FedEx (FDX) to raise additional shipping rates in 2008


Shipping giant FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) announced more rate increases today beginning in early January.

Starting January 7, the Memphis, Tennessee based company will institute, on average,a 4.9% rate hike on its ground and home-delivery shipping services. This follows the decision announced last month of rising rates on its express services by the same amount.

The rate hikes come as the company is battling high fuel costs and a drop in
less-than-truckload freight. Earlier this month, the company's main competitor, United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) also announced that it would be lifting shipping costs on its ground services by the same 4.9%.

Michael Fowlkes has worked as a stock trader for seven years and spent the last two years working as an analyst for the online investment advisory service Investor's Observer.

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