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Transportation & Logistics
Southwest Airlines has been the biggest beneficiary of Memphis International Airport’s incentives for new nonstop flights, receiving more than half of $837,000 awarded since 2012. -
Transportation & Logistics
Amazon wage increase could drive Memphis warehouse pay higher
Amazon’s move to pay at least $15 an hour could have a ripple effect on Memphis wages that are near the bottom nationally in the transportation and logistics sector. -
Transportation & Logistics
New Southwest flight gives Memphis three Denver options
Southwest Airlines will launch its Memphis-Denver nonstop on Wednesday, giving Memphians three choices for nonstop travel between Memphis International Airport and the Mile High City. -
Transportation & Logistics Community activists, elected officials rally for XPO Memphis workers
A coalition of community activists marched Monday in solidarity with workers at a Memphis XPO Logistics facility that’s the focus on a union organizing campaign. -
Transportation & Logistics Airport eyes sweeter incentives to attract new flights
Memphis International Airport is looking at sweetening incentives for new flights and possibly seeking money from the business community to help pay for it. -
Transportation & Logistics Amazon seeks applicants for 1,500 Memphis jobs
Amazon’s emerging presence in Memphis – as an employer instead of an online seller – is hitting full stride with the announcement Thursday that the world’s largest online retailer wants to hire 1,500 people at two Memphis facilities. -
Transportation & Logistics
Free tuition at U of M Global expands to FedEx Indianapolis hub
FedEx’s free tuition offering for hub workers has reached Indianapolis, where more than 3,500 employees are eligible to pursue degrees at the University of Memphis' online offering, U of M Global. -
Transportation & Logistics
FedEx marks change of guard in exits of Barksdale, Ducker
FedEx marked departures of two lions of its 45-year history on Monday with standing ovations from shareholders and high praise from company leader Frederick W. Smith. -
Transportation & Logistics
CN Railway donation boosts transportation workforce center
CN, the Canadian National Railway, has donated $500,000 to the University of Memphis to support the Southeast Transportation Workforce Center. -
Transportation & Logistics
Free tuition program going gangbusters at FedEx hub
Debra Clark thought there must be a catch when her manager announced FedEx was offering Memphis hub workers tuition-free online education at University of Memphis. -
Transportation & Logistics
FedEx cites TNT acquisition, flexibility in confident earnings forecast
FedEx leaders stood strong Monday in the face of tariff threats, Amazon delivery plans and lower-than-expected, but robust quarterly profit growth. -
Transportation & Logistics
FedEx earnings surge, but fall short of expectations
FedEx earnings rose nearly 38 percent in the June-August quarter from a year ago, but fell short of analysts’ expectations. -
Transportation & Logistics
More employees fuel need for second industrial entrance
The Memphis and Shelby County Port Commission is working to secure state funds to create a second entrance, or exit, where the road inside the industrial park currently dead ends on the south side. -
Transportation & Logistics
Memphis sees potential in river shipment of cargo containers
Memphis doesn’t want to miss the boat if and when container ships start plying the Mississippi River on a regular basis.
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