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 to $13.80. American (AMR) down...
Short sellers moved out of stocks that have fallen recently. Perhaps they believe there will be a large rally in the market. There is little else to make the shares of companies with poor earnings...
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...
Aloha Airlines went into Chapter 11 last week. That was not enough. Now the carrier says it is ending passenger service after 60 years of operation. Aloha is small and flies in only one market, but...
Skybus became the latest US airline to close its doors. Over the last week Aloha Airlines and ATA have also shut down. Northwest (NYSE: NWA) announced that it would raise passenger fares in the hope...
Delta Air Lines Inc (DAL) Fuel costs, faltering earnings. Drops to $6.70 from 52-week high of $21.85. AMR (AMR) Another airline. Sells off to $7.05 from 52-week high of $29.47. US Airways Group (LCC)...
At about noon, the three major equity indexes have all maintained the losses they started the morning with. The DJIA is down about 118 points at about 12,772, the Nasdaq is down about 20 points at...
Signs are pointing to another bailout of Japan Airlines by the Tokyo-based government. That means the carrier could survive without being broken into pieces.JAL is still prized for its significant...
The distance from Detroit to Dallas is about 1,200 miles, but the two towns might as well be twin cities. Yesterday, a prediction that GM (GM) could go bankrupt set off panic among the...
In a move that should be imitated by large US carriers like AMR (AMR), Delta (DAL), and Northwest (NWA), British Airways will ground part of its fleet to save money  because of the rising cost...
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Tuesday morning. We are tracking news and  moves in shares of AMR Corporation (NASDAQ: AMR), Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS), UBS...
Updated throughout the day on the 24/7 Wall St. WireAMR is in advanced talks with five airlines which have interest in a merger (Reuters)JPMorgan may take back options from managers involved in a...
The airline industry keeps drawing the short straw.A year ago, the carriers were being pounded by high jet fuel price due to rocketing crude. Now the price of oil is down by 75%, and the cost of...
Ethanol and airlines saw significant moves on heavy volume. According to VSInvestor.com, TurboChef (OVEN) also had a volume spike. Smart Investors Are Quietly Loading Up on These “Dividend...
Source: ThinkstockThe proposed merger to create the largest airline is running into trouble. Reports were out that AMR Corp. (AAMRQ) is facing an unexpected regulatory situation regarding its merger...