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U2's Music and Mission and My Kid's First Rock Concert

Jim Wallis | Posted 10.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Fedex, Social Justice, Washington, Music, Campaign, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Power, Desmond Tutu, Aung San Suu Kyi, Rock Band, President Bush, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Justice, Love, Human Rights, Democracy, Africa, Activism, Politics, Willie Williams, 360, Aung San Suu, Myanmar, Amazing Grace, Teenager, Burma, U2, U2 Tour, Beautiful Day, Singing, Partisan Politics, D.C., Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Rock and Roll, Entertainment News
Jim Wallis

What I love about a U2 concert, headlined by the Irish tenor with the sunglasses, is how it achieves such a powerful combination of art and social justice, music and message; and all with such fun.

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To the Dems Who Voted to 'Defund ACORN': Where is the Defund Blackwater Act?

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kbr, AT&T, Erik Prince, Mercenaries, Lockheed Martin, Project on Oversight and Government Reform, Dell, Blackwater, Acorn, Boeing, Fedex, Hurricane Katrina, Republicans, Pogo, Democrats, Politics News
Jeremy Scahill

Democrats have joined Republicans in voting to "Defund ACORN," yet they have done nothing to stop Blackwater's ongoing taxpayer-funded crusade in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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UPS Employees Say They Were Forced To Lobby Against FedEx

Washington Post | Dan Eggen | Posted 09.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Fedex, Labor Unions, UPS Workers, Ups, UPS Lobbying, Business News

n an increasingly bitter Washington battle between the nation's two largest shipping companies, some unionized UPS workers say they are being forced t...

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A Conservative Sellout? Quelle Surprise

Thomas Frank | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fedex, Acu, Ups, David Keene, American Conservative Union, Chairman David Keene, Politics News
Thomas Frank

"David Keene is no conservative." That is what I predict Mr. Keene's brethren on the right will soon be saying about the longtime chairman of the American Conservative Union.

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Pay for Play - Conservatives Busted Again

Dave Johnson | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Conservatism, Pay for Play, Fedex Pay for Play, Fedex, Ups, Politico, American Conservative Union, Politics News
Dave Johnson

How much of what we see on TV, hear on the radio and read in newspapers or online as "conservative" or "centrist" opinion is actually paid for by corporate interests?

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American Conservative Union Responds To Politico's Pay-For-Play Story

Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 08.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Fedex, Americans for Tax Reform, Grover Norquist, Ups, American Conservative Union, David Keene, Acu, Pac, Business News

The American Conservative Union has sent out a press release today addressing Politico's story from this morning alleging a pay-for-play scheme betwee...

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American Conservative Union: Conservative Group Offers To Sell Endorsement For $2M

Politico | Posted 08.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Fedex, Acu, David Keene, Chairman David Keene, Pay to Play, Grover Norquist, American Conservative Union, Conservative Group Offers to Sell Endorsement for $2m, Americans for Tax Reform, Pac, Business News

Politico reported this morning on a pay-for-play scheme between the American Conservative Union and FedEx. The ACU would offer their group's endorsem...

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UPS Bailout: FedEx's 'Brown Bailout' Media Campaign (VIDEO) (UPDATED)

Posted 08.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Fedex, UPS Bailout, FAA Reauthorization Act, Grover Norquist, brownbailout.com, Railway Labor Act, Ups, Brown Bailout, Fred Smith, Business News

UPDATED 5:29 p.m. FedEx has launched a full-fledged attack against a bill that it considers to be a bailout of its competitor, United Parcel Service...

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FedEx: 1,000 Layoffs Confirmed

Triangle Business Journal: | Posted 05.07.2009 | Business

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FedEx Corp. has confirmed that the company has cut 1,000 jobs worldwide, including 500 in its headquarters city of Memphis, Tenn. Company spokesman...

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FedEx Lays Off 1,000 Employees

AP | Posted 05.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Jobs, Fedex, Unemployment, Fedex Layoffs, Fedex Job Cuts, Business News

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — FedEx Corp. has laid off 1,000 employees to meet job cuts the package delivery company announced were coming after third-quarte...

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FedEx Jet Crash: Wind Shear Eyed As Cause

AP | ERIC TALMADGE | Posted 04.23.2009 | World

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TOKYO — Wind shear may have caused the crash of a FedEx jet that cartwheeled on the runway at Tokyo's main international airport and burst into ...

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FedEx Plane Crash At Tokyo Airport Captured On Live TV (VIDEO)

Huffington Post/CNN | Posted 04.22.2009 | World

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SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO In a gruesome scene captured on shocking video, a FedEx cargo plane ran off a runway and burst into flames, killing two crew me...

