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Caribbean
The Caribbean (pronounced /ˌkærɨˈbiːən/ or /kəˈrɪbiən/) is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles (3,200 km) long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north. From the peninsula of Florida on the mainland of the United States, the islands stretch 1,200 miles (1,900 km) southeastward, then 500 miles (800 km) south, then west along the north coast of Venezuela on the South American mainland.
Situated largely on the Caribbean Plate, the region comprises more than 7,000 islands, islets, reefs, and cays. These islands generally form island arcs that delineate the eastern and northern edges of the Caribbean Sea.
The Caribbean islands are part of the somewhat larger West Indies grouping, which consists of the Greater Antilles on the north, the Lesser Antilles on the south and east (including the Leeward Antilles), as well as the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands (the Lucayan Archipelago, which does not border the Caribbean Sea). Due to its proximity to the equator, the sun rises from 3am EST to 5am EST.^{[citation needed]}

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Cologne Bonn Airport
Cologne/Bonn Airport (German: Flughafen Köln/Bonn, also called Köln/Bonn-Konrad Adenauer or Flughafen Köln-Wahn) (IATA: CGN, ICAO: EDDK) is an international airport located in the district of Porz in the city of Cologne, Germany, and is surrounded by the Wahner Heide nature reserve. The airport is centrally located in the Cologne/Bonn Region 14.8 km (9.2 mi) southeast of Cologne city centre and 16 km (9.9 mi) northeast of Bonn. It is the sixth largest airport in Germany and one of the country's few 24-hour airports. In terms of cargo flights it is second. Just over 9.8 million passengers passed through the airport in 2010, a 1% increase compared with 2009.
In 1913 the first plane took off from the Wahner Heide military training area on an artillery reconnaissance flight. In 1939 an airfield was built for the German Luftwaffe.
After World War II the British military took over and expanded the airport. A 1,866 m runway was built in this period. In 1951 the airport was opened for civilian air traffic, superseding the former Cologne Butzweilerhof Airport.

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Dixie Travel Plaza
The Dixie Travel Plaza, previously known as the Dixie Truck Stop and Dixie Trucker's Home, is a large trucker and travel plaza located in McLean, Illinois, on Interstate 55. It was established by J.P. Walters and John Geske in 1928 on old US Route 66 as a small sandwich stand in a truck mechanic's garage. By 1930, quickly growing demand had necessitated expansion into a full-size restaurant. The restaurant was expanded several times afterwards, and rebuilt once after a fire in 1965. Walters, Geske and the Dixie Trucker's Home have been recognized by the Route 66 Association of Illinois for their contributions—from 1926 to 1977—to the character of Route 66. They were inducted into the association's hall of fame on June 9, 1990. Dixie was previously home to the Route 66 Hall of Fame when it opened in 1990. In 2003, after Dixie changed ownership, the museum was moved to a new, larger location in Pontiac, Illinois.
Dixie Travel Plaza is frequently mentioned in travel books and histories of Old US Route 66. It has also been the subject of articles in the Chicago Tribune in articles about Old Route 66. Dixie was referred to as "one of the most impressive" late night stops along I-55. When the Interstate system was constructed and Route 66 was decommissioned, the portion of Route 66 that Dixie was located on became a portion of I-55.

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Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic (ⁱ/dəˌmɪnɨkən rɨˈpʌblɪk/; Spanish: República Dominicana [reˈpuβlika ðominiˈkana]) is a nation on the island of Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries. Both by area and population, the Dominican Republic is the second largest Caribbean nation (after Cuba), with 48,442 square kilometres (18,704 sq mi) and an estimated 10 million people.
Taínos inhabited what is now the Dominican Republic since the 7th century. Christopher Columbus landed on it in 1492, and it became the site of the first permanent European settlement in the Americas, namely Santo Domingo, the country's capital and Spain's first capital in the New World. Santo Domingo can boast of many firsts in the Americas, including the first cathedral, and castle, both in the Ciudad Colonial area, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Iowa 80
Iowa 80 is the world's largest truck stop, located along Interstate 80 off exit 284 in Walcott, Iowa. Set on a 220-acre (89 ha) plot of land (four times larger than an average truckstop) -- 75 acres (30 ha) of which are currently developed—the site receives 5,000 visitors daily, and features a 67,000 sq ft (6,200 m²) main building, parking for 800 trucks, and 15 fuel pumps. Four-hundred and fifty employees staff the megaplex.
Iowa 80 is currently affiliated with the TravelCenters of America chain.
Bill Moon, a regional manager for Standard Oil, purchased the land and built the original truckstop in 1964 along the emerging I-80, the 3,000-mile (4,800 km) highway which would directly connect San Francisco with New York. "As they were building I-80, my father was responsible for finding land and building truck stops for Standard," says his daughter Delia Meier. Initially a small white enamel building surrounded by cornfields, it housed a modest truckers store, a one lube bay and a restaurant. Bill Moon took direct control in September 1965, and eventually purchased the site from the corporation in 1984. In 1992, the year of Moon's death, it became a Travelcenter of America franchise, though the facility is still owned and operated by the Moon family. In addition, the Iowa 80 Group also owns the Joplin (MO) Petro on Interstate 44, Oak Grove (MO) 70 off Interstate 70 just outside of Kansas City, and Kenley (NC) 95 off of Interstate 95.

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Joe Gibbs Racing
Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) is a group of NASCAR racing teams owned and operated by former Washington Redskins coach Joe Gibbs, who first started racing on the NASCAR circuit in 1991, and J. D. Gibbs, his son. Headquartered in Huntersville, North Carolina, near Charlotte, the team amassed three Sprint Cup championships since the year 2000 and participated in other lower-tier NASCAR series for driver development, winning one championship in the East Division of the NASCAR Camping World. For the team's first sixteen seasons, JGR ran cars from General Motors. During that period the team won their three championships, two in Pontiac Grand Prixes and one in a Chevrolet Monte Carlo. Despite this, JGR felt as if they weren't as important as some of the other GM teams such as Hendrick Motorsports and Richard Childress Racing. Therefore, during the 2007 season Joe Gibbs Racing announced that they would be ending their arrangement with GM at the end of the year and begin running Toyotas the following season. Since then, JGR has become the strongest and has won the most out of any Toyota team.

