement in proton therapy.
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Toys R Us revs up for holiday hiring -
Friday, September 22, 2017
NEW YORK (AP) — Toys R Us may have filed for Chapter 11 reorganization, but the toy chain is revving up its holiday hiring.
The Wayne, New Jersey-based chain said Thursday it will be accepting job applications for part-time holiday positions at stores and distribution centers in the U.S. That includes a new position called a toy demonstrator, who will help kids test out toys.
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UPS will hire about 95,000 extra workers for holiday season -
Friday, September 15, 2017
It's still summer, but UPS is gearing up for holiday deliveries.
United Parcel Service Co. said Wednesday that it plans to hire about 95,000 workers to handle the surge in packages from late November through January. That's about the same number as the last two years.
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Macy's, Best Buy expanding same-day delivery service -
Friday, September 1, 2017
NEW YORK (AP) — Macy's and Best Buy are expanding their same-day delivery offers as they try to be more competitive with online leader Amazon.
The nation's largest consumer electronics chain, Best Buy, says it will expand to 27 metropolitan markets from 13 starting next week. That number should reach nearly 40 cities by the winter holidays. In a separate announcement, Macy's Inc. says it will offer same-day delivery in 15 additional markets for a total of 33 areas.
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Macy's, Best Buy expanding same-day delivery service -
Friday, August 25, 2017
NEW YORK (AP) — Macy's and Best Buy are expanding their same-day delivery as they aim to become more competitive with online leader Amazon.
In separate announcements, Best Buy says it will be expanding to 27 metropolitan markets from 13 starting next week. That number should reach nearly 40 cities by the winter holidays. Macy's Inc. says it will be offering same-day delivery to 15 additional markets for a total of 33 markets.
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UPS tests drones for regular deliveries in rural areas -
Friday, February 17, 2017
UPS says its latest flying test shows the potential for using drones to make deliveries in rural areas.
United Parcel Service said Tuesday that a drone launched from a specially outfitted truck, made a delivery and returned to the truck during a test this week in Florida.
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Stocks battle to a mixed finish as drugmakers rally -
Friday, January 27, 2017
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks fought their way to a mixed finish Tuesday as drugmakers rallied, which mostly canceled out losses for industrial companies. Investors shifted their money to less risky investments for the second day in a row.
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UPS testing drones for use in its package delivery system -
Friday, September 23, 2016
ARBLEHEAD, Mass. (AP) — One of the world's largest package delivery companies is stepping up efforts to integrate drones into its system.
UPS has partnered with robot-maker CyPhy Works to test the use of drones to make commercial deliveries to remote or difficult-to-access locations.
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UPS to hire 95,000 seasonal workers for upcoming holidays -
Friday, September 9, 2016
It's not even fall yet, but delivery companies and retailers are making their hiring lists for the holiday season.
UPS said Wednesday it will add about 95,000 seasonal workers to meet demand from online shopping. Many of the full-time and part-time jobs will be package handlers and drivers. That's close to last year's pace, when United Parcel Service Inc. estimated it would hire between 90,000 and 95,000 seasonal workers.
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FedEx predicts 12 percent increase in holiday shipments -
Friday, October 23, 2015
With online shopping growing, FedEx is bracing for a record volumes this holiday season.
The delivery company predicted Monday that shipments from Black Friday through Christmas Eve will rise 12.4 percent over last year to 317 million pieces.
45. FedEx pilots vote to ratify new labor contract - Friday, October 16, 2015
MEMPHIS (AP) — Pilots for FedEx Corp. have voted to approve a six-year contract that includes pay raises, according to their union.
The Air Line Pilots Association said Tuesday that the contract includes higher hourly pay rates, a signing bonus and improvements in the retirement plan.
46. Retailers and shippers gear up for holiday hiring - Friday, September 11, 2015
NEW YORK (AP) — The holidays are still months away, but retailers and shipping companies have begun announcing their hiring plans for the busy holiday season.
Many companies temporarily boost their workforces during the holiday to deal with an increase in shoppers at stores and online. Many like to tout that a sizable share of people who work in these jobs wind up staying on as permanent employees.
47. UPS will hire up to 95,000 holiday season workers - Friday, September 11, 2015
NEW YORK (AP) — UPS said Tuesday it will hire 90,000 to 95,000 employees — about the same as last year — to help handle shipping and deliveries over the holiday season.
The Atlanta-based company will hire package handlers, drivers and driver-helpers to work full-time and part-time at locations around the U.S. The seasonal jobs will last from November to January. UPS says seasonal jobs can become permanent jobs in some cases.
