The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Aera (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
According to a Bloomberg report, Fred Smith, CEO of FedEx Corp., said the U.S. economy is not suffering through a recession despite the nation's current financial woes. (FDX)
The Memphis Business Journal (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
According to a Bloomberg report, Fred Smith, CEO of FedEx Corp., said the U.S. economy is not suffering through a recession despite the nation's current financial woes. (FDX)
OpenMarket (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
The near-collapse of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may have taken the markets and the financial media by surprise, but is something that CEI schlolars have been warning about for more than a decade. In testimony in 2000 before the U.S. House of Representatives, CEI President Fred Smith issued this caution on the two government-sponsored enterprises: [...]
Tennessee Politics Blog (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
Hints of Fred Smith as McCain's VP? -- Congressman Marsha Blackburn says that FedEx CEO Fred Smith, a longtime McCain friend and Memphian, may be McCain's pick for Vice President. Blackburn should know - she was on the shortlist herself...
Knowledge Problem (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
Lynne Kiesling Here's an online edited version of the transcript, and a link to the video of a discussion panel that Ron Bailey, Fred Smith, and I did at a Reason in DC event in October 2008. It was a...
BlueNC - Comments (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
As John Stuart Mill put it, "(S)He who knows only his own view, knows little enough of that." True, James didn't invite Fred Smith to come on. But I am pretty confident that if Fred Smith had wanted to come on, and hear your thoughts, James would have said, "Come on down." This is a forum. Not a propaganda machine. Finally, if you thought the stuff Dan Besse wrote was a...
Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Fred Smith submits: Not being a literary type, this article (if you can call it that) may not be up to the standards of SA or for that matter even qualify to be published. Having said that, an SA article published this past weekend by John Jansen alluded to the events of mid-March and the possibility of "another interesting Sunday night" in Asia. Long before wide spread use of the internet...
The Proposal Guys (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
... a fifth: is it real, do we want it, can we win it, can we do it, and is the account manager’s name Fred Smith?* Needless to say, we were after four ‘yes’es and a ‘no’. Soon, Fred was on the phone. “I’ve got an RFP coming in next week: can you help?” “Next week, Fred? So sorry, but we’re booked solid for at least the next month.” “Right. Worth asking, though. Anyway,...
BlueNC - Comments (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
* In my view, the General Assembly goofed when it drew most of the 2nd's share of Raleigh into the new 13th, leaving only a tiny sliver. Bob Etheridge likely has this seat for as long as he wants it, but this district contains some pretty conservative territory outside of Raleigh. Johnston County, in particular, is DEEEP red--it's home to Fred Smith, who lost the Repub primary to Pat...
BlueNC - Comments (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
* In my view, the General Assembly goofed when it drew most of the 2nd's share of Raleigh into the new 13th, leaving only a tiny sliver. Bob Etheridge likely has this seat for as long as he wants it, but this district contains some pretty conservative territory outside of Raleigh. Johnston County, in particular, is DEEEP red--it's home to Fred Smith, who lost the Repub primary to Pat...
BlueNC - Comments (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
... too slick for the rural voters, in my opinion. He doesn't look nor act like a helns republican and fred smith let everyone know that (BTW, that reminds me that moore hasn't appeared with perdue yet, shame on him). MPP has to somehow shrug off the eitist charlotte banker image he has and thowing out red meat is one way of doing it. Expect lots of talk about new jobs, lower taxes, and...
BlueNC - Comments (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
... too slick for the rural voters, in my opinion. He doesn't look nor act like a helns republican and fred smith let everyone know that (BTW, that reminds me that moore hasn't appeared with perdue yet, shame on him). MPP has to somehow shrug off the eitist charlotte banker image he has and thowing out red meat is one way of doing it. Expect lots of talk about new jobs, lower taxes, and...
BlueNC - Comments (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
... too slick for the rural voters, in my opinion. He doesn't look nor act like a helns republican and fred smith let everyone know that (BTW, that reminds me that moore hasn't appeared with perdue yet, shame on him). MPP has to somehow shrug off the eitist charlotte banker image he has and thowing out red meat is one way of doing it. Expect lots of talk about new jobs, lower taxes, and...
Gop3.com:The Triumvirate (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
... we are in, I trust him to do it. However I feel like he is the frontrunner for VP. FedEx founder Fred Smith – Cochairman on McCain’s campaign committee. FedEx founder and CATO board member shows he has a strong grasp on economics. Secretary of Defense General David Petraus – The man that turned Iraq around should continue to do so. Arnold Schwarzenegger— the man was Conan and the...
Fool.com (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
Plagiarism! UPS slashed its own earnings expectations for the soon-to-be-reported second quarter by 15% yesterday. In doing so, the company practically stole the words out of Fred Smith's mouth: "Slow U.S. economic growth and an unprecedented increase in the cost of fuel have resulted in lower-than-expected U.S. package volume ... "