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Fedex Plane Crash In Texas (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 02.27.2009 | Business

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LUBBOCK, Texas — Officials say a FedEx cargo plane landing at a Lubbock, Texas, airport veered off the runway, crashed and caught fire, but that...

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Shipping Backlog Causes FedEx To Open For Christmas

AP | HARRY R. WEBER | Posted 01.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Christmas, Fedex, Fedex Open on Christmas, Holiday Shopping, Holiday Shipping, Oregon, Business News

ATLANTA — Severe weather across the U.S. has caused a delivery backlog at FedEx Corp., prompting the shipping company to take the extraordinary ...

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FedEx Super Bowl Ads Latest Victim Of Economy (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 01.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Fedex, Video, FedEx Super Bowl Ad, Super Bowl Ads, Federal Express Super Bowl Ad, Super Bowl, Federal Express, Super Bowl XLII, Media News

Perennial Super Bowl advertiser Federal Express has pulled out of the upcoming event for the first time in 12 years, citing the economy. In an entry ...

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FedEx Pay Cuts, 401k Freeze Coming

AP | SAMANTHA BOMKAMP | Posted 01.18.2009 | Business

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NEW YORK — FedEx Corp. on Thursday announced more broad cost cuts _ including salary reductions _ as deteriorating economic conditions continue ...

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Adult ADHD (ADD): Ghosts in the Machine

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 09.27.2008 | Living

Read More: Ty Pennington, Charles Schwab, Adhd, Add, Paul Orfalea, Shire, Ghosts, Fedex, Glenn Beck, Stephen Josephson PhD, Jetblue, David Neeleman, Michael Phelps, Health, Living News
Michael B. Laskoff

To find business leaders who've owned up to having ADHD, it's easiest to look at people who have already arrived in the winner's circle.

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Customer Disservice Spotlight On: FedEx

Aaron Greenspan | Posted 08.02.2008 | Business

Read More: Fedex, Business, Customer Service, Economy, Fedex Customer Service, FedEx Corp, Fedex Bureaucracy, Customer Satisfaction, Business News
Aaron Greenspan

We had four different prices for the same package, and there were seventy packages of various sizes and weights totaling thousands of dollars in fees in question. I couldn't handle any more.

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Should Democrats Stop Using FedEx?

Adam Hanft | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fedex, John McCain, Boycott, McCain Vice President, Fred Smith, Vice President Mccain, Politics News
Adam Hanft

Avoiding a company and a CEO (like FexEd and its CEO Fred Smith) that violate our convictions is no different than going out of our way to support a company that shares our values.

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Want Results? Engage!

Roger Fransecky | Posted 04.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Fedex, Starbucks, Ceos, SmartCar, Penske Automotive Group, Nordstrom's, Roger Penske, Business News
Roger Fransecky

Leaders like Roger Penske derive a lot of energy from interaction, from engagement with people and with the rich invitation of learning something new each day.

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British Airways Forced To Hire FedEx To Deliver Late Bags

Bloomberg | Tracy Alloway | Posted 04.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Lond Heathrow, Airplane Delays, Delayed Baggage, Luggage Delays, British Airways, Fedex, Cancelled Flights, British Airways FedEx, Flight Cancellations, Business News

British Airways canceled 50 flights at London Heathrow airport's new Terminal 5 and brought in U.S. courier firm FedEx Corp. to help reunite passenger...

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Fedex To Raise Freight Rates

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: FedEx Corp, Freight Rates, Fedex, Delivery Rates, Business News

FedEx Corp. said Wednesday it will increase rates for its freight and long haul less-than-truckload units by about 5.5 percent effective Jan. 14. The...

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IRS Delivers FedEx A $319M Tax Hit

CNNMoney | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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FedEx was ordered to pay $319 million in back taxes by the IRS over a disagreement on how the company classified workers for its ground-delivery busin...

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FedEx Blames High Fuel Costs For Q2 Losses

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: FedEx Corp, Fedex, Quarterly Earnings, Quarterly Profits, Fuel Costs, Wall Street, Package Delivery, Business News

Package delivery company FedEx Corp. said Thursday its fiscal second-quarter earnings fell 6 percent, as the impact of high fuel costs and a weakening...

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FedEx Rate Hike: Express Rates To Increase 4.9 Percent In 2008

Reuters | Nick Carey | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: FedEx, Rate Hikes, Federal Express, Business News

Package delivery company FedEx Corp said on Friday that net average rates at its express delivery unit would rise 4.9 percent in 2008. Rates at FedEx...

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