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Federal Express (FDX) reported strong earnings and raised earnings guidance for the next quarter. Unlike many reports that continue to tout tight controls over hiring and labor costs as a path to profits, FedEx announced it would reinstate the matching component of its 401K program. This announcement is in-line with an earlier report from Hewitt Associates predicting that the majority of companies that dropped 401K matching during the recession would bring these programs back this year.
