UPS Inc. is doing right by President Donald Trump’s standards, but that’s hardly what shareholders want to see right now.

FedEx Corp.’s delivery truck is heading in the right direction, but the turbo-charge from Uncle Sam won’t hurt. The $65 billion company reported earnings after the close of trading on Dec. 20, besting analysts’ quarterly estimates and raising its full-year outlook.

CSX Corp. investors who endorsed a massive pay package to bring railroad wunderkind Hunter Harrison on board as CEO are already seeing the payoff. The question is, at what cost?

Despite the excellent results, FedEx Corp. management still had to answer questions about the e-commerce giant and the potential for it to encroach on the package shipper's territory as Amazon makes plans to build out its own delivery capabilities.

Amazon.com Inc.'s aspirations of building a global logistics operation have spurred rumblings about whether a takeover of FedEx Corp. may be a cheaper and swifter means to an end. Is there merit to the idea?

Typically, the news of an Internet giant such as Amazon becoming a potential competitor sends stocks tumbling. And so it probably wouldn't have been surprising to anyone had UPS and FedEx taken a dive on a Bloomberg News report Feb. 9 that Amazon is setting its sights on the shipping industry.