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United to shake up board & C-suite

#United to shake up board & C-suite as big investors seek to right $UAL stock price vs comp. Click here to read more

March 2016 Recap

March is usually a month of change. Winter’s cold gives way to the first hints of spring, and we make the rounds in our homes changing the time on the clocks and our watches by one hour as we “spring forward” in observance of Daylight Savings Time. However, the one thing in March that never

FedEx: It Would Take Amazon Way Too Much Money And Time To Compete With Us

FedEx executive Mike Glenn dismissed rumors that Amazon might be preparing to create a serious competitor to the "big three" shippers, saying that doing so would simply take too long and cost too much. Click here to read more

Planning for the Inevitable

This month we’d like to hit on a topic that most of us avoid because it can be hard to talk about. That topic is death, and more specifically, planning our own funeral, memorial service, and burial or cremation. On a personal note, I’ve been through this process in just the last two months with

FedEx: How Big Of A Deal Is Amazon's Entry Into Freight?

Read more about Amazon's January '16 announcement detailing the company's entry into the freight-forwarding market.   Click here

February 2016 Recap

Sound and Fury Family reunions. Company picnics. Grade school field day - if you can remember back that far. Usually, these are fun gatherings. Usually. And sometimes you find yourself pulled into a friendly match of tug-of-war, whether you wanted to participate or not. You’ve got a bunch of people on one end of the

Why We Need To Be Talking About ALPA

Read the LinkedIn posting by former APA VP Neil Roghair. here

Protecting our skies and homes

Guest columnist article by Captain Chuck Dyer is chairman of the FedEx Master Executive Council of the Air Line Pilots Association.  Read it here

When diversification fails, have an exit strategy.

Investing has changed in recent years.  Long gone are the good ole days of the '80s and '90s when stocks seemed to go up every day and all you had to do was buy one ... any stock.  Or buy a share of the latest and greatest mutual fund.  These products gained wide popularity during

January 2016 Recap

January has to be the odds-on favorite for the longest month of the year. It’s the coldest month of the year. It inevitably starts off with a “let down” for most of us as it comes right on the heels of the bustling holiday season. And as one of seven months on our calendars with