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Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (/ˌpɔrtə ˈriːkoʊ/ or /ˌpwɛərtə ˈriːkoʊ/), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, [esˈtaðo ˈlibɾe asoˈsjaðo ðe ˈpweɾto ˈriko]—literally, "Associated Free State of Puerto Rico"), is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.
Puerto Rico (Spanish for "rich port") comprises an archipelago that includes the main island of Puerto Rico and a number of smaller islands, the largest of which are Vieques, Culebra, and Mona. The main island of Puerto Rico is the smallest by land area of the Greater Antilles. However, it ranks third in population amongst that group of four islands, which also include Cuba, Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti), and Jamaica. Due to its location, Puerto Rico enjoys a tropical climate and also experiences the Atlantic hurricane season.
Originally populated for centuries by indigenous aboriginal peoples known as Taínos, the island was claimed by Christopher Columbus for Spain during his second voyage to the Americas on November 19, 1493. Under Spanish rule, the island was colonized and the indigenous population was forced into slavery and nearly wiped out due to, among other things, European infectious diseases. The remaining population was emancipated by King Charles I in 1520. Spain possessed Puerto Rico for over 400 years, despite attempts at capture of the island by the French, Dutch, and British. The Spanish Crown, in an attempt to keep Puerto Rico from gaining its independence, revived the Royal Decree of Graces of 1815. The decree was printed in three languages — Spanish, English and French — and it fostered the immigration of hundreds of non-Spanish European families.

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Ryder
Ryder System, Inc. (NYSE: R), or Ryder, is an American-based provider of transportation and supply chain management products, and is especially known for its fleet of rental trucks. Ryder specializes in fleet management, supply chain management and dedicated contracted carriage. Ryder operates in North America, the United Kingdom and Asia. It has its headquarters in suburban Miami, Florida within Miami-Dade County.
Ryder was founded in Miami, Florida in 1933 by James Ryder as a concrete hauling company with one truck, a 1931 Model "A" Ford. Within a few years,^[when?] the business expanded to leasing trucks to other companies. This led to Ryder changing its focus from distribution to leasing. By 1939, Ryder's truck fleet had increased to 50. Ryder bought Great Southern Trucking Company in 1952. In 1955 Ryder System, Inc. was formed to combine Great Southern and Ryder Truck Rental. Ryder System went public in 1955. By the 1960s and 1970s, Ryder had expanded into the distribution and supply chain markets.

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Southwest Airlines
Coordinates: 32°50′48″N 96°51′40″W / 32.846666666667°N 96.861°W / 32.846666666667; -96.861 (Southwest Airlines Headquarters)
Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV), operating as Southwest Airlines, is the largest low-cost carrier in the U.S. headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The airline was established in 1967 adopting its current name in 1971, and as of June 5, 2011 (2011 -06-05)^[update] is the largest airline in the United States based upon domestic passengers carried.
Although it operated Boeing 727 aircraft for a short time during the 1970s and 1980s, between that time and 2012 the airline operated only Boeing 737 aircraft, and as of September 30, 2011 (2011 -09-30)^[update] was the largest operator of the 737 worldwide with over 550 of these aircraft in service, each operating an average of six flights per day.
In May 2011 the airline acquired Orlando-based AirTran Airways, with full integration of the carriers taking place over several years, and on March 1, 2012, the company was issued a single operating certificate meaning that from a technical standpoint, Southwest and AirTran became one airline. As a result, following the merger, Southwest also began operating the Boeing 717.

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United States
The United States of America (commonly abbreviated to the United States, the U.S., the USA, America, and the States) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west, across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Pacific and Caribbean.
At 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km²) and with over 312 million people, the United States is the third or fourth largest country by total area, and the third largest by both land area and population. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries. The U.S. economy is the world's largest national economy, with an estimated 2011 GDP of $15.1 trillion (22% of nominal global GDP and over 19% of global GDP at purchasing-power parity). Per capita income is the world's sixth-highest.

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Bill Mack
Bill Mack is one of the most recognizable voices in country music radio. For many years, Mack was best known as the host of The Country Roads Show, (later U.S. 1 Trucking Show, and later still, Midnight Cowboy Trucking Show) the overnight country music show on WBAP, a clear channel station in Fort Worth. Mack's show catered primarily to truck drivers who traveled during the late-night hours. Its opening theme music was an instrumental rendition of Orange Blossom Special, performed by Felix Slatkin and his orchestra. Because of WBAP's clear channel signal range via skywave at night, Mack's show was heard over most of the continental United States. Mack began his show in 1969. He briefly took his show to Mexican "border blaster" station XERF, but returned to WBAP when an agreement for Mack to do his show from his Fort Worth home fell through.
In addition, Mack hosts the syndicated radio show Country Crossroads, heard on more than 800 stations across the country, and a similar cable television show on FamilyNet. He also hosts the Overdrive Top Ten Countdown, a weekly one-hour country music countdown geared toward truckers, in syndication.

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Carl Icahn
Carl Celian Icahn (born February 16, 1936) is an American business magnate.
Icahn was raised in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York City, where he attended Far Rockaway High School. His father was a cantor, his mother was a schoolteacher. He was educated at Princeton University (A.B., philosophy, 1957) and New York University School of Medicine, but left without graduating.
Icahn began his career on Wall Street in 1961. In 1968, he formed Icahn & Co., a securities firm that focused on risk arbitrage and options trading. In 1978, he began taking control of positions in individual companies. He has taken substantial or controlling positions in various corporations including RJR Nabisco, TWA, Texaco, Phillips Petroleum, Western Union, Gulf & Western, Viacom, Uniroyal, Dan River, Marshall Field's, E-II (Culligan and Samsonite), American Can, USX, Marvel Comics, Revlon, Imclone, Federal-Mogul, Fairmont Hotels, Blockbuster, Kerr-McGee, Time Warner and Motorola.
Little is known about Carl Icahns' endeavors prior to the 1990s, yet still many have regarded him as a main player in the "junk bond," and "mortgage bond," industries which transformed corporate America and S & L's into a profitable enclave susceptible to investment bankers and corporate raiders.

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Dale Sommers
Bruce Dale Sommers (born November 26, 1943), known by his nickname "The Truckin' Bozo", is an American radio personality, best known for his long-running country music show geared toward truck drivers. Sommers hosted the show overnights from Cincinnati, Ohio based clear channel station WLW from 1984 to 2004, with a small network of similarly high-powered stations across the United States. Sommers discontinued playing music on his nightly show and commenced focusing all his energies on truck news, news and talk from his listeners. Sommers made an attempt to retire from radio in 2004, but XM Radio was successful in getting him to do an afternoon truck show, which now airs on Sirius Radio and XM from 4–7 PM Eastern time.
"The Bozo" made national headlines when he helped to catch a robber at a convenience store in Camilla, Georgia. Sommers was talking live on the air with regular caller Linda Driskill, known as "Mississippi Lady" to listeners, when he heard Driskill admonish someone not to come behind her counter. She then hung up the phone. Sommers was concerned for her safety, so he called the Camilla police (who knew Driskill from Sommers' show). The police responded to Driskill's store and quickly apprehended the robber.

