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Airlines are getting hit hard this morning before the open on two issues: swine flu and an analyst downgrade. UBS has downgraded the US legacy airline sector in a broad call and the impact on some...
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Jet fuel prices dropped in November as did passenger traffic. Just this last summer, people were flying but the cost of fuel was pushing big carriers toward bankruptcy. Fuel prices were such an issue...
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Source: ThinkstockAMR Corporation (AAMRQ) has managed to do something which will sound almost impossible, or at least illogical. The parent company of American Airlines is still in bankruptcy and is...
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Markets rallied into the Christmas weekend. Perhaps the major U.S .indices will be well up for the year. Little is likely to happen between now and the new year to dampen the mood. The...
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Source: ThinkstockWhat are the biggest fears of the consumer with airlines? Outside of safety and crash issues, those fears are likely to be the price of tickets to fly and the cost of services. If...
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Source: Jon OggThis week marks the last one of major earnings reports, and both the DJIA and S&P 500 Index have recently challenged new all-time highs. Investors and traders have to wonder which...
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Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) has not been doing well as a stock. Over the last two years its stock has lost nearly one-third of its value. Even over the last 5-year period, its...
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Kyle Bass of Hayman Capital Management has been busy in the first-quarter portfolio changes. The value of stocks held as of March 31 was $1.042 billion. The group’s 13F filing three months ago...
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Only a few years ago most of us associated biodiesel with recycling of used cooking oil to produce a transportation fuel that Willie Nelson used on his tour bus. The exhaust smelled an awful lot like...
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One of the most brilliant theories in business is that large companies are destroyed by more nimble competitors. Over time, the small companies become the large ones. The genius and capacity for...
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When US airlines reported third quarter earnings last month, the results were impressive and their share prices received a nice boost. The good news mostly continues to roll in, as the carriers have...
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Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) is announcing the changing of the guard at its Chairman position. Independent board member Steve Bennett will be elected to succeed former CEO John W. Thompson as...
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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....
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After the Continental Airlines, Inc. (NYSE:CAL) merger announcement with UAL Corporation (NASDAQ: UAUA) , something interesting happened in the sector. Suddenly the valuations seemed too high. ...
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The year just passed has been a good one for US air carriers. For the first time in several years, virtually every carrier earned a profit and airline stocks posted gains ranging from a few percent...
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