First you need an API key, you can apply for one for free on the FRED website. Once you have your API key, you can set it in one of three ways: set it to the evironment variable FRED_API_KEY save it ...

Fred Smith, bass player for the influential proto-punk band Television, died Thursday. He was 77. The band confirmed his death on its Instagram. Smith started out playing with Angel and the Snake, ...

Fred Smith died Saturday at age 80. Read Forbes’ 1977 profile of Smith, from bone cancer, to war, to the billionaires list. Frederick Wallace Smith, the billionaire founder of FedEx, passed away at ...

Frederick W. Smith, founder of FedEx, has died at age 80. Smith's innovative express shipping company revolutionized air cargo, establishing the overnight delivery standard. He overcame early ...

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Fred Smith, founder and executive chairman of FedEx Corporation, has died. Smith died on Saturday, sources confirmed to WREG. He was 80 years old. Smith was born in Marks, Mississippi ...

FedEx founder Fred Smith died Saturday at 80, the company said in a statement. Smith started FedEx over 50 years ago, turning it into an iconic brand. Smith was an influence player in Washington, DC, ...

When he was a student at Yale in 1965, Fred Smith wrote an economics paper that spelled out his idea for a nationwide overnight delivery system. His professor gave him a C. Smith didn’t give up. After ...

Fred Smith, the founder of FedEx who helped create the overnight delivery industry, changing the way businesses and consumers get the goods they purchased, has died. He was 80 years old. His death was ...