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Dave Nemo
Dave Nemo is an American radio personality, currently hosting a show on the Road Dog channel 171 on Sirius-XM Satellite Radio. Nemo's show is geared toward entertainment and news favored by truck drivers.
Before his current stint with XM, Nemo was best known as the host of The Road Gang, the overnight truckers' show broadcast for many years from WWL (AM) Radio in New Orleans and heard throughout most of the country through its clear channel signal. Nemo was originally the show's weekend and fill-in host behind Charlie Douglas, then took over the top spot on the show when Douglas left. Big John Parker then took Nemo's spot as weekend host.
Nemo joined Road Dog (then Open Road) at its inception. His show is currently aired daily from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. EST. Ironically, two of his biggest overnight competitors during his Road Gang days, Bill Mack and Dale "The Truckin' Bozo" Sommers, are now colleagues on the channel.
Nemo's show is broadcast from studios in Nashville, where guests from the country music industry often stop by.

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Denny Hamlin
James Dennis Alan "Denny" Hamlin (born November 18, 1980) is an American NASCAR race car driver. He currently drives the No. 11 FedEx Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Sprint Cup Series and the No. 18 Toyota in the Nationwide Series.
Hamlin was born in Tampa, Florida, but lived in Chesterfield, Virginia for most of his childhood. He began racing go-karts at the age of 7. Afterward, he worked his way up to Late Models by 2004 and signed a development contract with Joe Gibbs Racing. After running briefly in the Craftsman Truck Series, Hamlin drove a full season in the Busch Series in 2005, while running a few Nextel Cup races. After having great race finishes, Hamlin was given a full-time ride with Joe Gibbs Racing.
Hamlin began his racing career in 1988, at the age of 7 years old, racing go-karts. By 1997 at 15 he won the WKA manufacturers cup at the age of 16, he was racing Ministocks. In his first stock car race, at Langley Speedway, Hamlin won the pole position, and won the race. He then progressed to the Grand Stock division in 1998, and moved on to Late Model Stock Cars in 2000. In 2002, he won ten Late Model races, and surpassed that in 2003 with 25 wins, and 30 poles, out of 36 races. In 2004, while competing full time in Late Model Stock Cars, Hamlin was signed to a driver development contract with Joe Gibbs Racing.

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Iyman Faris
Iyman Faris (aka Mohammad Rauf; born June 4, 1969 in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan) is a Pakistani American former truck driver from Columbus, Ohio who was convicted of providing material support to Al Qaeda, for his role in a plot to destroy the Brooklyn Bridge. His name has sometimes been mistranscribed or reported as Lyman Harris.
On June 22, 2003, the United States Department of Justice revealed to Time that Faris had served as a double agent for the FBI for months. Faris was detained two weeks after Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was arrested in Pakistan on March 1. While installed as a double agent for the U.S. government, Faris sent messages to his terrorist commanders by mobile phone and email from an FBI safe house in Virginia. A senior Bush administration official told Time, "He was sitting in the safe house making calls for us. It was a huge triumph."
He first entered the United States in 1994, and married Geneva Bowling the following year. Faris became a U.S. citizen in 1999, and allegedly returned to Pakistan the following year, and moved along to Afghanistan, where he is accused of having met Osama bin Laden. While in the region, documents provided to the court show that Faris was asked to investigate the possibility of using an ultralight aircraft as an "escape plane" for bin Laden. He used an internet cafe in Karachi, Pakistan to research ultralights and purchased 2000 sleeping bags.

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Jimmy Hoffa
James Riddle "Jimmy" Hoffa (born February 14, 1913 – disappeared July 30, 1975, declared legally dead July 30, 1982) was an American labor union leader.
Hoffa was involved with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union as an organizer from 1932 to 1975. He served as the union's General President from 1958 to 1971. He secured the first national agreement for teamsters' rates in 1964, and played a major role in the growth and development of the union, which eventually became the largest single union in the United States, with over 1.5 million members during his terms as its leader.
Hoffa, who had been convicted of jury tampering, attempted bribery, and fraud in 1964, was imprisoned in 1967, sentenced to 13 years, after exhausting the appeal process. It was not until mid-1971 that he officially resigned the Teamsters' presidency, an action that was part of a pardon agreement with U.S. president Richard Nixon, in order to facilitate his release later that year. Nixon blocked Hoffa from union activities until 1980 (which would have been the end of his prison term, had he served the full sentence). Hoffa attempted to overturn this order and to regain support.

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Johnnie Bryan Hunt
Johnnie Bryan Hunt, Sr. (February 28, 1927 – December 7, 2006), better known as J. B. Hunt, was an American entrepreneur who founded J.B. Hunt Transport Services, the largest publicly owned trucking company in the USA. His company is based in Lowell, Arkansas.
Hunt was born in Heber Springs, Arkansas. Growing up during the great depression put a large strain on him.
His first job was working for his uncle in his sawmill so that the family could survive. After a brief time in the US Army, Hunt spent the 1950s as a lumber salesman, auctioneer, and truck driver before starting a rice hulls business with his wife Johnelle in 1961. Unfortunately his first attempt at the trucking business was not a success. He lost roughly $19,000. He returned to the trucking industry in 1969, with five tractors and seven trailers.
Hunt was known throughout his life for his generosity, and was famous for carrying around a money clip containing $100 bills, which he would hand out to people he felt could use the money.

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Kelly Reno
Kelly Reno, born (June 19, 1966) to cattle ranchers in Pueblo, Colorado is a former juvenile actor who was cast at age 13 in the role of Alec Ramsey, the young boy who is marooned on a deserted island along with a horse, in The Black Stallion (based on the novel by Walter Farley).
Reno also appeared in the 1983 film adaptation of The Black Stallion Returns, alongside Vincent Spano. His acting career was cut short when the pick-up truck he was driving was hit by a semi-truck. He had severe injuries and the long recovery time put an end to his acting career.
After 20 years as a cattle rancher, Kelly Reno became a semi-truck driver himself. He lives in Colorado with his third wife and her daughter.

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Larry Walters
Lawrence Richard Walters, nicknamed "Lawnchair Larry" or the "Lawn Chair Pilot", (April 19, 1949 – October 6, 1993) was an American truck driver who took flight on July 2, 1982, in a homemade airship. Dubbed Inspiration I, the "flying machine" consisted of an ordinary patio chair with 45 helium-filled weather balloons attached to it. Walters rose to an altitude of over 15,000 feet (4,600 m) and floated from his point of origin in San Pedro, California, into controlled airspace near Los Angeles International Airport. His flight was widely reported in many newspapers.
Walters had always dreamed of flying, but was unable to become a pilot in the United States Air Force because of his poor eyesight. Walters had first thought of using weather balloons to fly at age 13 and 14, after seeing them hanging from the ceiling of a military surplus store. Twenty years later he decided to do so. His intention was to attach a few helium-filled weather balloons to his lawnchair, cut the anchor, and then float above his backyard at a height of about 30 feet (9.1 m) for several hours. He planned to use a pellet gun to burst balloons to float gently to the ground.

