Tag: Worldwide

The FedEx Edge – interview with CIO

Posted by | Mar 4, 2006 | |

IT’S EASY TO FEEL A BIT SORRY for any company’s chief information officer these days. The pace of technology is accelerating, and costs seem to be going up just as fast. But for Rob Carter, the CIO of FedEx, the job may seem even more daunting. He’s responsible for all the computer and communication systems that keep this staggeringly complex outfit running. He has to connect 39 hubs around the world with 677 airplanes, over 90,000 vehicles, and more than 200,000 employees delivering six million packages a day in 220 countries. Seconds count. The least glitch could cost millions of dollars and trigger a PR disaster. And if anything goes wrong, you know who takes the heat.

But don’t feel all that sorry for him. Carter works for a boss, CEO and founder Fred Smith, who completely believes in the importance of infotech. He gives Carter a $1 billion annual budget. Most important, Carter is at the strategic heart of what makes FedEx successful. The company is America’s second most admired and the world’s fourth most admired, by FORTUNE’s latest survey (see fortune.com), and Carter knows he helped put it there and must keep it there. If you’re in the field you love, a job doesn’t get much better than that.

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Development of competition in the European postal sector

Posted by | Mar 2, 2006 | |

Postal sector regulation and postal sector policy

Forces governing competition (Porter analysis, contestability of markets)

The universal postal operator: facts, figures, strategy

Competitor postal operators and effect of competition on market structure and
market performance

Regulatory framework, liberalisation and access regulation

Market size of the postal sector and country information

Facts and figures for the national postal operator (US provider)

Competitor postal operators and market structure of the postal sector

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Development of competition in the European postal sector

Posted by | Mar 1, 2006 | |

Postal sector regulation and postal sector policy

Forces governing competition (Porter analysis, contestability of markets)

The universal postal operator: facts, figures, strategy

Competitor postal operators and effect of competition on market structure and market performance

Regulatory framework, liberalisation and access regulation

Market size of the postal sector and country information

Facts and figures for the national postal operator (US provider)

Competitor postal operators and market structure of the postal sector

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Geber, Blackstone give up plans to take over TNT

Posted by | Feb 28, 2006 | |

German private equity investor Cornelius Geber and US private equity group Blackstone have abandoned plans to take over TNT NV, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported, citing unnamed sources. They decided to drop them after news of the takeover plans caused TNT’s share price to surge 40 pct to around 28 eur, the paper said. It added Blackstone halted the bid after information about the plans reached the public prematurely and as hedge funds became involved.

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TNT's Supervisory Board closes investigation into possible illegal acts

Posted by | Feb 27, 2006 | |

TNT N.V.’s Audit Committee and Supervisory Board have received the report of the Audit Committee’s independent counsel, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, with respect to its investigation into whether illegal acts occurred at TNT, and the responsibility for such acts, in connection with certain past tax matters. The investigation determined that some illegal acts had taken place. The investigation further concluded that the integrity of present and past members of the Board of Management and current senior staff, reporting to the Board of Management, is not in doubt. Mr. Jan Hommen, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, stated: “We are pleased that the investigation has validated our continued confidence throughout this process in the integrity of our management.”

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