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FedEx Holder Sues Board Over Contractor Problems: CHICAGO (Reuters) - A shareholder of FedEx Corp (FDX) filed a lawsuit against the package delivery company's board on Thursday alleging the directors exposed the company to damages by misclassifying employees as contractors. A FedEx spokesman dismissed the lawsuit as frivolous. The lawsuit...; Tags: Federal Express, FedEx Corp., lawsuit, Internal Revenue Service, corporate governance, shareholder, United Parcel Service of America Inc., Chicago, board, director, spokesman, class action, pension fund, Thomson Reuters Corp., tax, benefit; News items 2008-05-08
FedEx Cuts Profit Forecast on Fuel Costs: BOSTON (Reuters) - Package delivery company FedEx Corp (FDX) slashed its quarterly earnings forecast on Friday, blaming surging fuel prices and a drop in demand caused by the weak economy, sending its shares down 3 percent. Quarterly fuel costs for FedEx's fleets of...; Tags: Financial accounting, Federal Express, FedEx Corp., earnings forecast, Boston, consumer confidence, Thomson Reuters Corp., food, environment, financial; News items 2008-05-09
Stocks Flat, Fedex Offsets Lower Oil Price: By Kristina Cooke NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks were little changed on Monday as the dollar's rise helped to push oil prices lower, but gains were offset after Fedex Corp, a package delivery company seen as a barometer of economic activity, slashed its...; Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Stock, Dollar, Federal Express, Investment, Financial Accounting, Finance, US; News items 2008-05-12
How to Manage Independent Contractors: Federal Express is just the latest company to face big IRS fines for mishandling contractors. Here’s how to manage ICs the right way. Decide Whether You Need One Goal: Learn what contractors can do for you...; Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Recruitment & Selection, Operational accounting, Workforce management, Lynn Haber, Internal Revenue Service, Social Security, hiring, tax, worker, income tax, integrated circuit, agency, absence, workplace, tool, income, training, payment, agreement, Web si; Articles 2008-01-07
What Did FedEx Do Wrong?: What Did FedEx Do Wrong?Applies to all businesses?Very interesting...can someone confirm if this applies to all businesses, public, private, LLCs, S-corps, big and small? My hunch is yes since the IRS seems to want taxes from all of us...; Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Federal Express; Discussion threads 2008-01-07

What Did FedEx Do Wrong?: Just before Christmas, the IRS slapped Federal Express with a hefty fine: $319 million in penalties and back taxes for misclassifying drivers in its ground-delivery division during tax year 2002. The IRS charges that the 15,000 drivers should have been treated as employees, rather than independent contractors (ICs). ...; Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Karen Steen, Federal Express, independent contractor, Internal Revenue Service; Blog posts 2008-01-07
Unboundary CEO Tod Martin: Branding a Company from Within: While most firms focus on branding themselves to the outside world, for 20 years Atlanta-based Unboundary has helped the likes of Fed Ex, IBM, and Coca-Cola become well understood internally as well as externally, winning awards in the process. Unboundary CEO Tod Martin explains how fostering communication can transform a...; Tags: branding, CEO; Videos 2007-09-02
Daily Dispatch: Circuit City, United Airlines, FedEx, Morgan Stanley: Circuit City reported a steep first-quarter loss and expects more sales volatility in the coming months. The retailer reported declining sales in TVs, DVD players, camcorders, and other key items. Although sales of flat-panel, plasma, and LCD TVs were strong, high gas prices combined with the housing slump...; Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, TVs, Monitors & displays, TV & Home Theater, DVD, Nicole Solis, United Airlines, Federal Express, Circuit City Stores Inc., Morgan Stanley, sales; Blog posts 2007-06-20
Daily Dispatch: Ericsson, Wal-Mart, Prudential, Adobe: Ericsson, the world's largest manufacturer of wireless network equipment, will buy German billing-software firm LHS. Ericsson already earns 23 percent of its revenue from providing services to telecom companies, and this acquisition is intended to strengthen its service offerings. Wal-Mart will offer prepaid...; Tags: Document management, Financial Planning, Financial services, Nicole Solis, Federal Express, Ericsson Inc., Wal-Mart MoneyCenters, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., FedEx Kinko, Prudential Insurance Company of America, Adobe Systems Inc.; Blog posts 2007-06-06
There's a Kinko in the Printing Process: From the headlines: Adobe includes a button in its latest software that would make it easy for users to print PDF files at FedEx Kinkos, then removes it following pressure from the printing industry.The Adobe-FedEx Kinkos deal was a dream partnership... for FedEx Kinkos. Adobe did the right thing by...; Tags: Document management, Business structures, Where's The Line?, Adobe Systems Inc., FedEx Kinko, Federal Express, printing; Blog posts 2007-08-07
