Updated throughout the day. Bain and KKR plan IPOs for Toys ‘R’ Us, HCA, and NXP Semi (WSJ) Twitter will redesign its homepage. (AllThingsD) Continental (CAL) may push out US Air (LCC) as the…
Douglas A. McIntyre There are two opportunities for companies in the airline business to improve their prospects in troubled times. The first is bankruptcy and the other is M&A. US Air (LCC) and United (UAUA)…
Bob Herbst of Airlinefinancials.com exclusive special to 24/7 Wall St. Winners are: #1. American (AMR) and #2. JetBlue (JBLU) Losers are: Delta (DAL) and US Airways (LCC) with notable mention to Continental (CAL)
By Robert Herbst For 2009, the nine largest airlines accumulated just over $4 billion in net losses. 2008 wasn’t much better with a $3.5 billion loss. So far, 2010 projections show a $2.7 billion…
A look at the “hardest working” major brands for 2009 shows that a number of them belong to companies which have done poorly and, in at least one case, may file Chapter…
One of the top three international airline carriers, Deutsche Lufthansa, just announced a four-day strike. British Airways appears set to announce the results of a strike ballot in early March and other European…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are this Thursday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) Raised to Neutral at Merriman Curhan Ford. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:…
Reuters: China has hit back at a tariff put on steel pipes by the US. Reuters: Oil, near $80, may have strongest gain in a decade. Reuters: The government will give GMAC $3.5…
Memo to airline CEOs: Gerald Arpey, AMR (NYSE:AMR); Richard Anderson, Delta (NYSE:DAL) & Larry Kellner, Continental (NYSE:CAL). Subject: Vigilante Row Seating Now that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has made it clear that…
Reuters: UBS (NYSE:UBS) will put in a new US chief. Reuters: Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) says “dark pools” help investors. Reuters: The US is welcoming the rise of the yuan. Retuers: Nelson Peltz’s…
There are a number of ways to rank brand values. One of the most important is the level at which a brand contributes to the market value of a public company. 24/7…
These are this Wednesday’s early upgrades and positive research calls which we have seen out of Wall Street firms this morning: AMR Corp. (AMR) Raised to Overweight at Barclays. Answers Corp. (ANSW)…
Southwest Air (NYSE:LUV) once again proved why it is the most admired carrier in America. Over 83% of its flights arrived on time in August, the latest month measured by US Department…
Try to balance the conventional wisdom about airline stocks. Audit Integrity has AMR (AMR) and Continental (CAL) on its list of large American companies most likely to go bankrupt. UBS upgraded several…
Audit Integrity, a research firm, has come out with a list of the large American companies which are most likely to go bankrupt in the next year. The data behind the figures seem valid,…
