1994年初，在澳大利亚政府的支持下，澳洲联邦银行制定了把中国作为重点对象的亚洲发展计划，长期致力于推动中澳贸易发展。
2000年入股49%、同中国人寿合资成立的中保康联人寿保险有限公司，在北京设立的直接投资基金——康联马洪投资管理公司。
2004年入股11%的济南市商业银行。
2005年4月21日，澳洲联邦银行同杭州市商业银行正式签约，斥资6.25亿元人民币入股19.9%。2005年4月25日，澳洲联邦银行 （Commonwealth Bank of Australia，下称CBA）在上海正式宣布，以1280万元人民币收购其全部股权，成立澳金投资咨询（上海）有限公司。
该企业在2008年度《财富》全球最大五百家公司排名中名列第三百一十八。
1971: Founded as Federal Express by Fred Smith in Little Rock, Arkansas.
1973: Moved to Memphis, Tennessee and Memphis International Airport after lack of support from Little Rock National Airport.
April 17, 1973: Starts operations with 14 Dassault Falcon 20s connecting 25 U.S. cities.
1977: Cargo airline deregulation is enacted and FedEx purchases its first large aircraft: seven Boeing 727s.
1978 Listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol FDX.
1979 First carrier to start using a computer to route packages.
1981 Begins international service to Canada.
1981 Officially Opens its SuperHub Memphis International Airport.
1983 Becomes the first United States company to reach revenues of $1 billion within 10 years of startup without merger or acquisition
1984 Acquires Gelco Express International and starts service to Asia
1984 Starts a fax service known as Zapmail. Offered fax transmission to customers as a means to expedite delivery of documents. This service would later become a commercial failure and resulted in a $320m write-off.[3]
1986 Introduces tracking to the shipping industry, allowing customers to see where their shipments are.
1989 Acquires Flying Tigers to expand its international service.
1994 Officially adopts the "FedEx" name, until then the abbreviation was unofficial.
The original Federal Express logo designed by Richard Runyan in 1973 used until name change in 19941994 Launches FedEx allowing customers to track shipments online.
1995 Acquires air routes from Evergreen International and starts service to China.
1998 Acquires Caliber System Inc. which included RPS, Inc., Roberts Express and Viking Freight.
1998 Changes name to "FDX Corporation".
1999 Acquires Caribbean Transportation Services.
2000 "FDX Corporation" is renamed "FedEx Corporation" and operating companies are rebranded with the FedEx logo.
A FedEx Express delivery truck, showing the dual branding—both "FedEx" and "Federal Express"—the company used from 1994 to 20002001 Starts providing air transportation for a large amount of United States Postal Service mail.
2001 Acquires American Freightways.
2001 FedEx Freight is established. American Freightways operates as FedEx Freight East while Viking Freight operates as FedEx Freight West.
2003 FedEx Express becomes the first shipping company to use a hybrid-electric truck.
2003 Acquires Kinko's and creates FedEx Kinko’s Office and Print Services.
2006 Acquires Watkins Motor Lines which becomes FedEx National LTL within FedEx Freight.
2007 Acquires ANC, a UK shipping company and Flying-Cargo Hungary Kft to boost its European shipping.
In December 2007, the Internal Revenue Service of the United States 'tentatively decided' that FedEx Ground Division might be facing a tax liability of $319 million for 2002, due to misclassification of its operatives as independent contractors. Reversing a 1994 decision which allowed FedEx to classify its operatives that own their own vehicles, the IRS is auditing the years 2003 to 2006, with a view to assessing whether similar misclassification of operatives has taken place. FedEx denies that any irregularities in classification have taken place, but is facing legal action from operatives claiming benefits that would have accrued had they been classified as employees.[4]
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