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Roger Federer
Roger Federer (German pronunciation: [ˈfeːdəʁɐ]) (born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the ATP No. 1 position for a record 237 consecutive weeks from 2 February 2004 to 18 August 2008. Federer has occupied the #1 ranking for 285 overall weeks, one week short of the record 286 weeks held by Pete Sampras. As of 28 May 2012, he is ranked World No. 3. Federer has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles. He is one of seven male players to capture the career Grand Slam and one of three (with Andre Agassi and Rafael Nadal) to do so on three different surfaces (clay, grass, and hard courts). He is the only male player in tennis history to have reached the title match of each Grand Slam tournament at least five times and also the final at each of the nine ATP Masters 1000 Tournaments. Many sports analysts, tennis critics, and former and current players consider Federer to be the greatest tennis player of all time.
Federer has appeared in an unprecedented 23 career Grand Slam tournament finals, including a men's record ten in a row, and appeared in 18 of 19 finals from the 2005 Wimbledon Championships through the 2010 Australian Open, the lone exception being the 2008 Australian Open. He holds the record of reaching the semifinals or better of 23 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments over five and a half years, from the 2004 Wimbledon Championships through the 2010 Australian Open. At the 2012 Australian Open, he reached a record 31st consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinal. During the course of his run at the 2012 French Open in Roland Garros, Federer eclipsed Jimmy Connors long standing record of 233 match wins in Grand Slam tournaments when he defeated Adrian Ungur in a second round match.

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Ron Ponder
Ron Ponder (born February 21, 1943) has served the past 35 years as a senior information technology executive in several Fortune 100 companies across a number of industries. He has held senior leadership positions at Federal Express,Sprint,AT&T,Cap Gemini Ernst & Young and WellPoint. Ponder's career has been marked by successfully leading efforts in technology and systems strategy and implementation to create high performing, customer focused organizations.
One of the first Global CIO's his career has spanned several Industries, helping Federal Express introduce its worldwide package tracking and tracing systems, overseeing the operation and modernization of both Sprint and AT&T's Voice and Data Networks as well as their Product Development, Billing, Marketing and Customer Service systems. As Executive Vice President and CIO at WellPoint, he drove the technology, systems integration strategy and operations as the company grew to become the nation's largest medical insurance carrier in the U.S. during his tenure.

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Fedex and UPS Documentary

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published: 26 Jan 2012

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FedEx Guy Throwing My Computer Monitor

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published: 19 Dec 2011

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Inside the FedEx Memphis "Super Hub"

Every night at the FedEx Memphis World Hub people, machines and technology come together i...

published: 08 Dec 2010

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published: 01 Sep 2006

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Lousy FedEx Delivery Guys - Conan on TBS

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published: 22 Dec 2011

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published: 21 Sep 2011

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published: 28 Nov 2011

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In this undated photo, a man stands next to the body of an unidentified person near Ain Amenas, Algeria. Algerian bomb squads scouring a gas plant where Islamist militants took dozens of foreign workers hostage found "numerous" new bodies on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013 as they searched for explosive traps left behind by the attackers, a security official said, a day after a bloody raid ended the four-day siege of the remote desert refinery.

Death toll climbs past 80 in siege in Algeria

Richmond Times Dispatch

21 Jan 2013

Algerian security forces on Sunday made grisly discoveries of dozens of bodies at a sprawling natural gas facility, a day after a violent showdown put an end to an international hostage crisis. But as Algeria tallied up the losses, a debate was emerging about whether the militant group linked to al-Qaida that seized the plant had been intent on a massacre or whether it had simply been after money ... ....(size: 2.9Kb)

photo: AP / Anis Belghoul

Algerian firemen carry a coffin containing a person killed during the gas facility hostage situation at the morgue in Ain Amenas, Algeria, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013.

Algeria-BP Is One of Many Reasons Why Al-Qaeda Won

WorldNews.com

22 Jan 2013

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. When then-Vice President Dick Cheney stated. "If there's a 1% chance that Pakistani scientists are helping al-Qaeda build or develop a nuclear weapon, we have to treat it as a certainty in terms of our response. It's not about our analysis...it's about our response,"(1) it was clearly evident that the "war on terror" had been lost ... And when Zacarias Moussaoui shouted. "America you lost ... 11....(size: 9.1Kb)

photo: US Army / Sgt. 1st Class Abram Pinnington

File - Spc. Wickham, an infantryman and 240B gunner, and another soldier, assigned to Company D, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), pull rear security while on a short halt during an Afghan National Security Forces-led mission in rural areas of Zormat district, Afghanistan, Dec. 10, 2012.

Is Mali the next Afghanistan?

Stars and Stripes

20 Jan 2013

WASHINGTON -- The war rages about cities with names such as Goa and Timbuktu, in a sparsely populated, mostly flat, dusty and landlocked country in northwest Africa. The combatants include a nomadic Berber people known as Tuareg, the French Foreign Legion and a coalition of al-Qaida affiliates who identify themselves with the Maghreb, the desert region of Northwestern Africa ... Some U.S ... Afghanistan ... J ... "They go to where the fight is ... ....(size: 6.6Kb)

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German military trucks carrying NATO's Patriot Missile Defense System to protect Turkey in case neighboring Syria launches an attack leave the port after the parts of system were unloaded in the Mediterranean city of Iskenderun, Turkey, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013.

German Patriot missile troops arrive in Turkey

Deutsche Welle

21 Jan 2013

Germany has sent 240 soldiers to southern Turkey as part of a NATO mission using Patriot missiles to deter cross-border airstrikes from war-torn Syria. Units are also being provided by the Netherlands and the US. The main German contingent flew out of Berlin Sunday, headed for Kahramanmaras, 100 kilometers (62 miles) inside Turkey's border with Syria, where two German Patriot units are to be fully operational by early February ... DW.DE ... ....(size: 2.4Kb)

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File - KABUL, Afghanistan--Members of the Camp Eggars Force Protection team assess the damage of an explosion near the gate on Jan 17, 2009.

