Higher forecast after strong quarter | Beginner German Lesson (A0-A1) from Today's News

Today's story: FedEx raises its forecast after a strong quarter. You will hear it in German first, then line by line with the English beside it.

Today's headline in German: FedEx erhöht Prognose nach starkem Quartal

(00:00) Welcome and today's headline

(00:31) More stories today

(01:33) Today's headline, slowly

(02:20) Plans for the year

(03:18) Revenue and amounts

(03:49) A lower profit

(04:43) Today's grammar point

(05:16) The story again

The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:

https://linguawire.com/class/german/a1/2026-10-29

TODAY'S GERMAN TEXT

FedEx erhöht Prognose nach starkem Quartal

Am Mittwoch erhöhte FedEx nach Quartalszahlen über den Erwartungen seine Prognose für das ganze Jahr.

FedEx meldete einen bereinigten Gewinn von 3,74 Dollar je Aktie, mehr als erwartet.

Der Umsatz lag bei 22,86 Milliarden Dollar und über den erwarteten 22,42 Milliarden Dollar.

Der Nettogewinn sank von 650 Millionen Dollar im Vorjahr auf 290 Millionen Dollar.

Für 2026 erwartet FedEx etwa zwölf Prozent mehr Umsatz.

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WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES

- vocabulary (Prognose)

- vocabulary (bereinigten Gewinn)

- vocabulary (Umsatz)

- vocabulary (sank)

- verb (erwarten)

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