FedEx News Updates

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FedEx First-Quarter Earnings Climb 12.7%

FedEx Corp. reported net income rose 12.7%, excluding one-time costs, for the first quarter of fiscal 2017 compared with the same period a year ago.

September 26, 2016
Business

FedEx Announces Price Increases for 2017

FedEx Corp. announced a series of 2017 rate increases, including 3.9% for Express shipments and 4.9% for Ground, continuing the recent pattern of carrier price adjustments.

September 22, 2016
Business

FedEx Income Rises 12.7% in First Quarter

FedEx Corp. reported net income rose 12.7%, excluding one-time costs, for the first quarter of  its fiscal 2017 calendar compared with the same period last year.

September 20, 2016

LiveOnWeb: Is Natural Gas a Good Fit for Your Fleet?

T. Boone Pickens, FedEx Chairman Fred Smith and NGVA's Matt Godlewski join ATA President Chris Spear to discuss natural gas advancements in this special LiveOnWeb broadcast.

September 19, 2016
Business

FedEx Doubles Down on Purple and Orange

Chairman Frederick Smith announced to employees Aug. 24 that the company would adopt the 43-year-old FedEx combination of purple and orange as its unified color scheme.

August 25, 2016
Business

Appeals Court Rules Against FedEx in Union Case

The U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling Aug. 9 that allows FedEx Freight drivers at the South Brunswick, New Jersey, terminal to form a union with Teamsters Local 701, which the company had refused to recognize.

August 10, 2016
Business

FedEx Breaks Ground on $15 Million Indiana Terminal

Workers have broken ground on a $15 million FedEx Freight terminal in South Bend, Indiana.

July 21, 2016
Business

FedEx Freight Adds Pricing Option Based on Distance, Dimensions

FedEx Freight has launched a freight box service that could have a big effect on the way less-than-truckload carriers charge customers, moving toward dimension- and distance-based pricing rather than the National Motor Freight Classification system, analysts said.

July 18, 2016
Business

FedEx Raises Fiscal 4Q Profitability by 20%, Helped by Results at Express, Ground Units

Improved profits at the Express and Ground units of FedEx Corp. helped the package company raise fiscal fourth-quarter net income by 20%, excluding one-time costs. This sets the stage for continued Ground capital investment to support increased e-commerce and the initial integration of TNT N.V.

June 27, 2016
Business

FedEx Ground to Pay $240 Million to Settle Driver Classification Suits

FedEx Ground settled an 11-year-old, nationwide lawsuit by agreeing to pay $240 million to 12,000 truck drivers who said they were misclassified as independent contractors rather than employees of the division of FedEx Corp.

June 27, 2016