Taliban attack Kabul police facility for hours

Denver Post

21 Jan 2013

Click photo to enlarge. An Afghan security officer looks at smoke rising from a rocket fired by militants which landed near the Kabul traffic police headquarters during an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013 ... «1234» ... It was the second brazen raid inside the Afghan capital in less than a week, a sign that the insurgency is determined to keep carrying out such spectacular attacks even as the U.S ... ....(size: 5.4Kb)

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Postal Service Losing to FedEx, UPS on Federal Shipping

Bloomberg

23 Jan 2013

The U.S ... Private sector competitors led by FedEx Corp ... 18 report ... UPS, based in Atlanta, and FedEx, based in Memphis, Tennessee, have been official suppliers since 2001, while the Postal Service only began participating in 2009, according to the report ... The government would have spent more to ship via the Postal Service than UPS and FedEx, both of which can undercut competitors’ prices to gain business, according to the report ... ....(size: 3.2Kb)

Preliminary work begins on The Village at Westfield Topanga in Canoga Park

LA Daily News

23 Jan 2013

By Gregory J. Wilcox, Staff Writerdailynews.com. Posted ... Workers on Tuesday, Jan ... FedEx, the last tenant on the property, moved out on Tuesday after spending Monday night packing up printers, computers and other supplies ... 9 ... FedEx, which is open 24 hours, will reopen on Wednesday in a vacant Blockbuster space at 21937 Ventura Boulevard, said company spokeswoman Kellie Graddy ... She said FedEx negotiated a lease termination with Westfield....(size: 2.0Kb)

Torrey Pines: Our staff weighs in with predictions

Golf Week

23 Jan 2013

Meanwhile, defending champion Brandt Snedeker won the FedEx Cup and has had a solid opening to his season, making him a dangerous man to watch this week ... Take a look at our picks for this week....(size: 1.0Kb)

Lakers' continued struggles beginning to wear on Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard

LA Daily News

23 Jan 2013

By Mark Medina, Staff Writer. Posted.   01/22/2013 11.41.43 PM PST. Updated. 01/22/2013 11.56.07 PM PST. By Mark Medina Staff Writer ... The Lakers (17-24) enter tonight's game against the Memphis Grizzlies (26-14) at FedEx Forum with painful memories. They have a three-game losing streak ... built," Bryant said....(size: 1.7Kb)

Feds give shipping to private outfits

The Columbus Dispatch

23 Jan 2013

Postal Service gets 2 percent of the business. Get Email Updates ... A report from the agency’s inspector general said that since 2001, private companies like FedEx and United Parcel Service consistently had captured 98 percent of the revenue from long-term shipping contracts with the government because the financially troubled Postal Service did not have a sales staff or a strategy to focus on the federal sector until 2009 ... ....(size: 5.4Kb)

Farmers Open the perfect tournament for fans

U~T San Diego

23 Jan 2013

Go to any PGA Tour event and take a look at the leaderboard. There are names that appear to leap off as if lighted by neon. That will particularly be the case this week at Torrey Pines for the Farmers Insurance Open, which is one of the most blessed events on the tour’s regular-season schedule ... So does Brandt Snedeker, the defending champ and current holder of the FedEx Cup title ... That is a given. The question is ... ....(size: 2.9Kb)

Lowcountrys love affair with the camellia blossoms anew

The State

23 Jan 2013

While others chisel at snow, Lowcountry life comes into full bloom at this time of year. A wild palette of camellia blooms grace our yards in the heart of winter. The ancient plant that the Chinese used to make tea came to America as an ornamental more than 200 years ago ... And at the Rev ... Fred, who once was in charge of ground operations and then international operations for FedEx, now tends each camellia plant as if it were a child ... ....(size: 3.4Kb)

The not-so-obvious Super Bowl story lines

The Miami Herald

23 Jan 2013

We have nearly two weeks to get to the brothers coaching in the "Super Baugh," the three R's (Ray, Religion and Retirement) and the ink that's on Colin Kaepernick's arms and not on Joe Flacco's next contract. But for now, let's try to venture off the paths that will be beaten silly soon enough ... 3. QUESTION ... ANSWER ... Q ... A ... Q ... A ... An already rocky relationship bottomed out near the end of a Vikings loss to the Redskins at FedEx Field on Jan ... 1 . .....(size: 3.6Kb)

STEVE HARVEY TO HOST 44TH NAACP IMAGE AWARDS (NAACP - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)

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23 Jan 2013

(Source. NAACP - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) January 22, 2013. SAMUEL L. JACKSON, JAMIE FOXX, QUEEN LATIFAH, WANDA SYKES AND TONY GOLDWYN TO PRESENT AT THE 44TH NAACP IMAGE AWARDS ... Feb. 1, 8-10 p.m. EST on NBC ... Event sponsors include. FedEx, UAW/Chrysler, AT&T;, Hyundai Motors, Wells Fargo, General Motors, Walmart, Bank of America, Walgreens, Gilead Sciences, AARP, Ford Motor, Anheuser Busch, Pepsico....(size: 4.5Kb)

Postal Service Losing Out on Federal Contracts, Report Finds

The New York Times

23 Jan 2013

A from the agency’s inspector general said that since 2001, private companies like FedEx and United Parcel Service had consistently captured 98 percent of the revenue from long-term shipping contracts with the government because the financially troubled Postal Service did not have a sales staff or a strategy to focus on the federal sector until 2009 ... Every opportunity we identify helps adds to their bottom line.” ...   ... ....(size: 7.8Kb)

Up next for the Lakers: Wednesday at Memphis

The Los Angeles Times

23 Jan 2013

When. 5 PST. Where. FedEx Forum. On the air. TV. TWC SportsNet, TWC Deportes; Radio. 710, 1330.. Records. Lakers 17-24; Grizzlies 26-14. Record vs. Grizzlies. 0-1. Update. The Lakers are 9 ½ games behind the fourth-place Grizzles in the Western Conference standings. Pau Gasol was benched in the fourth quarter the last time the Lakers played Memphis, a 106-98 Grizzlies victory in November ... —Mike Bresnahan. Copyright © 2013,. 0.  ....(size: 44.5Kb)

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23 Jan 2013

Conference USA basketball insider

Tulsa World

23 Jan 2013

Southern Miss. The first-place Golden Eagles visit Tulsa on Saturday. Southern Miss ranks No. 1 in Conference USA in overall field goal percentage defense (.389) and 3-point percentage defense (.294). Houston leads C-USA in scoring with a 77.8-point average ... Rising. Memphis ... From 3-point range, Joe Jackson and Antonio Barton are stars. Falling. UAB ... 2 ... Josh Pastner-coached Tiger teams are 26-3 in Conference USA games played at the FedEx Forum ... ....(size: 6.8Kb)

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"Federal Express" redirects here. For the passenger train, see Federal Express (passenger train).

"Fed Express" redirects here. For the tennis player with this nickname, see Roger Federer.

FedEx Corporation

Type	Public company
Traded as	NYSE: FDX S&P 500 Component
Industry	Courier
Founded	Little Rock, Arkansas (1971) as Federal Express Corporation
Founder(s)	Frederick W. Smith
Headquarters	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Frederick W. Smith (Chairman, President & CEO)
Products	See complete products listing.
Revenue	US$ 39.3 billion (FY 2011)^[1]
Operating income	US$ 2 billion (FY 2010)^[1]
Net income	US$ 1.2 billion (FY 2010)^[1]
Total assets	US$ 25 billion (FY 2010)^[1]
Total equity	US$ 14 billion (FY 2010)^[1]
Employees	290,000 (May 2010)^[1]
Subsidiaries	FedEx Office, FedEx Express, FedEx Ground, FedEx Freight, FedEx Custom Critical, FedEx Supply Chain, FedEx Trade Networks, FedEx Services
Website	www.FedEx.com

FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX), originally known as FDX Corporation, is a logistics services company, based in the United States with headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee.^[2] The name "FedEx" is a syllabic abbreviation of the name of the company's original air division, Federal Express, which was used from 1973 until 2000.

1 History
2 Operating units and logos
3 Political donations and lobbying
4 Advertising
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

History [link]

For the history of Federal Express, see FedEx Express.

FedEx Corporation is a Delaware corporation, incorporated October 2, 1997.^[3] FDX Corporation was founded in January 1998 with the acquisition of Caliber System Inc. by Federal Express. With the purchase of Caliber, FedEx started offering other services besides express shipping. Caliber subsidiaries included RPS, a small-package ground service; Roberts Express, an expedited shipping provider; Viking Freight, a regional, less than truckload freight carrier serving the Western United States; Caribbean Transportation Services, a provider of airfreight forwarding between the United States and the Caribbean; and Caliber Logistics and Caliber Technology, providers of logistics and technology solutions. FDX Corporation was founded to oversee all of the operations of those companies and its original air division, Federal Express.^[4] In the 1980s, FedEx planned, but later abandoned, a joint service with British Airways to have BA fly a Concorde to Shannon, Ireland with FedEx packages onboard and then FedEx would have flown the packages subsonically to their delivery points in Europe. Ron Ponder, a vice president at the time, was in charge of this proposed venture. In January 2000, FDX Corporation changed its name to FedEx Corporation and re-branded all of its subsidiaries. Federal Express became FedEx Express, RPS became FedEx Ground, Roberts Express became FedEx Custom Critical, and Caliber Logistics and Caliber Technology were combined to make up FedEx Global Logistics. A new subsidiary called FedEx Corporate Services was formed to centralize the sales, marketing, customer service for all of the subsidiaries. In February 2000, FedEx acquired Tower Group International, an international logistics company. FedEx also acquired WorldTariff, a customs duty and tax information company, TowerGroup and WorldTariff were re-branded to form FedEx Trade Networks.^[4]

FedEx Corp. acquired privately held Kinko's Inc. in February 2004 and rebranded it FedEx Kinko's. The acquisition was made to expand FedEx retail access to the general public. After the acquisition, all FedEx Kinko's locations exclusively offered only FedEx shipping.^[4] In June 2008, FedEx announced that they would be dropping the Kinko's name from their ship centers, with FedEx Kinko's changing to FedEx Office.^[5]^[6]

In September 2004, FedEx acquired Parcel Direct, a parcel consolidator, and re-branded it FedEx SmartPost.^[4]

In December 2007, the Internal Revenue Service of the United States 'tentatively decided' that FedEx Ground Division might be facing a tax liability of $319 million for 2002, due to misclassification of its operatives as independent contractors. Reversing a 1994 decision which allowed FedEx to classify its operatives that own their own vehicles, the IRS is auditing the years 2003 to 2006, with a view to assessing whether similar misclassification of operatives has taken place. FedEx denies that any irregularities in classification have taken place, but is facing legal action from operatives claiming benefits that would have accrued had they been classified as employees.^[7]

On October 22, 2008, the Internal Revenue Service withdrew its tentative assessment of tax and penalties for the 2002 calendar year ($319 million plus interest) against FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. (“FedEx Ground”) relating to the classification of FedEx Ground’s owner-operators for federal employment tax purposes.

In June 2009, FedEx began a campaign against United Parcel Service (UPS) and the Teamsters union, accusing its competitor of receiving a bailout in an advertising campaign called "brown bailout". FedEx claims that signing the Federal Aviation Administration re-authorization bill, which would let some of its workers unionize more easily (and, according to the Memphis-based company, "could expose [its] customers at any time to local work stoppages that interrupt the flow of their time-sensitive, high-value shipments”),^[8] is equivalent to giving UPS a 'bailout'. Independent observers have heavily criticized FedEx's wording,^[8] claiming that it was "an abuse of the term".^[8] FedEx Express employees are regulated under the Railway Labor Act.^[9]

As of 2012 FedEx experimented with electric Fleet vehicles.^[10]

Operating units and logos [link]

FedEx is organized into operating units, each of which has its own version of the wordmark, designed by Lindon Leader of Landor Associates, of San Francisco, in 1994.^[11] The Fed is always purple and the Ex is in a different color for each division and grey for the overall corporation use. The original "FedEx" logo had the Ex in orange; it is now used as the FedEx Express wordmark. The FedEx wordmark is notable for containing a hidden right-pointing arrow in the negative space between the "E" and the "X", which was achieved by designing a proprietary font, based on Univers and Futura, to emphasize the arrow shape.^[11]

FEDEX OPERATING COMPANIES SCAC CODES FOR FEDEX:

The Standard Carrier Alpha Code (SCAC) is a unique code used to identify transportation companies. It is typically two to four alphabetic letters long. It was developed by the National Motor Freight Traffic Association in the 1960s to help the transportation industry for computerizing data and records.

FDE – FedEx Express
FDEG – FedEx Ground
FXFE – FedEx Freight
FDCC – FedEx Custom Critical

