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If the Redskins keep running their team as they are, we're going to have to do a Washington-only offshoot of Shutdown Corner, dealing with nothing but the exploits of Danny "Commodus" Snyder's Declining Roman Empire. There are a lot of great stories in the NFL this year, and it's not our intent to ignore or shortchange them, but geez ... how do you not whack hanging sliders like these over the wall? Dan Steinberg of the indispensable D.C. Sports Bog put up a post today based on signs he picked out of various garbage cans outside FedEx Field. The signs...

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Three U.S. states said on Tuesday they plan to sue FedEx Corp, accusing the second-largest U.S. package delivery company of violating labor laws by illegally classifying drivers as independent contractors rather than employees to save money. The attorneys general of New York, New Jersey and Montana intend to begin litigation against FedEx Ground Package System Inc after October 27, saying the unit of Memphis, Tennessee-based FedEx has caused a "serious injustiice."... Anne Milgram and Steve Bullock, the attorneys general of New Jersey and Montana, joined Cuomo in the litigation threat. In a statement, FedEx said it...

Because of caring people and a caring company, a terminally ill little Green Forest girl was flown home Friday by air ambulance from M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, so she can spend her last days surrounded by the people who love her most. Jada Harper, who turned seven on Sept. 1, has an inoperable malignant tumor in her brain and is in a coma with a ventilator doing her breathing for her. She has been at the famous cancer center in Houston since July, but her situation is now at the point not much else can be done...

The Talk Shows Sunday, September 20th, 2009 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Bertha Lewis, chief executive officer of ACORN; Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif.; Fred Smith, chairman and chief executive of FedEx Corp.; Steve Odland, chairman and chief executive of Office Depot Inc.; John Chambers, chairman and chief executive of Cisco.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): President Barack Obama; House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio; Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.FACE THE NATION (CBS): President Barack Obama.THIS WEEK (ABC): President Barack Obama.STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): President Barack Obama; Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.,...

The weekly jobless claims just came out and they hit another recent multi month low. This week the number of new jobless claims came in at 545,000. Last week it was 550,000 and so a trend might be forming. It also bodes well for the monthly jobs number that will come out the first Friday in October. Markets had a great day yesterday. All were up in the neighborhood of 1%. That followed near across the board gains around both Europe and the Far East. This morning, however, markets look to open rather flat. The futures of all three indices...

President Obama recently drew an analogy between the proposed, government funded, health care option and the United States Postal Service. He reasoned: a government funded postal service hasn't put private parcel carriers out of business; therefore a government funded insurer will not put private insurers out of business. His logic is sound and his facts are truthful, but only in a very technical sense. H.R. 3200 follows this pattern: it appears to be one thing on the surface, but in practical application it is the opposite. It's titled "America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009" and the operative section for...

The U.S. Postal Service is projected to lose $7 billion in 2009 and the same amount in 2010 – this after a succession of postal rate increases since 2006 (first class postage rose 2¢ to $0.39 for the first ounce and is now $0.44) – and thousands of branches coast-to-coast are curtailing services and may be shuttered. Is government-run mail delivery really the best analogy Obama could have come up with to assuage people’s fears about government-run healthcare? Maybe he’s been hanging around Joe Biden too long. Oh, and, contrary to Obama’s assertions, FedEx and UPS are not “doing just...

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- The most devastating at tack on President Oba ma's Big Government health-care plan yesterday came not from any of the famously independent voters here but in a wildly off-message comment from Obama himself. A man in the audience expressed his widely held concern about the federal government getting into the business of providing health insurance for all. With limitless reserves of your money to throw around, won't the government eventually just snuff out all the competition, he asked. This would leave you, your children and everybody you know relying on the big, fat, slow federal government for...

UPS employees and Members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters are claiming that their union leaders forced them to participate in a letter writing campaign and politically motivated envelope stuffing sessions to attack their chief business rival FedEx, the Washington Post reported on August 7. It seems that union members that work for UPS felt pressured and intimidated by union thug leaders to take their personal time to participate in envelope stuffing sessions where mailings attacking FedEx were gathered and set up for the post office. Naturally, the union operatives claim that that all the union members that felt forced...

