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Media Digest (2/22/2013) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 22, 2013 at 6:12 am

Germany's low exports cause its gross domestic product to drop in the fourth quarter. (Reuters) United Continental Holdings Inc. (NYSE: UAL) will not fly the Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) Dreamliner ...
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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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U.S. Airways, American Airlines Deal on Tap

Posted: February 11, 2013 at 8:25 am

An $11 billion merger between bankrupt AMR Corp., parent of American Airlines, and U.S. Airways Group Inc. (NYSE: LCC) could be concluded as early as this week, according to sources ...
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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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U.S. Airways, American Airlines and Poor Customer Service

Posted: February 7, 2013 at 6:27 am

Airline mergers are messy for employees, aircraft builders, airports and especially customers. The likely merger of U.S. Airways Group Inc. (NYSE: LCC) and bankrupt AMR, parent of American Airlines, will ...
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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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American Airlines Takeover Nears

Posted: January 31, 2013 at 6:50 am

A number of press reports say that U.S. Airways Group Inc. (NYSE: LCC) will take over the airline operations of bankrupt AMR. The marriage of U.S. Airways and American Airlines would create ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (1/31/2013)

Posted: January 31, 2013 at 6:38 am

German Employment Bump Germany's Federal Labor Agency reported that unemployment in the country improved very slightly in January. Those unemployed dropped a mere 16,000 to a seasonally adjusted 2.92 million. ...
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Pressure on Boeing Moves to Lead Director Duberstein

Posted: January 25, 2013 at 6:21 am

Boeing Co.'s (NYSE: BA) lead director, Kenneth Duberstein, finally gets a chance to lead. With the company's CEO James McNerney fighting for his job because of growing and severe problems ...
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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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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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Major US Airlines Projected to Report Record Revenue for 4th Quarter and Full Year 2012

Posted: January 21, 2013 at 5:11 am

By the end of this week, AirlineFinancials.com  LLC is projecting the seven largest US airlines will have collectively reported $152 million in profits from $33.3 billion in revenue for the ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AFL, AXP, AINV, ARMH, BIIB, CELG, CS, DELL, GMCR, INFY, LOGI, LYG, MLNX, NKTR, PDLI, PCYC, REGN, RBS, UAL, LCC, VRTX, VPHM, WFT)

Posted: January 15, 2013 at 8:38 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen so far this Tuesday. There is a larger concentration around biotech and emerging pharma this morning, but that ...
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Yet Another Scare for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner in Boston

Posted: January 8, 2013 at 1:22 pm

Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) just cannot catch a break on its 787 Dreamliner. After a 787 owned by Japan Airlines caught on fire yesterday when a mechanic was inspecting the ...
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