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To: The Band Leader who wrote (222)	10/30/1998 12:11:00 PM
From: Darryl Olson	Respond to of 524

Online shopping growth continues (FDX mentioned): Friday October 30, 8:16 am Eastern Time Company Press Release SOURCE: Z.Com Z.Com Shopping Guide Showcases Hundreds of Online Stores SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Z.Com today announced the debut of the Z.Com Holiday Shopping Guide (http://Z.Com). Hundreds of stores selling merchandise online are listed in over 40 categories. The guide includes stores selling books, clothing, computers, music, sporting goods and thousands of other items. ''As web commerce grows, people need an easy way to find what they are looking for,'' said Jeff Gold, CEO of Z.Com. ''Our Holiday Shopping Guide makes it easy for people to find everything they need in one place.'' The Holiday Shopping Guide is built into Z.Com and over 1500 Z.Comaffiliated radio station web sites known as the World Network. Z.Com also includes easy access to shopping guides from other online services including Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO - news), Excite Inc. (Nasdaq: XCIT - news), America Online Inc. (NYSE: AOL - news), and HotBot by Lycos Inc. (Nasdaq: LCOS - news). In order to ensure that holiday packages arrive on time, Z.Com features integrated tracking of packages shipped by Federal Express from FDX Corp. [NYSE:FDX - news], Airborne Express from Airborne Freight Corp. [NYSE:ABF - news], United Parcel Service, and the U.S. Postal Service. For shoppers who are not sure of someone's address, Z.Com has established a relationship with Switchboard by Banyan Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: BNYN - news) to provide directory assistance including street addresses and zip codes. Z.Com is the latest project from high-tech entrepreneur Gold. Prior to launching Z.Com, Gold founded several other successful internet businesses including FM Net, Musictown, Go Chat!, and Go.Com. The Walt Disney Co. [NYSE:DIS - news] acquired the Go.Com domain from Gold earlier this year for a joint venture with Infoseek Corp [Nasdaq:SEEK - news]. Advertising is sold by MediaRep (http://www.mediarep.com), the new ad sales division of Z.Com, providing services similar to those offered by DoubleClick Inc. [Nasdaq:DCLK - news] and 24/7 Media Inc. Custom Z.Com versions of Communicator and Navigator products, from Netscape Communications Corp. [Nasdaq:NSCP - news], are available for free download. Z.Com also functions well with Internet Explorer from Microsoft Corp. [Nasdaq:MSFT - news], and is fully compatible with browsers running on Macintosh and iMac computers from Apple Computer Inc [Nasdaq:AAPL - news]. About Z.Com Z.Com is a service of A Lasting Impression Music Corp., a California corporation. A Lasting Impression was founded by Jeff Gold in 1991 and has offices in Atlanta and the San Francisco Bay Area. NOTE: Z.Com, Z.Com World Network, MediaRep, Go Chat!, Z Chat, FM Net, Cyberlearn, Barnaby 2000, and Musictown are trademarks of A Lasting Impression Music Corp. Other company and product names herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. SOURCE: Z.Com

To: The Band Leader who wrote (222)	11/4/1998 10:55:00 AM
From: Darryl Olson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 524

Tuesday November 3, 8:24 pm Eastern Time Fedex customers could be left out if pilots strike By Brad Dorfman CHICAGO, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Federal Express, the world's largest air express package carrier, warned on Tuesday that a threatened pilot's strike during the peak holiday season may drive away some of its biggest customers. And those customers could be left with no alternative shipping service during the biggest retail season of the year. ''In general, at this time of year, it is very difficult to all of the sudden just start adding capacity,'' said Norman Black, a spokesman for Atlanta-based United Parcel Service [UPS.CN], Fedex's largest express package competitor. The FedEx Pilots Association (FPA), which represents about 3,200 pilots, plans to mail strike-authorization ballots to its members on Wednesday, with results from the vote due the first week of December. The union has said if a strike is approved, the pilots could walk out any time during December. It is unclear whether the pilots would have to be cleared to strike by the National Mediation Board. The union has already voted not to work voluntary overtime as of Nov. 9. FedEx, a unit of Memphis, Tenn.-based FDX Corp. (NYSE:FDX - news), is in negotiations for what would be the first-ever union contract at the carrier. Issues include wages and scheduling. An FPA spokesman said the company left the bargaining table Friday night when the union did not accept the company's latest offer by a midnight deadline. A spokesman for the company said new talks have not been scheduled. In a letter to employees last Friday, FedEx Chief Executive Theodore Weise warned that the company is on the brink of losing several large customers who must finalize shipping plans for the holiday season. If there is a strike, FedEx would continue to operate with a limited air network and expanded ground network, Weise said. Even so, competitors might be hard pressed to add more business during the already loaded holiday period. ''There's not going to be a lot of ways to move this stuff around Christmas,'' said John Pincavage, an analyst at Warburg Dillon Read. The situation differs from the strike by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters at UPS in August 1997, which occurred during a less busy time, he said. UPS will consider shipping for any customers that are willing to sign a contract extending beyond the holidays, Black said. But the company already plans to add about 90,000 seasonal workers for the holidays, and may find it hard to add more capacity, he said. The U.S. Postal Service has contingency plans in place to handle overflow from FedEx, but is also concerned about existing demands during the period. The service will try to ''facilitate the handling of increased Express Mail volume without compromising existing mail service,'' Sandra Harding, a spokeswoman, said. UAL Corp.'s (NYSE:UAL - news) United Airlines, which is trying to increase its share of the premium shipping customers, will try to add service where it can. But planes are already full, a spokeswoman said. Complicating matters for shippers is a decision by unionized pilots at Seattle-based Airborne Freight Corp.'s (NYSE:ABF - news) Airborne Express not to fly voluntary overtime as part of a labor protest. FDX shares closed up 93.75 cents at $54.75 on the New York Stock Exchange.