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Virgin America, Southwest Top Consumer Reports Airline Ratings

Posted: May 23, 2013 at 6:55 am

Consumer Reports released its new ratings of the best and worst airlines. Virgin America was at the top of the list. Spirit Airlines Inc. (NASDAQ: SAVE) was at the bottom. ...
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What Is Important: Samsung Galaxy S4 Sells 10 Million, Consumer Reports Airline Scores

Posted: May 23, 2013 at 6:35 am

Lenovo Earnings The news about Hewlett-Packard Co.'s (NYSE: HPQ) earnings may have been better than expected, but they cannot compare nearly to PC maker rival Lenovo. For some reason it ...
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J.D. Power Rates Worst Airline Customer Satisfaction, U.S. Airways at Bottom

Posted: May 15, 2013 at 4:18 pm

J.D. Power & Associates 2013 released its North America Airline Satisfaction Study. U.S. Airways Group Inc. (NYSE: LCC) was at the bottom of the list. United, of United Continental Holdings ...
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Southwest Airlines Chases Delta, Raising Its Dividend and Stock Buyback Game

Posted: May 15, 2013 at 11:30 am

Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) is living up to what we expected last week. After Delta Air Lines Inc. (NYSE: DAL) jumped the gun with a dividend declaration and new ...
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Will All Airlines Follow Delta on Dividends and Stock Buybacks

Posted: May 8, 2013 at 3:30 pm

It was not that long ago that we were calling on major DJIA companies to lift their dividends in a CNBC interview. One sector we called on to begin dividend ...
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Major Companies That Refuse to Pay Dividends

Posted: April 26, 2013 at 6:55 am

Investors love dividends. This one investing component has comprised a major portion of total returns through time. The trend in recent years has been for companies to pay dividends and ...
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ETF Folly: The Death of the Airline ETF

Posted: March 22, 2013 at 7:30 am

24/7 Wall St. is tracking daily features around the world of exchange traded funds (ETFs). This is an integral part of investing and personal finance, and there are often just ...
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52-Week Highes Across the Airline Industry

Posted: March 22, 2013 at 6:38 am

The markets must be optimistic about both consumer and business spending, as well as the ongoing drop in oil prices. The stocks of almost every major airline reached 52-week highs ...
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Another Banner Year for Online Travel

Posted: February 20, 2013 at 2:10 pm

Total U.S. online travel-related spending came to about $103 billion in 2012 according to the latest data from comScore Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR). Air travel alone accounted for about two-thirds of ...
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AMR/U.S. Airways Merger to Raise Your Ticket Prices and Lower Service Expectations

Posted: February 13, 2013 at 11:50 am

What are the biggest fears of the consumer with airlines? Outside of safety and crash issues, those fears are likely to be the price of tickets to fly and the cost ...
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What Nemo Storm Worries? Airlines Challenging 52-Week Highs Even With Over 4,000 Flights Cancelled

Posted: February 8, 2013 at 1:35 pm

Do winter storms really need to be named storms? In all honesty, this is something that from the eyes and ears of a financial news analyst looks and sounds a ...
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Airlines Charging the Highest Fees

Posted: February 5, 2013 at 6:32 am

The U.S. airline industry had one of the more turbulent decades in its history. In the past few years, the majority of the country’s largest carriers have merged with a ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — January 24, 2013: Markets Mixed After Apple Earnings (AAPL, PG, EMR, CVS, GOLD, TIF, AMGN, SNDK, FFIV, NE, NVR, WDC, MMM, BMY, LMT, RTN, LUV, UNP, UAL, XRX, T, JNPR, MSFT, SBUX, HAL, HON, KMB, WY, NOK, NFLX, SWFT)

Posted: January 24, 2013 at 4:05 pm

U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning with the DJIA and the S&P 500 higher, and the Nasdaq lower, dragged down by concern over the earnings of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: ...
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Earnings Point to New High at Southwest Airlines

Posted: January 24, 2013 at 7:34 am

Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) reported fourth-quarter and full year 2012 results before markets opened this morning. For the quarter, the airlines posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — January 23, 2013: Market Open Higher on Little News (COST, GE, VZ, F, INCY, AMD, CSX, GOOG, IBM, IGT, TXN, ABT, BHI, COH, GD, MCD, LCC, AAPL, AMGN, NFLX, SNDK, FFIV, NE, NVR, WDC, MMM, BMY, LMT, RYN, LUV, UNP, UAL, XRX, MAPP, AGN, NMRX, MCP)

Posted: January 23, 2013 at 4:05 pm

U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following a string of solid earnings reports yesterday and after markets closed last night. As we note below, earnings results were more mixed ...
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