Wikimedia Commons (Stuart Seeger)According to statistics from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Air Travel Consumer Report, Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) posted the worst record among major airlines for on-time arrivals in June at 66.8%. Hawaiian Airlines…
In an effort to improve its production process for building its 787 Dreamliner, The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) has begun completing assembly of the planes on uncovered tarmac at its Everett, Washington, plant. According…
United Continental Holdings Inc.U.S. airlines are among the lowest-rated industries in the country when it comes to customer satisfaction. According a survey completed earlier this year by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), only…
ThinkstockStocks seem to be migrating from a tired bull market phase into a phase of volatility. It is also a phase where broad-based upside might not be an automatic assumption going forward. Many companies…
ThinkstockThe big market sell-off got some extra additional selling as some insiders decided it was time to lighten up on their holdings of their own companies. One interesting note from this week, while it…
ThinkstockColorado collected $6.5 million in taxes and fees from marijuana in July, according to the Colorado Department of Revenue. The sum may not approach that of the fees many states collect for gambling, but could be enough…
ThinkstockIt is no secret that the market has moved from a raging bull market to a market that has become volatile. This last week turned out to be a rough week in the markets, but some…
Petroleo Brasileiro SAPetroleo Brasileiro SA (NYSE: PBR), better known as Petrobras, reported second quarter results after markets closed on Friday. The Brazilian oil giant posted quarterly revenues of 82.3 billion reais (about $35.96 billion…
ThinkstockThere are just five initial public offerings (IPOs) on the calendar for the coming week, and one is a holdover from last week. The seven IPOs that were completed last week posted a total…
Wikimedia CommonsThings have been quiet at J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP), at least as far as Wall St. is concerned. However, a look at its stock prices shows that investors continue to shun the company,…
The regular season the National Football League is just a month away. The first full week of preseason games is already underway, and training camp is in full swing. Season ticket holders have already…
ThinkstockAugust 8, 2014: Stocks making new 52-week lows today included the following four firms. Sotheby’s (NYSE: BID) saw shares fall about 12% to a new 52-week low of $35.68 after posting lower-than-expected profits this…
thinkstockAugust 8, 2014: Markets opened higher Friday and all ten sectors were holding onto gains into the last half hour of trading. Consumer discretionary, energy, and utilities sectors performed best all day. Shortly before…
Wikimedia CommonsGeneral Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) issued a recall in late June on about 184,000 SUVs that the company had identified as being susceptible to a fire caused by a short circuit in the…
The recent Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households from the Federal Reserve Board showed some startling facts about America. The worst was that one-third of American households were still worse off than they…