Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE:MAR)

Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Albermarle, Alcoa, Apple, BofA, Beyond Meat, Citigroup, 3M, Nike, Slack, Square, Wells Fargo and More

Posted: July 9, 2019 at 8:50 am

Stocks were indicated to open lower on Tuesday ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's speech after Monday's small market sell-off. The S&P 500, Dow Jones industrials and Nasdaq are ...
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Americans Enjoy Booking Flights More Than Actually Taking Them

Posted: April 30, 2019 at 10:00 am

U.S. airlines have what can be called a mixed relationship with their customers. On one hand, more and more people fly every year. On the other, flying does not rate ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Apple, Best Buy, Eli Lilly, Hilton, Hyatt, Kraft Heinz, Procter & Gamble, Snap and More

Posted: April 24, 2019 at 8:55 am

Stocks were indicated to open higher on Wednesday after the S&P 500 and Nasdaq crossed over all-time highs on Tuesday. With double-digit gains already seen so far in 2019, investors ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: American Tower, American Water Works, Bank of America, eBay, FedEx, Lululemon, Morgan Stanley, Vale, Verizon and More

Posted: December 12, 2018 at 9:00 am

Stocks were indicated up strong by almost 1% on Wednesday morning for the Dow Jones industrial average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq, quite similar to Tuesday's gap-up open. This follows last ...
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Half a Billion Starwood Hotels Customer Records Breached

Posted: November 30, 2018 at 9:45 am

In a filing Friday morning with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Marriott International Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR) revealed that up to 500 million guests at Starwood properties may have had ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: ADT, Apple, BP, Ciena, Exxon Mobil, Fortinet, JD.com, Micron, UDR, Western Digital and More

Posted: November 20, 2018 at 9:07 am

  Stocks were hammered on Monday and were indicated to open handily lower on Tuesday due to another disappointment from Boeing and due to poor retail stock earnings reactions. ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Alcoa, Alphabet, Apple, Carbonite, Halliburton, Hasbro, Marriott, Salesforce, Square and More

Posted: July 24, 2018 at 9:10 am

Stocks were set to open higher on Tuesday after a mixed Monday. The investing community has dealt with more volatility in 2018 and has frankly had less success with lower ...
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Wednesday’s Biggest Winners and Losers in the S&P 500

Posted: December 27, 2017 at 4:06 pm

December 27, 2017: The S&P 500 closed flat at 2,682.58. The DJIA closed flat at 24,774.16. Separately, the Nasdaq was relatively flat at 6,939.34. Wednesday was a relatively mixed day ...
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Hotel Shares Slip Following Las Vegas Shooting

Posted: October 4, 2017 at 10:25 am

Shares of publicly traded hotel companies fell following the deadly shooting in Las Vegas that left 59 people dead and about 500 injured, the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. ...
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Will The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection Disrupt the Luxury Cruise Industry?

Posted: June 24, 2017 at 11:55 am
Last updated: June 26, 2017 10:35 am

The cruise industry seems to just keep growing and growing over time. Meanwhile, the hotel industry has enjoyed its waves of annual growth and is now facing challenges from the ...
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Merrill Lynch Loves These 4 Buy-Rated Blue Chip Dividend Sector Leaders

Posted: May 26, 2017 at 10:45 am

In an expensive market there is one good path for investors to follow: stick with the companies that have upside earnings potential, and stay with sector leaders that have shown ...
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Tuesday’s Biggest Winners and Losers in the S&P 500

Posted: May 9, 2017 at 4:09 pm
Last updated: December 18, 2018 7:22 pm

May 9, 2017: The S&P 500 closed relatively lower on the day at 2,396.84. Separately the DJIA closed lower at 20,974.61. The Nasdaq was actually up on the day at ...
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Wednesday’s Biggest Winners and Losers in the S&P 500

Posted: March 22, 2017 at 4:10 pm
Last updated: January 9, 2019 10:14 am

March 21, 2017: The S&P 500 closed higher on the day, up 0.19% and 4.43 points to 2,348.45. Separately the DJIA closed relatively flat down 0.03% on the day at ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: FedEx, Frontier, IBM, LendingClub, Micron, Nike, Sirius XM, Urban Outfitters and More

Posted: March 22, 2017 at 9:10 am
Last updated: January 9, 2019 10:15 am

Stocks showed that they can finally stage a sell-off on Tuesday, and futures indicated a marginally weaker open on Wednesday. As stocks remain rather close to their all-time highs, the ...
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Which Hotel Rewards Program Is Best?

Posted: October 7, 2016 at 9:10 am

By now every traveler is familiar with loyalty programs sponsored by airlines, car rental companies and hotels. Piling up reward points that can be used to get free flights, car ...
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