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  • The performance of the company’s FedEx Home Delivery and FedEx SmartPost services were especially strong, said CEO and Chairman Fred Smith. Those are, in general, the least expensive shipping options and are used widely by a number of major online retailers like Amazon.

    The company also stuck with its prediction for the full fiscal year ending in May and issued an outlook for the third-quarter, which includes the critical holiday season. Most of the forecast was above Wall Street’s expectations.

    The results topped Wall Street’s views. Analysts polled by FactSet expected a profit of $1.53 per share for the September-to-November period.

    FedEx’s performance and forecasts tend to be an indicator of broader economic health because the company ships so many packages for consumers and businesses every day.

    FedEx Corp. also said Thursday that it has signed a deal to buy 27 new Boeing 767-300 aircraft, with the first three set to arrive in 2014. They will replace some planes that are as much as 40 years old. At the same time, the world’s second-largest package delivery company is also pushing off delivery of 11 Boeing 777 freighters as it works to match slowing demand in Asia.

    NEW YORK FedEx Corp. said Thursday its net income soared in the fiscal second-quarter as it raised prices and benefited from more shipments of online holiday gifts.

    FedEx’s revenue rose 10 percent to $10.59 billion.

    “With the healthy growth in online shopping this holiday season, demand is increasing for these residential delivery services,” said Smith

    The Memphis, Tenn., company earned $497 million, or $1.57 per share, compared with $283 million, or 89 cents per share a year earlier. Last year’s quarter was weighed down by 27 cents in charges related to the combination of its freight and less-than-truckload units and a legal reserve.

    Shares were up 8 percent Thursday.

    FedEx’s optimism matches a forecast released Thursday by the nation’s largest retail trade group. The National Retail Federation said it now expects holiday sales in November and December will rise 3.8 percent to a record $469.1 billion. That’s up from the more modest 2.8 percent forecast made in early October. It’s still below the 2010 season but well above the decade average.

    Rival UPS, the world’s biggest package shipper, reported higher quarterly earnings and revenue in October.

  • (Reuters) Contract manufacturer Jabil Circuit Inc (JBL.N) posted quarterly revenue below analysts’ estimates as its large customers battled inventory pile-ups, and sees lower revenue in the second quarter from its high-velocity segment which services digital products.

    Shares of the company were down 4 percent at $19.17 in extended trade on Tuesday.

    Jabil, which supplies to Cisco Systems (CSCO.O), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ.N), IBM Corp (IBM.N) and Nokia Corp (NOK1V.HE), sees a 14 percent decline in its high velocity segment (HVS), which brings in more than one-thirds of its revenue.

    The company, which competes with Flextronics International Ltd (FLEX.O) and Sanmina-SCI Corp (SANM.O), forecast second-quarter core earnings of 52-62 cents per share on revenue of $4-$4.2 billion.

    Analysts on average were expecting earnings of 59 cents per share on revenue of $4.23 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

    The company, which reduced exposure to its mobility handset and TV set displays businesses in the HVS in the first quarter, said the segment will see some impact from the Thailand floods.

    “The Chinese new year, fewer working days in the (second)quarter, and there will be some impact in our high velocity business area related to set top boxes due to the Thailand flooding.” Chief Executive Timothy Main said on a call with analysts.

    The HVS provides module design, manufacturing,Inflatable Jumpers, and repair services for digital home and office products like set-top boxes, printers and keyboards.

    Jabil’s first-quarter revenue fell as inventory adjustments by some large customers hurt its enterprise and infrastructure business.

    First-quarter net income rose to $112.9 million, or 54 cents per share, from $106.7 million, or 49 cents per share, a year ago.

    The company’s core earnings were 65 cents per share.

    Revenue for the quarter rose to $4.3 billion from $4.1 billion a year ago.

    Analysts, on average, expected first-quarter earnings of 65 cents per share on revenue of $4.41 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

    (Reporting by Sruthi Ramakrishnan in Bangalore; Editing by Viraj Nair)

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