<p>How does the Obama administration love organized labor? Let us count the ways it uses power to repay unions for helping to put it in power.</p> <p>It has given the United Auto Workers majority ownership of Chrysler. It has sent $135 billion of supposed stimulus money to state governments to protect unionized public- sector employees from layoffs and other sacrifices that private-sector workers are making. It has sedated the Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards, which protects workers against misbehavior by union leaders.</p>

Washington conservatives who dissent from the party line are often accused of selling out our principles in hope of snagging an invitation to a Georgetown cocktail party. It costs much, much more than that to buy Washington's pillars of conservative orthodoxy. Thanks to the brave people at FedEx, the whole world now knows exactly how much more... When you hear a member of Congress described as more or less conservative than another, it's the ACU's voting index that is being cited. ACU sponsors the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, the biggest event on conservatism's annual calendar... The leaders of...

The American Conservative Union asked FedEx for a check for $2 million to $3 million in return for the group’s support in a bitter legislative dispute, then the group’s chairman flipped and sided with UPS after FedEx refused to pay.

Dennis Whitfield of the American Conservative Union has sent out a press release on today’s embarrassing Mike Allen story that alleges a pay-for-play proposal between the conservative group and FedEx. "" “An article containing a false headline has been published by Capitol Hill newspaper Politico today regarding an issue with expansion of the National Labor Relations Board. This article concerns two letters; one issued by ACU and another issued by a separate organization. Mr. David Keene’s name was on a letter prepared by another organization. This was a personal decision on his part and he was not representing ACU at...

Per this Politico article, the American Conservative Union offered to supply Fed Ex with support - for money. Fed Ex declined the offer.

The American Conservative Union asked FedEx for a $2 million check in return for the group’s endorsement in a bitter legislative dispute, then flipped and sided with UPS after FedEx refused to pay. In return for the $2 million, ACU offered a range of services that included: “Producing op-eds and articles written by ACU’s Chairman David Keene and / or other members of the ACU’s board of directors. (Note that Mr. Keene writes a weekly column that appears in The Hill.)” The conservative group’s remarkable demand — black-and-white proof of the longtime Washington practice known as “pay for play” —...

WASHINGTON -- How does the Obama administration love organized labor? Let us count the ways it uses power to repay unions for helping to put it in power. It has given the United Auto Workers majority ownership of Chrysler. It has sent $135 billion of supposed stimulus money to state governments to protect unionized public sector employees from layoffs and other sacrifices that private sector workers are making. It has sedated the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards, which protects workers against misbehavior by union leaders. Cap-and-trade legislation might please unions with protectionism -- tariffs on imports from countries not...

Without a vote from shareholders, one of America's largest corporations has decided to grant its transgender employees special protected status. Memphis-based FedEx has agreed to implement a shareholder resolution proposed by Huffington Post blogger Sara Whitman that would add "gender identity" to the company's non-discrimination policy. Whitman is a self-proclaimed "married lesbian mother of three boys" in Massachusetts.

FedEx reported a larger quarterly loss Wednesday and gave an outlook well below Wall Street estimates for the current period, citing the recession's impact on package volumes and rising fuel costs that will hit its bottom line. The package delivery company, whose shares fell nearly 3 percent, said the next two quarters would be "extremely difficult," but added that there were there were signs that the pace of economic decline had slowed.

FedEx Express is learning what could be the Democrats' economic motto -- "Never Let Success Go Unpunished." Led by Rep. James Oberstar (D-Minnesota), the House on May 21 passed legislation that contains a hidden provision -- a mere 230 words -- that would hobble FedEx Express by completely changing the labor laws under which the company operates. Unless the Senate removes the language from the bill reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration, a mere dozen or so workers in just one city could hamstring much of the nation's overnight delivery service. Americans take for granted that things can "absolutely, positively ......

