Economic bellwether FedEx blames poor Q1 on darkening outlook for manufacturers
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"The soft industrial economy is clearly weighing on the [business-to-business] volumes. And it was definitely much weaker than we expected," FedEx CEO Raj Subramaniam told analysts during an investor call.
"This was a challenging quarter: customers globally were opting for cheaper deferred shipping, which hurt demand for priority services," investment bank Bernstein admitted, reaffirming its outperform rating.
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