Word: poste
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Ultimately, however, the real beneficiary of a USPS-FedEx alliance will be the Memphis-based powerhouse. Besides gaining access to that "last mile" to Aunt Edna's mailbox, FedEx could leverage the arrangement by planting drop-off boxes in post-office lobbies. Even if government regulators limit the combination on antitrust grounds, FedEx is steaming ahead with other joint ventures, including a deal with the French postal agency La Poste. Fred Smith has already proved FedEx's global fortitude. Most analysts see his domestic strategy as a shrewd way to position his 29-year-old company for what many believe...
Your biggest risk now is losing focus amid the clatter. Look on the bright side. The Fed has stopped raising interest rates for now. Earnings, while slowing, are still projected to be up 15% this year and 10% next. And any company that is going to post disappointing third-quarter results has probably already said so. So there won't be many more ugly surprises...
...intensely on Maverick Media in its investigation of the pinched Bush debate-prep materials? At first it was because Maverick's owner, MARK MCKINNON, is a former Democrat who serves as Governor Bush's top media adviser. Also because YVETTE LOZANO, the Maverick employee who was captured by a post-office surveillance camera mailing a package on the same day the videotape and briefing book were mailed, is also a former Democrat. But Bush aides believe the real reason FBI investigators have continued to focus on McKinnon, Lozano and the production house is because the briefing book that was sent...
...parents who decide to tune out--or cut back--Brock's survey offers tips. Among them: stash the TV in a hard-to-reach spot; phase out cable, then the networks; post a list of favorite activities other than channel surfing. "If you can live through 20 minutes of whining," Brock advises, "your children will find something to do." Maybe they will find their favorite reality-based show is real life...
...Before, people would just carve out evil companies," says John Biggs, head of TIAA-CREF, the pension-fund giant, which launched its own social fund. "Amy brings investment discipline with social concerns." Domini's latest crusade: persuading the $7 trillion U.S. mutual-fund industry to post shareholder-resolution votes on its websites. "It's outrageous that managers are not telling investors how they vote," says Domini. "The small investor wants to fatten her wallet, but she also wants to breathe clean air and work in a safe environment...