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First Solar (NASDAQ: FLSR) fell 7% on concerns that the US government’s financial support of renewable energy will falter. The federal government’s move toward austerity makes it likely that...
The ECB is likely to raise rates and more may come this year (Reuters) Portugal sought aid from the EU as its ability to raise money faltered (Reuters) A top M&A lawyer Mathew Kluger of Wilson...
Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) has taken a bit of a blow to its safety reputation after this last weekend.  A few hundred flight cancellations are one thing, but a hole ripping open during...
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Republicans plan to cut $6 trillion from the budget over the next decade (Reuters) Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) may be investigated by the FTC (Bloomberg) The FAA will begin inspection of most older Boeing...
Southwest (NYSE: LUV) canceled 300 flights today as it inspects 79 of its fleet of Boeing (NYSE: BA) 737s. Southwest made it clear that Boeing will be a part of the process. Southwest probably did...
Three-Year History of Ten Key Metrics for Major US Airlines: (For this analysis United/Continental data is pro forma) Operating Revenue (total of eight airlines) 2008 = $126.2 billion 2009 = $106.7...
By Robert Herbst You think you are paying more at the corner gas station? Checkout what the airline industry is looking at! If the current price of jet fuel was the average for the year? It would...
Antitrust regulators will get a great deal of exercise this spring. AT&T (NYSE: T) has announced it will buy T-Mobile from Deutsche Telekom. Sprint-Nextel (NYSE: S), the struggling wireless...
Just as passenger and freight traffic have begun to improve for the world’s airlines, rising crude oil prices have thrown a monkey wrench into the airlines’ hopes of profitability in 2011. The...
If there is one industry which reacts immediately to higher oil prices and to global unrest, it is the airline sector.  These are technically not new risks but these two issues are hitting the...
24/7 Wall St. chose the ten most important pieces of news for major US corporations so far this year. Our evaluation was based on the history of the company and industry involved and the likely...
Analyst calls are sometimes great and sometimes not.  Each week we review the major analyst calls for those standout research calls that were above the grain or are outside of the pack.  Some calls...
These are some of this Thursday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC) Cut to Equal-Weight...
The month of December was not so hot for international air carriers. According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), air traffic demand growth fell by -2.3% month-over-month, from...