BNET Dispatch: FedEx, Virgin Atlantic, The Fed, and Oracle: FedEx incurred its first decline in profits in more than three years. The express delivery company also alerted investors that it may fall short of its long-term profit target for this year. As FedEx gets deeper into its strategy of becoming integrated within global corporate supply chains, analysts say it...; Tags: Financial accounting, Strategy, Virgin Atlantic, Andrew Hines, Federal Express, Oracle Corp., Federal Reserve Board; Blog posts 2007-03-21
Recruit Like the Pros: At companies like Google, Starbucks, and FedEx, talent scouts have unique ways to identify the very best hires Google: The Talent Show At its offices all over the world, Google holds events designed to help the company connect with local talent. One, targeted at...; Tags: Workforce management, Recruitment & Selection, Brian Libby, Southwest Airlines Co., Starbucks Corp., Federal Express, talent, hire, Google Inc., job, corporate culture, director, sourcing, staffing, hiring, worker, career, brand, environment, Web site, computer, software; Articles 2007-02-27
IBSG Helps Fedex With a New Generation Sales Force Automation Platform: Headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, FedEx is a US $25 billion family of businesses that offers a global network of transportation, information, and supply chain services. As a result of ongoing acquisitions and the consolidation of legacy IT systems, FedEx's sales tool - Sales Source - had become outmoded, unable to...; Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Cisco Systems Inc., Federal Express, sales force, sales tool, sales, SFA, transportation, supply chain, collaboration, pricing strategy, acquisition, information technology, network; Case studies 2004-07-01
Corporate Governance Guidelines: This issue mainly talks about the Corporate Governance Guidelines of Dial Corporation. The Board has laid down various guidelines for the Organization as well as for the shareholders. The main aspects of these guidelines have been the principal responsibilities of the Board, and structure, qualifications and operations of the Board....; Tags: Corporate law, Federal Express, corporate governance, board, shareholder; White papers 2003-01-13
What Your HR Department Can Learn From FedEx: The Power of a Strong Brand: FedEx is a great brand. Great brands provide a source of identification and an assurance of quality. They simplify decision-making and crisply communicate the value they create for their customers. And great brands make and keep their promises. These characteristics differentiate great brands and cement their leadership credentials. Brands are...; Tags: Branding, Federal Express, brand, decision-making, leadership; White papers 2003-01-01
What your Human Resources Department Can Learn from Fedex: The Power of a Strong Brand: Great brands provide a source of identification and an assurance of quality. They simplify decision-making and crisply communicate the value they create for their customers. And great brands make and keep their promises. This article explains guiding principles for creating a department brand like making and keeping promises, focusing on...; Tags: Branding, brand, decision-making, Human Resources; White papers 2003-01-01
Trusted Partners At FedEx: This article explains state of affairs in most of the organizations in the field of information technology i.e. poor state of relationship with the business side of companies. This requires alignment of all the divisions of any organization towards one single goal and the importance of establishing and maintaining good...; Tags: CMP Media, Federal Express, accountability, information technology, Internet; Case studies 2002-01-01

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Outlook And Outlook Express: Brothers, Not Twins: E-mail communication has become as natural as breathing. Outlook Express is a basic e-mail program that is included with Microsoft Internet Explorer. It's free, and while it allows you to send and receive e-mail, it doesn't do all the wild and wonderful things that its big brother Microsoft Outlook can...; Tags: Groupware, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook Express, Microsoft Outlook, office product, e-mail, Microsoft Corp.; White papers 2004-02-19
iPod & iTunes Hacks: Stream Music With AirPort Express: AirPort Express is a small, self-contained unit that one plugs into the wall. Its size betrays its power. Using AirPort Express, one can stream music from the computer to anywhere within the house (within 150 feet), share a USB printer, and extend the Apple AirPort network. For iTunes users, Air-Port...; Tags: Digital music, PRODUCTIVITY, Digital media, O'Reilly Media Inc., Apple AirPort Express, USB printer, Apple iTunes, music, wall, printer, computer, network; Book chapters 2004-09-21
Worldwide Delivery: Established in 1946, TNT Express is now the world's leading provider of on-demand business-to-business express delivery services, operating in more than 200 countries around the world and employing 43,000 people. The company's mission "To be the fastest and most reliable express delivery company in the world" doesn't pull any punches;...; Tags: Reed Elsevier Inc., B2B, Leadership, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, Management; White papers 2004-06-01