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ELECTRIFICATION COALITION With the number of vehicles on the planet expected to grow from 600 million today to 2.5 billion by 2050, a group of companies sees electric vehicles as the best alternative, given concerns of foreign oil dependency, oil prices and climate change.

Sandra Bullock continued her stellar year, with her true-life sports drama The Blind Side clearing an estimated $34.5 million for second place.

Relative to the railroads, the trucking industry has fallen off of the radar screen.

In a sea of blue economic projections about holiday retail spending, there's one beacon of hope.

When Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway announced its $34 billion acquisition of Burlington Northern Sante Fe , Buffett remarked that it was a big bet on the long-term recovery of the U.S. economic system.

When you watch an episode of "The Jetsons," what gets you isn't so much that Elroy wore an antenna on his head or that the family spent their time in cars that levitated.

Medtronic Inc. will officially open its new $65 million distribution center Tuesday at 4340 Swinnea Road.

FedEx Corp. offers customers several convenient ways to save time and money when shipping this holiday season.

FedEx jumps on the "smart" wagon with a new web-based service. Shipping gets smart, says CIO Carter.

Innovative Sensor Hardware, Software and Collaboration Tools to Provide Enhanced Visibility and Collaboration During the Journey of a Shipment FedEx Corp.

Roadmaps aren't inherently sexy, unless you're lost and hungry. But when they demonstrate plausible visions for the future, they can be well worth reading.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 17 -- FedEx Express , a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. , won the Air Cargo Carrier Of The Year Award at the recent Eighth Annual Supply Chain Asia Logistics Awards.

FedEx Freight Corp., a leading provider of regional and long-haul less-than-truckload services in the U.S., and Vision Industries Corp.

A group of businessmen on Monday launched a new coalition to urge the federal government to make a major investment in electric transportation, pointing to electric cars as the best way to confront the nation's dependence on imported oil.

MEMPHIS -- FedEx Corp. and the Christmas SPIRIT Foundation will team up for the fifth straight year to deliver Christmas trees to more than 50 military facilities.

The FedEx Corporation said Tuesday that the government would not require it to pay employment taxes for contract drivers in its ground-delivery unit for 2004 through 2006, supporting the company's claim that they should not be treated as employees.

The package-delivery giant is set to serve up outsized earnings in the next economic upcycle, due in part to its growing global presence.

FedEx has signed a deal with Azure Dynamics for an additional 51 hybrid delivery vans to bring their total fleet number to 325 hybrid and electric vans in use.

In an encouraging sign of an economy on the mend, FedEx today projected its business will hit the year's peak Dec.

FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp , announced it will purchase 51 additional gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles from Azure Dynamics Corporation .