48. FedEx agrees to take over Dutch rival TNT Express - Friday, April 3, 2015
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — American package delivery service FedEx has agreed to take over Dutch rival TNT Express, one of Europe's largest delivery companies, for 4.4 billion euros ($4.8 billion), the companies announced Tuesday, in a move FedEx said will strengthen its business globally.
49. Unions intensifying attacks on new emerging free-trade pact - Friday, January 9, 2015
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just over two decades after lobbying unsuccessfully against the North American Free Trade Agreement, U.S. labor unions are again voicing strong reservations to a proposed major trade-liberalization deal.
50. Ex-UPS driver's pregnancy bias claim at high court - Friday, November 28, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — Peggy Young only has to look at her younger daughter to be reminded how long she has fought United Parcel Service over its treatment of pregnant employees, and why.
51. UPS expects to hire up to 95,000 seasonal workers - Friday, September 12, 2014
ATLANTA (AP) — UPS plans to hire up to 95,000 seasonal workers to help with package deliveries during the busy holiday season.
The Atlanta company said Tuesday that the positions will include package sorters, loaders, delivery helpers and drivers.
52. Stocks close lower ahead of economic reports - Friday, July 25, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market fell modestly on Tuesday as investors focused on a batch of big economic reports ahead.
On Wednesday, the government releases its look at economic growth in the spring quarter and the Federal Reserve finishes a two-day meeting. The next day, a report on China's manufacturing industry will give investors an update on the health of the world's factory floor.
53. Health care law has uneven impact on companies - Friday, March 21, 2014
Sarah Curtis-Fawley will have to offer insurance to her workers at Pacific Pie Co. because of the health care overhaul, and the estimated $100,000 cost means she may have to raise prices or postpone opening a third restaurant.
54. FedEx profit up, but misses expectations - Friday, March 14, 2014
DALLAS (AP) — FedEx Corp. says its latest quarterly profit rose 5 percent from a year ago despite storms that raised the company's costs, but the results were below analysts' expectations.
The company's ground-shipping segment is doing better, but the express-delivery business is flat and customers continue to shift to slower, cheaper services for international shipments.
55. Top Midstate commercial real estate transactions for December 2013 - Friday, January 31, 2014
Top December 2013 commercial real estate transactions for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.
56. Top Midstate commercial real estate transactions for 2013 - Friday, January 24, 2014
Top 2013 commercial real estate transactions for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.
57. Stocks mostly lower on weak earnings; UPS slips - Friday, January 17, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — Weak earnings from big U.S. companies are nudging the stock market lower.
United Parcel Service, General Electric and others issued disappointing results or forecasts.
58. Santa's sleigh delayed after snags at UPS, FedEx - Friday, December 20, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — Santa's sleigh didn't make it in time for Christmas for some this year due to shipping problems at UPS and FedEx.
The delays were blamed on poor weather earlier this week in parts of the country as well as overloaded systems. The holiday shopping period this year was shorter than usual, more buying was done online and Americans' tendency to wait until the last possible second to shop probably didn't help either.
59. UPS sees busier, intense holiday shopping season - Friday, October 25, 2013
ATLANTA (AP) — UPS expects this holiday season to be busier than last, thanks to the growing popularity of online shopping. And more intense, thanks to the calendar.
The world's biggest package delivery company said Friday that it foresees peak season daily volume rising 8 percent this year.
60. UPS more than doubles 3Q profit - Friday, October 25, 2013
A pickup in deliveries is helping UPS more than double its profit from a year ago, when Big Brown took a hit from pension-restructuring costs.
United Parcel Service Co. said Friday that net income in the third quarter soared to $1.10 billion, or $1.16 per share.
61. UPS to end health coverage for some spouses - Friday, August 23, 2013
DALLAS (AP) — United Parcel Service Inc. is ending health-insurance benefits for U.S. nonunion employees' spouses who can get coverage elsewhere. It blames the change on the new health-care law.
62. UPS says 2Q profit down 4 percent - Friday, July 19, 2013
DALLAS (AP) — UPS said Tuesday that second-quarter profit fell 4 percent as customers shifted from premium toward lower-priced shipped services.
The company called the results disappointing and said it was adapting to the changing market.
63. Stocks gain on earnings; fake tweet rattles market - Friday, April 19, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — Companies that do the best when the economy is improving led the market higher Tuesday after several of them reported strong quarterly earnings.
Coach, a maker of luxury handbags, and Netflix, which streams TV shows and movies over the Internet, were winners after announcing profits that impressed investors. Financial stocks rose after Travelers' earnings beat the expectations of financial analysts who follow the company.
