______________________________________________________________Airline Industry 2009 Recovery – MAYBE – By Robert Herbst Only weeks ago due to the unprecedented rise in fuel costs, analysts were ...
The last year or so has been good for IPOs in the biofuel and bioenergy sector. Beginning with Codexis, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDXS) in 2010, four other companies have successfully issued stock this year:...
Chemical and biofuels maker Gevo Inc. (NASDAQ: GEVO) announced this morning that it “intends to offer and sell, subject to market and other conditions, shares of its common stock and convertible...
It’s that magic time of the economic cycle, all over again.  Investors run screens galore for cheap stocks to hide money in during a consumer and credit recession.  One group keeps...
The national economy has gotten so bad, driven by high commodities prices and a credit crisis which cannot seem to find a bottom, that some of America’s most well-known companies will have to raise...
For about six months in 2010, Codexis, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDXS) had the publicly traded biofuels market to itself. Then Amyris, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMRS) and Gevo, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEVO) jumped in, and in May...
Not only is air travel getting more expensive, passengers are more likely to face competition for fewer seats and more cancelled flights. Capacity is falling as airlines eliminate low-traffic routes...
After nearly a year of dithering around, Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) has apparently scrapped the idea of building an all new version of its best-selling 737 and chosen instead to put new engines on the...
Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) is now sometimes considered a discount carrier and sometimes considered a legacy carrier, but it still has among the most loyal customer base and it seems to be the...
Our series on expected upside in stock prices continues today with a look at the biofuels sector. What you are about to see are numbers that, for the most part, defy gravity. With just two of these...
The recent bankruptcy filing by AMR Corp. (NYSE: AMR), parent of American Airlines, has put a damper on any enthusiasm there might have been among investors for US airlines stocks. A report yesterday...
Today’s earnings reports from Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) and three airlines have put a little jet fuel into the market. Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE: DAL), US Airways Group, Inc. (NYSE: LCC), and AMR...
How much are US air travelers willing to put up with from the airlines? The short answer is probably, “A lot,” because, after all, we don’t have a lot of choices. Business travelers are often...
AMR Corp. (NYSE: AMR), parent of US carrier American Airlines, has reversed a 15-year single-source purchasing program with Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) and decided to split an order for 460 planes between...
2011 may be off to a “Web 2.0 IPO Year” but it might just as easily be “The Year of Biofuel IPOs”… Biodiesel maker Renewable Energy Group Inc. has filed a Form S-1 for an initial public...