Two Tennessee companies on Best Places to Work list

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on January 21, 2010 at 1:28 pm

Law firm Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz and logistics giant FedEx have been named to Fortune’s list of the United States’ best places to work. Here’s the release from Baker Donelson, which runs a large office on Commerce Street downtown.

Other companies with a decent Nashville presence that made the list: Deloitte, Publix and Balfour Beatty Construction.

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Tags: Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, best places to work, FedEx Corp., Fortune, human resources, law firms, logistics and distribution  

What can brown do to FedEx?

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on November 20, 2009 at 9:41 am

The team at the Tennessee Center for Policy Research take issue with UPS’ efforts to introduce labor law changes that would hurt one of Tennessee’s largest employers.

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Tags: FedEx Corp., logistics and distribution, organized labor, shipping, Tennessee Center for Policy Research, transportation, United Parcel Service Inc.  

FedEx Office throws out some testers

By Kleinheider Posted on March 4, 2009 at 1:27 pm

From the AP:

More than 1,600 locations nationwide will print up to 25 black and white copies of each customer’s resume free of charge. The orders must be placed and picked up in-store.

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FedEx expands to Mexico

By Kleinheider Posted on February 12, 2009 at 7:57 am

From the AP:

FedEx is expanding its air cargo terminal and warehouse facility in Guadalajara, Jalisco, which is its hub of operations for shipments in Mexico.

The company has also opened a new hub in San Luis Potosi, to support its domestic express service in Mexico, which it launched in October 2008.

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Tags: FedEx Corp., logistics and distribution, Mexico