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Canadian authorities seized nearly 1.7 metric tons of illegal drugs during a cross-border investigation named Project Bay. The haul included suspected cocaine, methamphetamine and opium. Investigators worked to identify a trafficking network with connections to the international border.

But those sales are still a major variable for profitability at Ryder and were cited as a key boost to its strong first quarter performance. For the second quarter, that used vehicles sales net number was negative $7 million, which is a positive to the company’s costs; it was plus $2 million a year ago. In the first quarter, when the used vehicle sales were highlighted by the company as a driver of performance, it was negative $12 million.

At the heart of this shift is AI, which helps companies identify risks earlier, coach drivers more effectively, and identify unsafe behaviors before accidents occur. Predictive capabilities allow fleet managers to prioritize their resources more effectively, and to focus coaching and intervention efforts with drivers most likely to experience a crash. Driver coaching is one of the most important parts of fleet safety, but traditional coaching methods often focus too heavily on individual events.

“Hundreds of absentee ballots received by the Postal Service before Wisconsin’s Spring Election were delivered after Election Day, preventing them from being counted,” wrote Senator Baldwin and Governor Evers in a letter to Postmaster General David Steiner and members of the USPS Board of Governors. In the letter, Senator Baldwin and Governor Evers underscore the importance of protecting mail-in voting for Wisconsinites and how President Trump’s proposed rule could further jeopardize Wisconsinites’ access to the ballot box. We write to you about the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) role in ensuring that Wisconsin’s elections are fair and reliable and to express our serious concerns that USPS is threatening Wisconsinites’ ability to exercise their right to vote.

Tony Evers are urging the United States Postal Service to address mail delays and reverse course on implementing a federal rule to require states to hand over some voter information to the Trump administration or risk losing delivery of mail-in ballots. Postal Service officials on July 23 arguing that the proposed changes are "threatening" the voting rights of Wisconsinites because of the executive order, which would likely cause further mail delays and the fact that ballots arriving late prevents them from being counted in the state. The order additionally required USPS to deliver ballots only to voters on the approved mail-in ballot list for each state, which they began to implement by issuing proposed rules for states to provide names and barcodes connected to each mail-in ballot.

Quarterly earnings (excluding 29 cents from non-recurring items) of $6.31 per share beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $5.91 as well as improved 3.9% year over year. Revenues of $25.0 billion came ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $24.1 billion and improved 12.5% from the year-ago fiscal quarter's reported figure. FedEx exited fourth-quarter fiscal 2026 with cash and cash equivalents of $13.3 billion compared with $8.01 billion at the end of the prior quarter.

FedEx has announced its peak season surcharges for 2026, a move that will increase delivery costs during the holiday shipping rush, according to a report from Supply Chain Dive. The largest year-over-year increases in FedEx's peak fees are concentrated in lower-cost, high-volume segments such as Ground Residential and Ground Economy. In February, EVP and Chief Customer Officer Brie Carere described peak season surcharges as a mutually beneficial arrangement for that customer segment and FedEx, allowing customers to sell during Christmas while enabling the carrier to profitably bring on the necessary resources.

FedEx unveiled its 2026 peak season surcharges on Wednesday, which will drive up costs for deliveries amid the holiday shipping rush. Package Services, FedEx International Ground shipments $95.75 to $117.25 Sept. 28 - Jan. 17, 2027Ground Unauthorized Package ChargeFedEx Ground, FedEx Home Delivery, FedEx International Ground shipments $535 to $595 Sept. 28 - Jan. 17, 2027Demand SurchargeFedEx First Overnight, Priority Overnight, Standard Overnight (excluding FedEx One Rate packages) $1.30 to $2.55 Oct. 26 - Jan. 17, 2027Demand SurchargeFedEx 2Day A.M., FedEx 2Day, FedEx Express Saver (exclusing FedEx One Rate packages) $1.20 to $2.35 Oct. 26 - Jan. 17, 2027Demand SurchargeFedEx Ground residential shipments, FedEx Home Delivery residential shipments $0.50 to $0.80 Oct. 26 - Jan. 17, 2027Demand SurchargeFedEx Ground Economy Package Services $2.55 to $4.05 Oct. 26 - Jan. 17, 2027Demand — Residential Delivery Charge*Ground, Home Delivery, First Overnight, Priority Overnight, Standard Overnight, 2Day, 2Day A.M., Express Saver (excluding FedEx One Rate packages) $1.70 to $9.35 Oct. 26 - Jan. 17, 2027*Applies to enterprise-level customers who ship more than 20,000 residential and Ground Economy packages, with the price based on how much their volume deviates from their shipping activity during the June 1 to June 28 period. The largest jumps in FedEx’s peak fees compared to last year are concentrated in lower-cost, high-activity segments like Ground Residential and Ground Economy, which will "compound quickly across e-commerce parcel volume," according to a ShipScience analysis.

United Parcel's next earnings date is estimated for July 28, 2026, based on past reporting schedules. No earnings call summary is available for this earnings event. The table shows recent earnings report dates and whether the forecast was beat or missed.