FedEx, UPS Holders Shrug at a Big Shadow
They shouldn't.
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Typically the news of an Internet giant like Amazon becoming a potential competitor sends stocks tumbling. And so it probably wouldn't have been surprising to anyone had UPS and FedEx taken a dive on a Bloomberg news report Tuesday that Amazon is setting its sights on the shipping industry.
Instead, at least for one day, shareholders of both companies took it in stride: