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Raj Subramaniam downplays fears around logistics expansion push

The logistics companies said their capabilities and focus areas are largely different from what Amazon is now offering to all businesses.

While many transportation companies struggle when fuel prices rise, FedEx and J.B. Hunt are positioned to benefit from pricing power, network efficiency, and shifting freight dynamics.

FEATURE Amazon com was disrupting things again on Tuesday. The online retail giant announced 30-minute rapid deliveries on “thousands of groceries and essentials.” The service is now in Atlanta, Dallas–Fort Worth, Philadelphia, and Seattle, “with rapid expansion underway in dozens more U.

Bank of America has added FedEx (NYSE:FDX) to its “US 1 List,” a collection of its best investment ideas. The move, announced May 11, is a high-conviction symbolic signal even without a fresh price target attached. For long-term investors, the inclusion reframes FedEx stock as one of Wall Street’s preferred industrial transformation plays heading into ... BofA Just Picked FedEx Stock as One of Its Best Ideas: Logistics Giant Joins the US 1 List

The changes impact various import and export shipments, including packages traveling to and from the U.S., adding to cost pressures for parcel shippers.

Investing.com -- The U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) has ruled that President Trump’s 10% universal tariff, imposed under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, is unlawful.

American families are expected to spend up to $38 billion on Mother's Day this year, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF), $3.2 billion of which will go toward buying flowers. UrbanStems CEO  Meenakshi Lala discusses broader consumer spending trends, especially for these sentimental holidays, while Americans navigate the K-shaped economy.

The stock market hit fresh highs as crude oil prices tumbled below $100 on Iran hopes. Earnings were mostly strong, though there were big losers too

For logistic companies, or for logistics investors, it is time to stay calm and carry on. Monday, Amazon com sent a shock wave through the market by announcing Amazon Supply Chain Services, or ASCS, essentially opening up to outside customers the logistics network it built to support its retail business.

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The Iran war is impacting FedEx operations in Dubai, which wants U.S. permission to pause flights there from Hong Kong so it doesn’t lose the right to fly that route. The post FedEx wins war waiver for Dubai cargo route appeared first on FreightWaves.