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Goodwill and Other Intagible Assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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May 31, 2014
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables) [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Goodwill |
|  |  | FedEx Express Segment |  | FedEx Ground Segment |  | FedEx Freight Segment |  | FedEx Services Segment |  | Total
Goodwill at May 31, 2012 | $ | 1,344 |  | $ | 90 |  | $ | 735 |  | $ | 1,528 |  | $ | 3,697
Accumulated impairment charges |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | (133) |  |  | (1,177) |  |  | (1,310)
Balance as of May 31, 2012 |  | 1,344 |  |  | 90 |  |  | 602 |  |  | 351 |  |  | 2,387
Goodwill acquired(1) |  | 351 |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 351
Purchase adjustments and other(2) |  | 20 |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | (3) |  |  | 17
Balance as of May 31, 2013 |  | 1,715 |  |  | 90 |  |  | 602 |  |  | 348 |  |  | 2,755
Goodwill acquired(1) |  | 24 |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 24
Purchase adjustments and other(2) |  | 11 |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 11
Balance as of May 31, 2014 | $ | 1,750 |  | $ | 90 |  | $ | 602 |  | $ | 348 |  | $ | 2,790
Accumulated goodwill impairment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| charges as of May 31, 2014 | $ | - |  | $ | - |  | $ | (133) |  | $ | (1,177) |  | $ | (1,310)
(1) | Goodwill acquired relates to the acquisitions of transportation companies in Poland, France and Brazil in 2013 and the acquisition of transportation companies in Southern Africa in 2014. See Note 3 for related disclosures.
(2) | Primarily currency translation adjustments and acquired goodwill related to immaterial acquisitions.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of goodwill by reportable segment and in total which includes a rollforward schedule. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=14024403&loc=d3e13816-109267 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=14024403&loc=d3e13854-109267 + Details
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