Tag: Corporate news
FedEx’s profit nearly triples as online shopping grows
<p>NEW YORK — FedEx said Thursday that its profit nearly tripled in its most recent quarter, despite winter weather that hobbled some of its...
EXPLAINER: Will you need a ‘vaccine passport’ to travel?
Airlines and others in the travel industry are throwing their support behind so-called vaccine passports to boost pandemic-depressed travel, and authorities in Europe could...
Chip shortage forces Ford to build trucks without computers
<p>DETROIT — A global semiconductor shortage and a February winter storm have combined to force Ford to build F-150 pickup trucks without some computers....
Les Wexner exits board, severs last ties to retail empire
NEW YORK — Billionaire retail icon Les Wexner is severing his last ties with the retail empire that he founded in 1963.
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China to open 1st trial of Canadians held on spy charges
<p>DANDONG, China — China was expected to open the first trial Friday for one of two Canadians who have been held for more than...
JetBlue considers whether to leave NYC and move to Florida
NEW YORK — JetBlue Airways is considering whether to stay in New York, where it was founded two decades ago, or move its headquarters...
Founders of California fecal matter-testing company indicted
<p>SAN FRANCISCO — Two Silicon Valley entrepreneurs who founded a biotech company that tested fecal matter are accused of bilking their investors and health...
Fujifilm biotech firm to build massive plant in central NC
HOLLY SPRINGS, N.C. — A subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Fujifilm Holdings Corp. said Thursday that it will open a massive biopharmaceutical manufacturing plant in...
Plane’s front landing gear collapses on takeoff in Mexico
<p>MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Viva Aerobus airline said Thursday that the front landing gear on one of its passenger jets collapsed while the plane...
FedEx’s profit nearly triples as online shopping grows
NEW YORK — FedEx said Thursday that its profit nearly tripled in its most recent quarter, despite winter weather that hobbled some of its...