Topic: Federal Express Corporation

NBA playoffs: Grizzlies look to claw past Spurs to reach Round 2

NBA playoffs: The Memphis Grizzlies visit the San Antonio Spurs tonight for Game 5 of their best-of-seven NBA Western Conference playoff series.
04/27/2011 06:39 pm

Opinion The Ben Franklin solution for the coming age of scarcity

The basic human struggle for freedom, food, and energy will intensify on a global scale over the next few years. Doing more with less must become our mantra.
04/11/2011 09:57 am

Eight ways $100 oil may affect you

In recent weeks, the price of a barrel of oil has stayed at about $100 a barrel, and gasoline prices have been edging closer to $4 a gallon. The costs are apparently due to events half a world away, in the Middle East. Even though plenty of oil is around, there is fear of further disruptions, and consumers, business people, and politicians have all been making adjustments. Here are eight ways that higher energy prices are starting to affect America.
03/21/2011 06:16 pm

Stocks climb back from lows to end higher

Dow average gains 161 points as traders send stocks up broadly. Dow is now positive for the year.
03/18/2011 12:55 am

Oil reaches $100 a barrel: Five winners, five losers

With the price of energy soaring – oil passed $100 per barrel on Tuesday ­– long-haul truckers are hurting, but hybrid manufacturers are smiling. Californians feel the pinch at the pump while Midwesterners, closer to large fuel inventories, wonder what all the fuss is about. With gasoline now at $3.37 per gallon – 20 cents higher than last week, and rising daily – who is profiting from higher prices and who is not?
03/01/2011 06:47 pm

The Reformed Broker Brace yourself: The 2.0's are coming!

The Web 2.0's, that is. Here's the rundown on all the social media IPOs in the works. Exciting times to be in the market.
01/19/2011 11:10 am

Growthology Rewriting the history of small business: What you didn't know

The standard narrative is too simplistic about the role, origins, and impact of entrepreneurship. But the closer you look, the fuzzier it gets, finds guest blogger Dane Stangler.
01/17/2011 05:05 pm

Iced-in Atlanta almost completely shut down, another Arctic front coming

Local buses aren't running. Mail service is suspended. Even a salt truck crashed. What happens to a city of 5 million with eight snow plows? Break out Twitter and the 'Star Wars' figurines!
01/11/2011 02:09 pm

The Reformed Broker Do you know your one-sentence story?

When I see someone who is frustrated or downtrodden, I think to myself that this is a person who needs to work on their story.
12/01/2010 04:30 pm

Bare feet to pat-downs: Five big changes in TSA screening at airports

Security screening at US airports has undergone waves of changes in the years since 9/11. Here are five of the biggest changes to affect air travelers in recent years.
11/22/2010 05:41 pm

Terrorism & Security Germany heightens security on 'concrete indications' of terror attack

'We have cause for concern, but no reason for hysteria,' German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière said today, adding that the tip-off came from a 'foreign partner,' reportedly the US.
11/17/2010 01:39 pm

Homeland Security talks about air cargo changes needed

Homeland Security talks about changes needed to improve air cargo security, while lobbying by the multibillion-dollar freight industry slows process.
11/09/2010 11:55 pm

Yemen packages: Air cargo was a target before. Why is it still vulnerable?

Long before explosive packages were shipped on flights out of Yemen, terrorists eyed air cargo as a means of attacking the US. Yet millions of tons of air cargo bound for the US still are not screened.
11/02/2010 09:59 pm

Five key members of Al Qaeda in Yemen (AQAP)

Less than two years ago, Yemeni and Saudi militants formed a new franchise called Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). The January 2009 merger of existing operations in Saudi Arabia and Yemen was acknowledged by Osama bin Laden's deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri. Since then, AQAP has hatched a series of attacks against the West and is suspected of being behind the recent UPS and FedEx cargo bombing attempts. Though foiled, the incidents underscore the Al Qaeda offshoot's potential threat beyond the Arabian Peninsula. Here are five of its leaders and key members.
11/02/2010 05:14 pm

AQAP bombmaker Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri emerges as key Yemen suspect

Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri, a Saudi national accused of being the top bombmaker for Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), is now likely to be a focus of counterterrorism efforts.
11/02/2010 04:45 pm

PETN: How serious a threat is Yemen explosive to air travel?

American X-ray machines should spot PETN, the explosive used in the suspicious packages from Yemen, in any luggage. But cargo flights from abroad could be vulnerable.
11/01/2010 09:09 pm

White House: There could be more mail bombs

White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan says authorities "have to presume" there might be more mail bombs like the ones pulled from planes in England and the United Arab Emirates.
10/31/2010 02:20 pm

Yemen packages may signal Al Qaeda franchise is 'amateurish'

The Yemen packages found on UPS and FedEx flights yesterday came shortly after Al Qaeda in Yemen published a jihadist magazine emphasizing the importance of targeting Americans.
10/30/2010 11:50 am

Suspicious UPS, FedEx packages raise new concerns about Al Qaeda in Yemen

The discovery of suspicious packages originating in Yemen is yet another incident that increases concern about Yemen becoming a launching pad for Al Qaeda.
10/29/2010 05:30 pm

Similac recall 2010: Can't reach the firm? Help on the way.

Overwhelmed by calls about its Similac recall 2010, Abbott is adding phone and Web capacity to answer consumer questions.
09/23/2010 03:14 pm

Tiger Woods set to tee off in tournament he helped create

Tiger Woods scrambled to qualify for this week's Deutsche Bank Championship outside Boston. The tournament, which benefits the Tiger Woods Foundation, is the second round in the PGA Tour's FedEx playoffs.
09/01/2010 02:57 pm

The New Economy Stock prices swing into positive territory for the year

Stock prices: The Dow and Nasdaq moved solidly positive for 2010 in afternoon trading Monday. The S&P 500 pared its year-to-date losses.
07/26/2010 03:00 pm

In Pictures Flying animals that aren't birds

Obama touts electric delivery truck, but still a long haul to market?

President Obama on Thursday toured a Missouri factory that makes electric delivery trucks, dismissing criticism of his program to provide federal funding to promote electric vehicles.
07/08/2010 07:29 pm

Growthology Is the Army innovative?

General Petraeus has transformed the Army through counterinsurgency strategy. But is the military really innovative?
05/10/2010 01:31 am