In FedEx Corporation's eyes, there is no Express, no Ground, no Freight, no U.S., no Canada, no Europe and no China. In FedEx Corp's eyes, there are pools of money - so losses here are covered with earnings there, or cuts there are covered by increases here.
So as FedEx Corp raises rates here and cuts people costs here to cover higher fuels costs here, FedEx Corp can cut rates and add people in China and operate at a loss there but taking earnings from here. (The corporations position will be 'strategic investments' and 'long term payoff' and 'market share' and 'fierce competition' while cuts here will continue.)
BEIJING, July 1 (Reuters) - Package delivery company FedEx Corp has lowered its rates in the fiercely competitive Chinese market despite higher fuel prices.
FedEx (nyse: FDX - news - people ), which started its domestic shipping service in China last June, cut charges for its quickest service, FedEx First Overnight -- which guarantees delivery before 10:30 a.m. the next day -- by as much as 77 percent.
Its new prices for sending a 2-kg parcel from Beijing to Shanghai via First Overnight scheme is 31 yuan, or about a third of the 90 yuan charged by EMS, a state-owned courier agent.
You can read the whole article at the FDX page on finance.yahoo.com.
SEE LINK HERE
So as FedEx Corp raises rates here and cuts people costs here to cover higher fuels costs here, FedEx Corp can cut rates and add people in China and operate at a loss there but taking earnings from here. (The corporations position will be 'strategic investments' and 'long term payoff' and 'market share' and 'fierce competition' while cuts here will continue.)
BEIJING, July 1 (Reuters) - Package delivery company FedEx Corp has lowered its rates in the fiercely competitive Chinese market despite higher fuel prices.
FedEx (nyse: FDX - news - people ), which started its domestic shipping service in China last June, cut charges for its quickest service, FedEx First Overnight -- which guarantees delivery before 10:30 a.m. the next day -- by as much as 77 percent.
Its new prices for sending a 2-kg parcel from Beijing to Shanghai via First Overnight scheme is 31 yuan, or about a third of the 90 yuan charged by EMS, a state-owned courier agent.
You can read the whole article at the FDX page on finance.yahoo.com.
SEE LINK HERE