The best way to speed through airports this holiday may be to cheat the system According to The Washington Post, “The Transportation Security Administration inadvertently revealed closely guarded secrets related to airport passenger screening…
Akamai Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) rose 7.9% to a yearly high of $25.66 after the software company was upgraded to “outperform” by Oppenheimer & Co. Flow International Corp. (NASDAQ: FLOW) rose over 33% to…
DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) just hexed its investors who were hoping to see the stock keep running over the $7.00 hurdle. The company just announced that it has commenced a public offering of $300…
Tickerspy’s Dry Bulk Shipping Stock Index (*DBULK) rose 5.1% today, beating the S&P 500 by 1.3.%. Dry shipping stocks were given a boost by upgrades today. Deutsche Bank upgraded Genco (NYSE: GNK), Euroseas Ltd…
Boeing (NYSE:BA) said it had encountered another problem with the final assembly of its Dreamliner in a cryptic press release from the company. The issue was discovered in the area where the plane’s wing meets its body.…
The rumor that US Air (NYSE:LCC) and American (NYSE:AMR) may merge is not so far-fetched today, or that Southwest (NYSE:LUV) might take over JetBlue (NASDAQ:JBLU). British Air and Iberia, the flag carriers of the two…
American Airlines (NYSE:AMR) is competing with Delta (NYSE:DAL) to form a close partnership with financially troubled Japan Air. Both US carriers would like ready access to JAL’s tremendous network of flights around Asia, where…
By Douglas A. McIntyre British Airways lost $485 million for the six months that ended in September. The airline’s CEO Willie Walsh told the BBC that this has been the “most difficult year in…
i2 Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: ITWO) is a supply chain management company which has been a takeout stock before. Turns out that is again. In a complicated transaction, JDA Software Group Inc. (NASDAQ: JDAS) will…
We always knew that Warren Buffett loved the railroad stocks. We also had for years heard Buffett talk about the prospects of a “whale of a deal” in large acquisitions. And now this morning…
DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) posted what some may take as mixed earnings despite the stock’s reaction in the after-hours session. The headline figure looked disappointing at first with a report of $35.6 million net…
DryShips, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) is set to report earnings this afternoon. Calling this one the more volatile stocks in a volatile space would be redundant at a minimum. While we are cautious in about…
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 and presumably lucrative…
The events of 9/11 and the recession have cut sharply in to airline travel. That has been demonstrated by carriers cutting routes and laying off employees. There were a few airline bankruptcies last year.…
AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AAI) is being punished after the close after it announced a securities sale. The discount air carrier plans to sell $75,000,000 in convertible senior notes due in 2016 in an…