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Memo to airline CEOs: Gerald Arpey, AMR (NYSE:AMR); Richard Anderson, Delta (NYSE:DAL) & Larry Kellner, Continental (NYSE:CAL). Subject: Vigilante Row Seating Now that Homeland Security Secretary...
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By Douglas A. McIntyre A number of media, including the Nikkei business daily, are reporting that the Japanese government is considering taking its huge flagship carrier JAL into bankruptcy. The news...
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Boeing (NYSE:BA) has had more than its share of troubles over the last two years with delays in the launch of its Dreamliner, labor problems, and disappointing earnings. The clouds around the...
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Lower oil prices and a resurgent economy should help the airlines post improved results in 2010, but that expectation is hardly true. The industry lost $11 billion in 2010. The International Air...
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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...
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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:...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 the...
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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....
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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 he...
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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...
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