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<blockquote data-quote="RockyRogue" data-source="post: 188045" data-attributes="member: 7185"><p>I think you're right....</p><p><strong>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p><strong>FedEx Ground</strong> is a shipping company headquartered in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_Township%2C_Pennsylvania" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Moon Township, Pennsylvania</span></u></a>, a suburb of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh%2C_Pennsylvania" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Pittsburgh</span></u></a>. Originally a small regional package shipping company called Roadway Package System (RPS), it was created to be a discount competitor to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Parcel_Service" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">UPS</span></u></a>. After taking the road for the first time on March 11, 1985, the company grew in size and popularity throughout the Mid-Atlantic states, so much so that it became the largest subsidy of its parent company, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akron%2C_Ohio" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Akron</span></u></a>-based <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadway_Services" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Roadway Services</span></u></a>. By 1996, RPS had achieved 100% coverage of the United States and all of North America. In addition, RPS became part of a new holding company called Caliber System, Inc.</p><p>In 1997, Fred S, founder of FedEx, contacted Dan Sullivan, founder of RPS about merging the two companies. In 2000, Caliber System, Inc., which has since sold most of its assets to various corporations, allowed <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FedEx" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">FedEx</span></u></a> to purchase its discount package distribution system, which was subsequently renamed FedEx Ground.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RockyRogue, post: 188045, member: 7185"] I think you're right.... [B]From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/B] [B]FedEx Ground[/B] is a shipping company headquartered in [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_Township%2C_Pennsylvania"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Moon Township, Pennsylvania[/COLOR][/U][/URL], a suburb of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh%2C_Pennsylvania"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Pittsburgh[/COLOR][/U][/URL]. Originally a small regional package shipping company called Roadway Package System (RPS), it was created to be a discount competitor to [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Parcel_Service"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]UPS[/COLOR][/U][/URL]. After taking the road for the first time on March 11, 1985, the company grew in size and popularity throughout the Mid-Atlantic states, so much so that it became the largest subsidy of its parent company, [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akron%2C_Ohio"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Akron[/COLOR][/U][/URL]-based [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadway_Services"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Roadway Services[/COLOR][/U][/URL]. By 1996, RPS had achieved 100% coverage of the United States and all of North America. In addition, RPS became part of a new holding company called Caliber System, Inc. In 1997, Fred S, founder of FedEx, contacted Dan Sullivan, founder of RPS about merging the two companies. In 2000, Caliber System, Inc., which has since sold most of its assets to various corporations, allowed [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FedEx"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]FedEx[/COLOR][/U][/URL] to purchase its discount package distribution system, which was subsequently renamed FedEx Ground. [/QUOTE]
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