WASHINGTON -- In what is shaping up to be a public relations battle royal, FedEx Tuesday will unveil a multi-million dollar campaign aimed at rival UPS and at derailing Senate consideration of a law that would make it easier for the Teamsters to organize its drivers. The advertising and Web site campaign, BrownBailout.com, counters efforts by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, with its FedExWatch.com, to organize FedEx Express drivers like it has the drivers of UPS. The Web site, made available on an embargoed basis for 90 minutes Monday afternoon, asks, "Why is mega-corporation UPS trying to use its political...

Things are going to get rough re: Obama vs. Capitalism. http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2009/mar/24/10-billion-threat-fedex-warns-lawmakers-over-union/?partner=yahoo_headlines

FedEx could cancel contracts for $6.7 billion in American-made planes if Congress makes it easier for unions to organize the delivery giant's workers. In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Friday, the Memphis-based delivery company disclosed that future commitments to buy Boeing 777s are contingent on FedEx Express' continued coverage by the Railway Labor Act. The disclosure serves as a warning to lawmakers seeking to put FedEx Express workers under the National Labor Relations Act, a move seen as helping the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and rival UPS. "It's FedEx political hardball at its finest," said analyst Donald Broughton...

The package delivery company revealed it might delay purchasing 30 new Boeing (nyse: BA - news - people ) 777 cargo planes if Congress reclassifies the company under a different labor act, which FedEx (nyse: FDX - news - people ) argues would make it easier for its employees to unionize. A bill currently in front of Congress would place the company under the jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Act, instead of the National Railway Labor Act. But the company said the loss of cost-cutting flexibility that would accompany unionization would make it impossible to also afford the planes....

TOKYO (AFP) — A FedEx cargo plane en route from China crashed in high winds and exploded in a ball of flames Monday at Tokyo's Narita airport, killing both pilots, according to hospital officials. The pair, said to be US citizens, were reportedly the only two people aboard the McDonnell Douglas MD-11, which was flying in from Guangzhou in southern China. Television footage showed the three-engine wide-body airplane tip sideways shortly after touch-down in strong winds and then, as one of its wings clipped the ground at high speed, burst into a fireball. "We confirm the deaths of the two...

Apparently this just happened. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6cMK9LUnzI

Holy cow..

FedEx said Thursday its fiscal third-quarter profit tumbled 75 percent as severe weakness in the global economy offset the benefit of lower fuel prices. The company said it will eliminate more jobs and make other cutbacks to deal with the ongoing economic slowdown.

FedEx CEO: use of foreign oil threatens US economy The Associated Press - Feb 23, 2009 Chief Executive Fred Smith said Monday that US reliance on foreign oil is the biggest threat to the nation's economy after terrorism.

FedEx Corp. (FDX) has cut about 900 jobs at its FedEx Freight unit, the latest fallout from the downturn facing the freight sector. The job reductions are on top of a series of previous cost-cutting moves at FedEx, including prior job cuts at FedEx Freight and FedEx Office. In December, FedEx - the world's second-largest package shipper - also announced it was cutting salaries and bonuses and suspending the company's 401(k) match. The latest job losses at FedEx Freight, the company's less-than-truckload freight unit, affects a range of employees, including field office and dock workers, drivers and shop tech workers,...

A cargo aircraft operated by a subcontractor of FedEx Corp crashed upon landing at an airport in Lubbock, Texas, on Tuesday and the two crew members who had been on board "walked away" under their own power, a FedEx spokeswoman said.

SAN DIEGO — An early morning explosion at the federal courthouse in downtown San Diego left a door damaged and blew out a window. Sgt. Bob Dare of the San Diego Police Department says the loud blast occurred at about 1:40 a.m. Sunday. Streets in the area have been closed. No injuries were reported. The explosion is under investigation. FBI Special Agent Darrell Foxworth told a local TV station it appears the explosion may have been caused by a pipe bomb.