FedEx Express Airbus A310-200

FedEx Ground delivery truck

FedEx Freight Truck

FedEx Express (Orange "Ex"): The original overnight courier services, providing next day air service within the United States and time-definite international service. FedEx Express operates one of the largest civil aircraft fleets in the world and the largest fleet of wide bodied civil aircraft; it also carries more freight than any other airline.^[12]
- Caribbean Transport Services: Until 2008, a part of FedEx Freight. Provides airfreight forwarding services between the US mainland, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and other Caribbean islands.
FedEx Ground (Green "Ex"): Guaranteed day-definite delivery within Canada and the United States at a cost savings as compared to time-definite FedEx Express. Uses a large fleet of trucks which are owned by the independent owner/operators and drivers are independent contractors who control individual delivery routes and territories. Formerly Roadway Package System (RPS).^[13]
- FedEx Home Delivery: A division of FedEx Ground, specializing in residential delivery Tuesday through Saturday and offers delivery options to provide more flexibility for residential recipients. The logo includes a drawing of a dog carrying a package . FedEx Home Delivery only operates in the United States. To make up the difference, FedEx Ground in Canada performs the business deliveries and residential deliveries.^[14]
- FedEx SmartPost (Grey "Ex"): Consolidates parcels from merchants such as e-commerce and catalog companies and uses the United States Postal Service for the final delivery. Formerly the independent company Parcel Direct until FedEx acquired them for $120M in 2004.^[15]
FedEx Freight (Red "Ex"): Less than truckload (LTL) and other freight services. The second largest LTL carrier in the United States, with $4.5 billion in revenue for 2008.^[16]
- FedEx Freight, Inc: Formerly American Freightways, Viking Freight, and Watkins Motor Lines.
- FedEx Freight Canada: Formerly Watkins Canada Express.
- FedEx Custom Critical: Delivers urgent, valuable, or hazardous items using trucks and chartered aircraft. Freight not accepted for transport includes perishable food, alcohol, livestock, household goods, hazardous waste and money.^[17] Drivers are independent contractors who own their vehicles. Service in Mexico uses interline carriers. Formerly Roberts Cartage or Roberts Express.
FedEx Trade Networks (Yellow "Ex"): Provides services relating to customs, insurance, and transportation advice. Formerly C.J. Tower & Sons, then Tower Group International.
FedEx Supply Chain Services (Grey "Ex"): Provides logistics services including Critical Inventory Logistics, Transportation Management Services, Fulfillment Services, etc. Formerly Roadway Logistics System, then Caliber Logistics.
FedEx Corporate Services (Grey "Ex"): Provides global marketing, planning and information technology (IT) services for the other FedEx operating companies.
FedEx TechConnect: Offering a customer service toll-free telephone line for customer questions. It is operated by an automated operator then will prompt the user to a live agent for uses of tracking, claims, scheduling pick-ups (Express, Ground, Same Day, Custom Critical, Freight Express, and Freight LTL), compliments and complaints, locations (both staffed counter locations and drop-boxes), ordering supplies, setting up FedEx accounts, billing etc. Formerly FCIS or FedEx Customer Information Services.

FedEx Kinko's

FedEx Office (formerly FedEx Kinko's) (Blue "Ex"): The retail arm of the corporation, offers copying and digital printing, professional finishing, document creation, Internet access, computer rentals, signs and graphics, direct mail, Web-based printing, and FedEx shipping. Formerly an independent company, known as Kinko's until it was acquired by FedEx in 2004 and rebranded to FedEx Kinko's. In June 2008 the company was finally rebranded as FedEx Office.^[18]
- FedEx Office and Print Centers: Provides services such as copying, printing, Internet access and FedEx shipping.
- FedEx Ship Centers: Provides a central location for FedEx customers to deposit their packages for shipping, also offering a self service photocopy and fax machine, office products for packing and shipping, boxes and packaging services. Formerly, these locations were called FedEx World Service Centers.
- Both FedEx Office and Print Centers and Ship Centers now offer Hold at Locations for FedEx Ground & FedEx Express shipments for easy pick up. Transfer to Office/Ship centers takes 1 to 2 business days (example: calling the customer service line one day prior to pick up. This ensures package is put with proper route of courier that services that area).

Political donations and lobbying [link]

According to the Center for Responsive Politics, FedEx Corp is the 21st largest campaign contributor in the United States. The company has donated over $21 million since 1990, 45% of which went to Democrats and 55% to Republicans. Strong ties to the White House and members of Congress allow access to international trade and tax cut rebates as well as the rules of the business practices of the United States Postal Service. In 2001, FedEx sealed a $9 billion deal with the USPS to transport all of the post office's overnight and express deliveries.^[19]

In 2005, FedEx was among 53 entities that contributed the maximum of $250,000 to sponsor the second inauguration of President George W. Bush.^[20]^[21]^[22]

During the first three months of 2010, FedEx spent nearly $4.9 million lobbying the federal government (UPS, FedEx's main competitor, spent $1.6 million on lobbying over the same period), a 4% increase from the $4.7 million spent during the last quarter of 2009, but more than twice what it spent on lobbying during the first quarter of 2009.^[23]

Advertising [link]

This unreferenced section requires citations to ensure verifiability.

Some of FedEx's best-known ad campaigns:

“When it Absolutely, Positively has to be there overnight” – 1978–1983
“It’s not Just a Package, It’s Your Business” – 1987–1988
“Our Most Important Package is Yours” – 1991–1994
“Absolutely, Positively Anytime” – 1995
“The Way the World Works,” 1996–1998
“Be Absolutely Sure,” 1998–2000
“This is a Job for FedEx,” 2001–2002
“Don’t worry, there’s a FedEx for that,” 2002–2003
“Relax, it’s FedEx,” 2004–2008
"We Understand," 2009–present
"WeLiveToDeliver" 2009–present
"Brown Bailout" 2009–present
"The World On Time" 2009–present

John Moschitta ad [link]

In 1981, their advertising firm Ally & Gargano hired performer John Moschitta, Jr., known for his fast speech delivery, to do an ad for Federal Express titled "Fast Paced World". This single commercial would be cited years later by New York as one of the most memorable ads ever.^[24]

Motorsports [link]

From 1997 to 2002, FedEx was the title sponsor of Champ Car World Series when it was known as CART. The series was known as the "CART FedEx Championship Series", which led to the official "Champ Car" designation in reference to the fact they were the FedEx Championship.
FedEx became the sponsor of the No.11 NASCAR Sprint Cup Toyota owned by Joe Gibbs Racing in 2005. FedEx uses four (predominantly black) paint schemes to showcase its different products (Express, Freight, Ground, and Office), and in 2005 also ran a special scheme to promote a charity event at the FedEx St. Jude Classic golf tournament. The 11 car is driven by Denny Hamlin.
FedEx previously sponsored the Formula One team McLaren. Prior to that FedEx had sponsored Ferrari, Benetton (now Renault) and Williams F1.
FedEx does not currently sponsor any F1 team, but does have its brand logo placed on the McLaren crash suit collar.

Football [link]

From 1989 to 2010, FedEx was the title sponsor of the Orange Bowl, played in Miami, Florida.^[25]
FedExField, home of the National Football League's Washington Redskins in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C.^[26]

Other sports [link]

FedEx sponsors FedExForum, home of the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies and the University of Memphis men's basketball team.
Beginning in 2007, FedEx became the title sponsor of the FedEx Cup, a championship trophy for the PGA Tour.