64. Pension charge pushes UPS 4Q results into the red - Friday, January 25, 2013
DALLAS (AP) — United Parcel Service Inc. says it was slowed down in the fourth quarter by weak global trade and a disappointing holiday-shopping season.
65. Dow edges lower, still headed for stellar January - Friday, January 25, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — The Dow drifted lower Thursday, but stayed on track for its best start to the year in more than two decades.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 33 points to 13,877 as of noon EST. The index has gained 6 percent so far this month, putting it in line for its best January performance since 1989, according to data from S&P Dow Jones Indices.
66. UPS abandons $6.9 billion takeover for TNT Express - Friday, January 11, 2013
AMSTERDAM (AP) — Shares in package delivery company TNT Express NV were knocked as much as 50 percent lower Monday on news that United Parcel Service Inc. has ditched its €5.2 billion ($6.9 billion) takeover of the struggling Dutch company, citing objections from European regulators.
67. Stocks little changed on Wall Street; Apple slides - Friday, January 11, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — Apple held down the Standard & Poor's 500, pushing it further below the five-year high it reached last week, after the technology giant's stock sank following a report that demand for the iPhone 5 may be weaker than expected. The Dow Jones industrial average edged higher.
68. FedEx to offer buyouts with up to 2 years pay - Friday, November 30, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) — FedEx said Tuesday that it will be offering some employees up to two years' pay to leave the company starting next year.
The voluntary program is part of an effort by the world's second-biggest package delivery company to cut annual costs by $1.7 billion within three years.
69. Widow sues National Geographic over Afghan doc - Friday, November 9, 2012
NASHVILLE (AP) - A widow of a U.S. Army soldier killed in a blast in Afghanistan has sued Fox Cable Networks and the National Geographic Society over a documentary that showed her husband and family.
70. Free Enterprise Award presented to Baker - Friday, September 28, 2012
J.B. Baker, chairman of the board for Volunteer Express Inc. and owner of Sprint Logistics, LLC and Baker South real estate development, has been awarded the Jennings A. Jones Champion of Free Enterprise Award by Middle Tennessee State University.
71. Stocks drop for a 3rd day as earnings slide - Friday, July 20, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) — A parade of grim news, from weak corporate earnings to a pullback at U.S. factories to spreading fault lines in Europe's debt crisis, sent investors fleeing stocks for a third straight day on Tuesday.
72. UPS to buy TNT Express for $6.8 billion - Friday, March 16, 2012
AMSTERDAM (AP) — United Parcel Service Inc. said Monday it will buy Netherlands-based TNT Express NV for $6.77 billion (€5.16 billion), in a deal that will create a company with annual sales of €60 billion.
73. Charge hurts UPS profit, but US business surges - Friday, January 27, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) — UPS said Tuesday that its fourth-quarter net income slid because of an accounting charge, but its adjusted results topped Wall Street's expectations.
Excluding the charge, profit rose 21 percent. The world's largest package delivery company credited the increase to an improving U.S. package business that's making up for slower sales growth overseas. United Parcel Service Inc. also forecast Tuesday that its full-year results would mostly top analysts' forecasts.
74. FAA to issue rules aimed at tired airline pilots - Friday, December 16, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly three years after the deadly crash of a regional airliner flown by two exhausted pilots, the Federal Aviation Administration is releasing rules aimed at preventing airline pilots from flying while dangerously fatigued.
75. FedEx sees global slowdown, cuts profit outlook - Friday, September 23, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) — FedEx Corp. says consumers are putting off purchases of electronics and other gadgets from China, another example of the global economic slowdown that's prompting fears of another recession.
76. Oil falls sharply on global economic worries - Friday, September 16, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices tumbled 5 percent Thursday after some of the world's top financial officials gave a gloomy reading on the international economy.
Oil, a bellwether that tracks the market's mood, has dropped 29 percent since April as high unemployment, weak consumer confidence and expensive gasoline slowed down global growth.
77. Shutdown of transportation programs possible - Friday, August 26, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bills necessary to avoid shutdowns of federal transportation and aviation programs are high on Congress' to-do list when it returns to work next week.
President Barack Obama says as many as 1 million jobs are at risk without action.
78. Charter, cargo airlines target pilot safety rule - Friday, August 12, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid fierce opposition from charter and cargo airlines, as well as alarms raised by Pentagon officials, the Obama administration has delayed new safety rules aimed at preventing airline pilots from becoming so exhausted that they make dangerous mistakes.
79. UPS sticks with its outlook as 2Q earnings rise - Friday, July 22, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) — UPS says it still expects to grow earnings this year despite an "uneven economic environment." It's keeping its forecast for the year after reporting second-quarter earnings rose 26 percent.