Lightweight Economy Squeezes Cargo Airlines

FedEx and UPS post drops in revenue per package as products grow lighter.

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FedEx Corp. and competing cargo airlines are finding their yields squeezed in an economy that Alan Greenspan once observed is putting good things in ever-smaller packages.

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