What’s driving holiday sales at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT)? We took a look at some of the best sellers at Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) yesterday, and thought it would be interesting to see...
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) closed lower today along with many technology companies, but there is something rather interesting worth noting.  This morning we covered a small esoteric...
GE (GE) General malaise and concern that conglomerate structure does not work. Falls to $30.35 from 52-week high of $42.15. GM (GM) Auto industry woes get worse with high gas. Sells down to $17.38...
Delta Air Lines Co. (NYSE: DAL) reported May traffic numbers this morning and the results have been dragging down sector stocks. Here’s the root of the problem:While lower than recent guidance by...
Source: AMRAMR Corp., the parent of American Airlines, is considering what its CEO calls the “attractive option” of a merger with smaller competitor US Airways Group Inc. (NYSE: LCC) as the...
Just as passenger and freight traffic have begun to improve for the world’s airlines, rising crude oil prices have thrown a monkey wrench into the airlines’ hopes of profitability in 2011. The...
Updated throughout the dayAOL (NYSE:AOL) is in talks to sell its ICQ operations to Russian interests.  (various)Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) will launch a new handset to be sold directly to consumers...
AMR (AMR) falls after saying it will cut service to save money. Down to $6 from 52-week high of $29.32. US Air (LLC) drops as oil spikes and investors fear huge losses in airline sector. Falls to...
Cost increases and flat cargo traffic are expected to cut airline profits in half in 2012, from $6.9 billion in 2011 to $3.5 billion in 2012. Profit margin is expected to fall from 1.2% this year to...
These are this Friday’s top day trader alert stocks.  We have more color and more detail on price and volume analysis linked through to each at VSInvestor.com: AllState Corp. (NYSE: ALL) is...
Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) may be one of the few remaining profitable airlines.  The company posted earnings this morning with a $34 million profit, or $0.05 EPS, and $0.06 EPS before...
Alcoa Inc. (AA-NYSE) recently made an unsolicited offer to acquire Alcan Inc. (AL-NYSE), but after today’s close Alcan formally notified Alcoa that the offer was inadequate and not in the best...
Continental Airlines, Inc. (NYSE: CAL) and UAL Corporation (NASDAQ: UAUA) have done what has been speculated upon many occasions.  The two have announced a relative merger of equals, after talks...
Oil had a really dismal May, losing roughly 17% and hitting under $87.00 per barrel for WTI Crude on Thursday. While this may not be good for oil barons, the airline industry is getting a virtual...