Kinko’s as Elvis? That’s the anguished analogy that the copy chain’s founder, Paul Orfalea, makes in his belated comments on FedEx Corp.’s decision to drop the Kinko’s name.

In a business alliance to be announced today, customers of Kinko’s Inc. will be able to submit printing orders via the Internet then have their orders delivered by FedEx without leaving their ...

Among recent notorious customers: the Sept. 11 terrorists, who made their plane reservations on the computers at a Florida Kinko’s, and anthrax hoaxer Clayton Lee Waagner, who was arrested last ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Shipping giant FedEx Corp. agreed to buy copy shop chain Kinko’s for $2.4 billion to gain a longer reach into retail markets and help it compete with major rival UPS.

I took a project to Kinko's at 2:30 in the morning <BR><BR>I burned a pdf from my Mac onto a Mac formatted CD. The girl who was working that night loaded it onto whatever equipment she had and it ...

Kinko's will also pay $228 million for most of the remaining 23% stake held by the other shareholders. That works out to only a 36% premium over the original share price of $11. Says Orfalea, "It ...

Paul Orfalea started Kinko's in 1970 near the University of California at Santa Barbara. Today it has grown to more than 1,700 locations. Although its owner, Fed-Ex (FDX), is eliminating the Kinko ...

Shipping giant FedEx Corp. agreed to buy business services provider Kinko's for $2.4 billion in cash from buyout firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Inc., the companies announced Tuesday. "The FedEx and ...

The idea for Kinko’s came to Orfalea while he was an undergraduate at the University of Southern California. Orfalea was often mystified after observing long lines of students waiting for the Xerox ...

When FedEx acquired printing chain Kinko's in 2004 for $2.4 billion, the air-cargo shipper's grand plan was to integrate the 1,200 stores into its business-services offerings.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Shipping giant FedEx Corp. agreed to buy the Kinko's copy shop chain for $2.4 billion in cash, the companies announced Tuesday.