References [link]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f William B. Cassidy (2011-06-22). "FedEx Annual Revenue Rises to $39.3 Billion | Journal of Commerce". Joc.com. http://www.joc.com/parcel-package/fedex-annual-revenue-rises-393-billion. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
^ "FedEx in Memphis." FedEx. Retrieved on February 28, 2010.
^ Delaware Department of State, Division of Corporations, Online Services; File No. 2803030.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d FedEx History | About FedEx. About.fedex.designcdt.com. Retrieved on July 11, 2011.
^ " The Marketing Doctor Says: FedEx Does It Again!" Marketing Doctor Blog. June 3, 2008.
^ "FedEx Ditches Kinko's" Business Week. June 3, 2008.
^ Ron Da Parma (December 27, 2007). "IRS says FedEx may owe $319 million". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/business/s_544387.html. Retrieved 2008-01-03.
^ ^a ^b ^c 'Brown Bailout?' Hardly, FactCheck.org
^ "UPS, FedEx “Brown Bailout” battle rages on". www.fleetowner.com. http://blog.fleetowner.com/trucking-straight-talk/2010/06/10/ups-fedex-brown-bailout-battle-rages-on/. Retrieved June 16, 2010.
^ http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-04-05/fedexs-electric-vehicle-experiment
^ ^a ^b The Sneeze: The Man Behind the FedEx Logo, November 16, 2004
^ "WATS Scheduled Freight Tonne – Kilometres". International Air Transport Association. 2006. http://www.iata.org/ps/publications/wats-freight-km.htm.
^ FedEx Ground | About FedEx. About.fedex.designcdt.com. Retrieved on July 11, 2011.
^ fedex service info – u.s. – home delivery. Fedex.com. Retrieved on July 11, 2011.
^ FedEx SmartPost | About FedEx
^ Comments. Logisticsmgmt.com. Retrieved on July 11, 2011.
^ "Fedex Custom Critical FAQ". September 12, 2007. http://www.fedex.com/us/customersupport/customcritical/faq/services.html.
^ FedEx Office | About FedEx. About.fedex.designcdt.com. Retrieved on July 11, 2011.
^ "FedEx Corp: Summary." Center for Responsive Politics. Retrieved on February 28, 2010.
^ Drinkard, Jim (January 17, 2005). "Donors get good seats, great access this week". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-01-16-inauguration-donors_x.htm. Retrieved May 25, 2008.
^ "Financing the inauguration". USA Today. January 16, 2005. http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-01-16-inaugural-donors_x.htm. Retrieved May 25, 2008.
^ "Some question inaugural's multi-million price tag". USA Today. January 14, 2005. http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-01-14-price_x.htm. Retrieved May 25, 2008.
^ FedEx spends $4.9 million lobbying in 1st-quarter Bloomberg Businessweek. 2010-06-11. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
^ "TV Acres Advertising Mascots". http://www.tvacres.com/admascots_federal.htm. Retrieved September 18, 2008.
^ FedExName will come off Orange Bowl, Sports Business Journal
^ Marketing and Advertising | About FedEx. About.fedex.designcdt.com. Retrieved on July 11, 2011.

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v t e FedEx Corporation

Established 1971

Founder	Frederick W. Smith

Subsidiaries and Divisions	FedEx Express · FedEx Ground · FedEx Freight · FedEx Custom Critical · FedEx Office · FedEx Trade Networks · FedEx Supply Chain · FedEx Corporate Services · FedEx TechConnect · FedEx SmartPost

Air hubs	Memphis · Indianapolis · Anchorage · Oakland · Newark · Fort Worth · Miami · Paris · Guangzhou · Cologne · Toronto

Related	Flying Tiger Line · American Freightways · Asia Airfreight · FedEx Institute of Technology · KIAC · FedEx Field · FedEx Racing · Cast Away

Annual Revenue: $34.7 billion USD (2010) · Employees: 290,000 (2010) · Stock Symbol: FDX · Website: fedex.com · Products: Freight Forwarding Services, Logistics Services

v t e Members of the Air Transport Association

ABX Air Alaska Airlines American Airlines Astar Air Cargo Atlas Air Delta Air Lines Evergreen International Airlines FedEx Express Hawaiian Airlines JetBlue Airways Southwest Airlines United Airlines UPS Airlines US Airways

Future members: Virgin America

v t e Airline holding companies of the United States

Current	Alaska Air Group AMR Corporation Hawaiian Holdings Global Aviation Holdings Mesa Air Group Republic Airways Holdings Pinnacle Airlines Corp. SkyWest, Inc. Southwest Airlines Co. Trans States Holdings United Continental Holdings US Airways Group

Former	AirTran Holdings Amtran America West Holdings BIA-COR Holdings Inc. Icahn & Co. Frontier Airlines Holdings MAIR Holdings Midwest Air Group Metro Airlines Northwest Airlines Corporation Pan Am Corporation Pan Am Systems Texas Air Corporation Trans World Corporation TPG Capital Transamerica Corporation UAL Corporation

See also: List of airline holding companies

v t e Dow Jones Transportation Average components

Alaska Air Group Alexander & Baldwin C. H. Robinson Worldwide Con-way CSX Delta Air Lines Expeditors International FedEx GATX J. B. Hunt JetBlue Airways Kansas City Southern Landstar System Norfolk Southern Overseas Shipholding Group Ryder Southwest Airlines Union Pacific United Parcel Service

Trucking industry in the United States

Regulated by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Regulations

Manufacturers

Truck manufacturers	Autocar Brockway Freightliner Ford Motor Company International Kenworth Mack Peterbilt Sterling Volvo Western Star White General Motors Truck & Coach Division

Engine manufacturers	Caterpillar Cummins Detroit Diesel Mack MaxxForce Mercedes-Benz PACCAR Volvo

Trailer manufacturers	Fruehauf Corporation Great Dane Limited Hyundai Translead Lufkin Trailers Trail King Industries Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company Wabash National Monon Trailers

Motor carriers

Truckload carriers	Celadon Covenant England J.B. Hunt PAM Transport Schneider Swift USA Truck Werner Knight FFE Transportation

Less than Truckload (LTL)	ABF Con-way Pitt Ohio Express FedEx Freight UPS Freight YRCW

Third Party Logistic Providers	Access America Transport CaseStack C. H. Robinson Worldwide Freightquote.com TheFreightRateCo.com

Parcel carriers	DHL Express FedEx OnTrac UPS United States Postal Service

Moving companies	Allied Atlas Bekins Gentle Giant Moving Company Graebel Global Mayflower North American PODS United Shleppers Moving & Storage

Truck stops

People

Organizations

Glossary

Glossary of trucking industry terms in the United States

Popular culture

Film	Black Dog Convoy Duel F.I.S.T. The Gang's All Here Joy Ride Maximum Overdrive Over The Top Smokey and the Bandit (series) They Drive by Night White Line Fever Trucker

Television	B.J. and the Bear Ice Road Truckers Movin' On Trick My Truck American Loggers American Trucker

Music	"Convoy" "Papa Loved Mama" "Six Days on the Road" "Teddy Bear" "Phantom 309" "Giddyup Go" "Drive-By Truckers" "The White Knight" "East Bound and Down" "Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)" "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" "Girl on the Billboard"

Radio	Road Dog Trucking (Dave Nemo) America's Trucking Network Red Eye (Bill Mack Dale Sommers)

Other	The Rolling Memorial Citizens' band radio

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