According to Reuters, the National Retail Federation and its members are preparing for a slow year. Reuters writes that the FCC has cleared Google (GOOG) to bid in the upcoming auction of…
The dumb money in the market is betting that one or two mergers will save air carriers like United (UAUA), Delta (DAL), and Northwest (NWA) from high fuel costs and a flagging…
Douglas A. McIntyre After airline stocks took a nearly unprecedented beating during the last few weeks on concerns about higher fuel costs and a falling economy, they rallied like mad yesterday. Some of its may…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are not the only key analyst calls coming out of Wall Street analysts today, but these are the key calls that 247WallSt.com is focusing on in pre-market hours: AU Optronics (AUO)…
It is unusual to see this many 52-week lows in big cap stocks, but many of these are credit or oil-price related. US Air (LLC) down to $13.50. Northwest Air (NWA) down…
Pardus Capital Management, which has taken a position in Delta (DAL), is going to push a merger with United (UAUA) by taking the proposal to other shareholders. Odd as it may seem,…
According to Reuters, Barclays (BCS) took a $2.7 billion write-down due to exposure to subprime markets. Reuters writes that IBM (IBM) will push into the business of running huge data centers for…
Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) has canned the notions and the reports on Wall Street and Main Street that it is in merger dicusssions with United Airlines’ parent UAL Corp. (NASDAQ:UAUA). Wall Street…
Douglas A. McIntyre Rising fuel costs did not kill off a good quarter for Delta (DAL). The airline’s quarterly operating revenue of $5.2 billion for the September quarter was the highest in Delta’s history. Net…
Douglas A. McIntyre (ABT) Abbott Labs $0.69 EPS vs $0.68 estimate; guidance looks soft.(ASD) American Standard $0.84 EPS net, but $1.05 before items; estimates were $1.08. Spin-off/sale remains on track. (BLK) Blackrock $1.80 EPS vs…
AMR raised to Neutral at UBS.BEAS raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.BHP cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.BTU cut to Neutral at HSBC.COGN raised to Strong Buy at JMP Securities.CPA raised to…
With oil hanging around $70, and gas likely to move above $3 for all of the summer, it bears looking at who gets hurt: Airlines: It looked like they might get something…
JetBlue (JBLU) in a filing with the SEC, said that its operating margins in Q2 would be 9% to 11%, which was higher than previously forecast. But, the stock managed to go…
(ALTH) Allos Therapeutics trading down 20% after its Phase III study of Efaproxyn failed to meet primary endpoint of improvement in overall survival.(BAY) Bayer raised guidance on Schering integration.(BMY) Bristol-Myers: FDA Grants…