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When Will Low Oil Help Airlines Out? (UAL, DAL, LCC, LUV, JBLU)

Posted: May 23, 2012 at 2:53 pm

Oil is tanking behind Europe, commodity inventories are up, and refineries are running at very high historic levels.  And guess what, airplanes are full, fares are up, carriers are passing ...
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Hedge Fund Stock Picks: Whale Hunting of the Kingmakers

Posted: May 16, 2012 at 5:43 pm

24/7 Wall St. published the full list of positions already for Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A). While there were some surprises out there and 24/7 Wall St. tracked ...
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Falling Oil Puts Airline Sector Up In First Class (UAL, DAL, LCC, LUV)

Posted: May 4, 2012 at 1:19 pm

Is the economy so weak that the summer and rest of 2012 will be punishing on the airline industry?  Apparently not.  Have you been to an airport and flown lately?  ...
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Does Delta Make Sense as an Oil Refiner?

Posted: May 1, 2012 at 8:04 am

A deal that first made it into public view less than a month ago has now been completed. Delta Air Lines Inc. (NYSE: DAL), through its wholly-owned Monroe Energy LLC ...
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Airlines Post Gains on Fuel Hedges, Revenues Up Too (DAL, LCC, LUV, AAMRQ, UAL, JBLU, FAA)

Posted: April 25, 2012 at 1:24 pm

Two of the US’s largest airlines reported earnings today, Delta Air Lines Inc. (NYSE: DAL) and US Airways Group Inc. (NYSE: LCC), and both showed a profit thanks to mark-to-market ...
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Media Digest (4/24/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 24, 2012 at 6:39 am

Facebook reports that its revenue grew to more than $1 billion and its membership to 900 million. (Reuters) Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) sells some of the patents it bought from AOL ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AIG, RATE, CMA, CEO, CREE, DECK, FSLR, INTC, IBM, SAP, TROW, TTM, UAL)

Posted: April 18, 2012 at 8:13 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Wednesday. American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG) Raised to Outperform at William ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMSC, CPHD, EGO, GME, HBAN, JCP, M, NVDA, PLCM, SAP, SVU, UAL, YELP)

Posted: April 11, 2012 at 8:17 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday. American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC) Started as Buy at Maxim Group. ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AIG, BV, BIIB, BX, CIEN, IBM, MCD, NVO, SNDK, SON, LUV, SBUX, SYY, TLAB, UAL)

Posted: April 4, 2012 at 8:24 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday. American International Group (NYSE: AIG) Raised to Outperform at Bernstein. Bazaarvoice ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (4/2/2012) Pinnacle Air Chapter 11, Record Europe Unemployment

Posted: April 2, 2012 at 6:38 am

The unemployment rate of the eurozone reached 10.8% in February, up from 10.0% a year ago according to EuroStat. Unlike the in United States, the trend is in the wrong direction. ...
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American Airlines May Finally Be Sold

Posted: March 23, 2012 at 6:36 am

Bloomberg reports that US Airways (NYSE: LCC) has approached unsecured creditors of American Airlines parent AMR about buying the airline as its leaves bankruptcy. AMR management says it plans for the ...
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American Air Travel and Carrier Profits

Posted: March 14, 2012 at 6:46 am

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics reported that 631 million people boarded domestic flights last year. Jet fuel costs were relatively low in 2011. That is no longer true. Americans who ...
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Media Digest (3/14/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT

Posted: March 14, 2012 at 6:45 am

Most U.S. banks do well on Fed stress tests, but Citigroup (NYSE: C) does poorly. (Reuters) The prime minister of China says the government will speed up economic reforms to cushion ...
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Media Digest (3/9/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 9, 2012 at 6:20 am

The Fed is unlikely to act with bond purchases if February unemployment figures are good. (Reuters) Low inflation in China could drive banks there to ease capital requirements to increase ...
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In Air France/KLM Results, a Foreshadowing of Airline Trouble

Posted: March 8, 2012 at 6:18 am

The International Air Transport Association (IATA), the global airline industry association, warned in its annual forecast that the economy could hurt earnings of carriers around the world in 2012, particularly ...
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