WASHINGTON – You can make sure the Supreme Court justices have a piece of your mind when they review a case Friday challenging the eligibility of Barack Obama under Section 2, Article 1 of the Constitution, which stipulates the position can only be filled by "a natural born citizen." Because the Supreme Court justices do not accept faxes, e-mails or telephone calls, there is only one way to make your voice heard in time for Friday's preliminary hearing – overnight delivery of your letter. To make that process simpler, more convenient and less expensive, WND has devised a plan to...

He has come to hold the get-rich-quick Wall Street financiers in more than a little disdain. He views the heroes of the U.S. economy as the companies that actually produce real goods and services. He sees the Wall Street collapse as an inevitable byproduct of investment bankers building multitrillion dollar debt pyramid structures. [SNIP] "We've got to reduce the taxes on equity. Let companies expense their capital purchases." [SNIP] "We absolutely have to cut the corporate tax. Our current tax rate is about 38%. Even Germany has a 25% rate." [SNIP] "The politicians deplore the fact that we have a...

Go to the FedEx.com homepage, and select the country drop down list. Notice the first two countries. 1. U.S.A. 2. U.S.A. - Espanol FedEx, when it absolutely has to sell your country down the river.

Super Tuesday Storms Knock Out Power, Complicate Voting Severe weather, including a reported tornado, hit Memphis, Tenn., Tuesday, leaving thousands without power and complicating things for Super Tuesday voters at the polls. At least 11,000 power outages were reported in Shelby County, Tennessee, where Memphis is located, after severe weather swept through the area Tuesday afternoon, reported WAPT-TV in Jackson, Miss. A 50-foot wall collapsed at a mall in southeast Memphis and a building was on fire elsewhere in the Memphis area, WAPT reported. Officials also reported that an unknown number of people were trapped in an industrial plant. A...

FedEx Corp. is attempting to buy the U.S. express division of rival DHL from its parent Deutsche Post World Net, according to a Reuters story that cites German newspaper Financial Times Deutschland. The newspaper said negotiations are underway and the firm wants to sell the DHL division by May at the latest. However, a Deutsche Post spokesman called the news speculation and wouldn't comment to the paper. Howard Clabo, a spokesman for Memphis-based FedEx (NYSE: FDX), said the company does "not comment on rumors or speculation." According to the Reuters story, Deutsche Post chief financial officer John Allan told another...

FedEx Corp. said late Friday that the Internal Revenue Service has ordered the company to pay back taxes and fines totaling $319 million for ground employees the firm misclassified as independent contractors. The ruling covers 13,000 employees FedEx had in 2002, and the company said that the IRS is investigating the status of contractors hired between 2004 and 2006. That probe could lead to further penalties, the company said.

Just in time for Christmas, FedEx informed me they do not guarantee delivery -- because it's Christmas.My husband's business partner sent some paperwork last night from the Chicago area. She paid extra to have "Guaranteed Delivery by 10:30." At noon, I called FedEx with the tracking number. They said it was on a truck. I asked how to apply for a refund for the expedited service, since the package was not delivered by 10:30. The FedEx representative told me there would be no refund, since there is no guarantee at this time of year. I asked if the package would...

October 28, 2007: With the price of jet fuel soaring, and demand for air freight services to Iraq and Afghanistan up as well, the U.S. Air Force sought efficiency advice from American airlines and parcel delivery companies. As a result, the air force has reduced fuel consumptions (airline pilots have been developing new "fuel efficient" flying techniques for decades.) Maintenance has been streamlined, and air cargo is moving faster to the combat zone.

TOUR Insider: Deutsche Bank Championship  Aug. 27, 2007 By Dave Shedloski PGATOUR.com Senior Correspondent The beauty of the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup this week is manifested in South Africa's Retief Goosen. Retief Goosen lost ground despite making the cut at The Barclays last week. (WireImage) While there are still three weeks left to decide the inaugural winner of the FedExCup, there is real urgency at this week's Deutsche Bank Championship for a number of players, including, most notably, the two-time U.S. Open champion. Goosen, 38, is the only TOUR member in the top 20 in the Official World...

UPS and Fed-Ex accident.

