The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report: Sears Falters, American Air Soaks Customers

Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than one million Twitter users. It raises the question of whether there is wisdom in crowds.

24/7 Wall St. will look at the Twitter posts at Reuters Biz, WSJ, Financial Times, CNN Money, MarketWatch, CNBC, and 24/7 Wall St. each day to see which stocks.

FT: MasterCard to buy DataCash for £333m: US credit card company agrees to buy Aim-listed DataCash for £333m as it see… http://bit.ly/acpckm

Reuters Biz: Sears posts loss as consumers curb spending http://link.reuters.com/zyc95n

Reuters Biz: Credit card satisfaction up, Amex No. 1: survey http://link.reuters.com/pux85n

WSJ: American Airlines will charge an additional $19-$39 to sit in the first several rows of the coach cabin http://on.wsj.com/cfFZLh

Yahoo! Finance: More fees: American Airlines to charge for front-row seats http://yhoo.it/bVEJUd Will you pay extra to get a front row seat? #travel

Douglas A. McIntyre