FedEx Corp. kicked off the first operational test of an anti-missile system on a commercial carrier Tuesday when one of its planes took off from Los Angeles. The MD-10 is equipped with a laser system designed by Northrop Grumman Corp. to defend against shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles during takeoffs and landings. The test is part of $81.4 million the company has received so far from the Department of Homeland Security to install missile defense systems on the nation's commercial carriers. "For the first time, we will be able to collect valuable logistics data while operating Guardian on aircraft in routine commercial...

Cargo company cancels order with Airbus By JAMES WALLACE P-I AEROSPACE REPORTER Airbus was rocked by a major defection in its A380 program Tuesday when cargo express giant FedEx switched to The Boeing Co. for large-capacity freighters. It is the first time that any A380 customer has canceled an order because of a series of embarrassing delays at Airbus that have pushed the program back about two years. FedEx said its decision to cancel firm orders for 10 A380 freighters, as well as 10 options, was the result of not being able to get its planes soon enough. FedEx was...

PARIS - FedEx Corp. canceled its order for 10 Airbus A380 jets on Tuesday, the first customer to retract an order for the new jumbo double-decker plane that has been dogged by numerous delays. The world’s largest express transportation company cited Airbus’ production delays and said in a statement that its FedEx Express unit has ordered 15 Boeing Co. 777 freighters with a list price of $3.5 billion and taken options on an additional 15.

Fedex has cancelled its order for Airbus aircraft and switched its order to rival Boeing instead. Fedex Express said it had cancelled its order for 10 Airbus A380-800F superjumbo because of delivery delays. Instead it has ordered 15 Boeing 777 freighters - to be delivered between 2009 and 2011 - and has an option to take a further 15 aircraft. Airbus said it regretted the decision but understood Fedex's "need to urgently address capacity issues". Shares in Airbus owner EADS closed more than 3% lower on the French stock exchange on the news. 'Best decision' "The availability and delivery timing...

FedEx Express and UPS each say they are undertaking a fundamental review of their fleet plans following notice ongoing troubles in the Airbus A380 program will delay the scheduled delivery of freighters. The statements from the largest U.S. cargo airlines suggest support for the giant A380 was wavering, as neither company would say it remains committed to the aircraft. Both were to be launch customers for the A380 freighter, with signed contracts to buy 10 apiece and options to double that number. Deliveries were to begin in 2009. The other customer for the mammoth freighter would be International Lease Finance...

Today, President Bush met with business leaders at the FedEx Express DCA Facility in Washington, D.C., for a roundtable discussion on job growth and the economy. Click here for the transcript of his remarks. The president also met with the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF)/Headquarters European Theater of Operations U.S. Army Veterans Association in the Oval Office. Recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month, the president was joined by Felipe de Borbon, the Crown Prince of Spain, for a musical performance in the White House East Room. Vice President Dick Cheney traveled to Florida to campaign for Congressional candidate Vern Buchanan. Secretary...

FBI Agents Say Phone Records Link Illinois Student to Sept. 11 TerroristsBy Mike Robinson Associated Press WriterPublished: Mar 20, 2002 CHICAGO (AP) - FBI agents searching telephone records have linked a 36-year-old Illinois student to the terrorists who attacked the World Trade Center and Pentagon, according to newly unsealed court papers. Ali Salem Kahlah Al-Marri has not been charged with any role in the Sept. 11 attacks and his lawyer, Richard Jasper Jr., questioned the link. Al-Marri was arrested Jan. 28 and is being held in New York on a federal charge of unlawful possession of more than 15 credit...

SAN DIEGO - A man dubbed the "FedEx Bandit" because he used envelopes from the delivery company to stash money during dozens of bank heists was sentenced today to 34 years in state prison. Farzad Farhbaksh, also known as Ernest Lozano, pleaded guilty on May 17 to 32 counts of robbery. "I'm sincerely sorry for what I've done, your honor," the defendant told San Diego Superior Court Judge David Danielsen before he handed down the sentence. "I ask for your mercy." The judge gave Farhbaksh consecutive sentences because the 32 counts represented separate victims and separate crimes. Danielsen also made...