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ThinkstockWhen Nordic American Tankers Ltd. (NYSE: NAT) reported results this morning, the company started out by saying that it had “improved its relative position within the industry despite a...
ThinkstockDo winter storms really need to be named storms? In all honesty, this is something that from the eyes and ears of a financial news analyst looks and sounds a lot like an opportunity for the...
By Tkgd2007 at en.wikipedia [Public domain], from Wikimedia CommonsFedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) may be about to become a huge beneficiary of the transportation catch-up boom taking place in America and...
Courtesy United Parcel Service Inc.United Parcel Service Inc. (NYSE: UPS) reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 results before markets opened this morning. For the quarter, the package delivery...
ThinkstockFor the past almost 13 years, the stock market has been mired in a secular bear market. Sure there has been some strong rallies, especially when the market turned in March of 2009. None of...
courtesy Boeing Co.There is no hope in sight for Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) as it tries to get its 787 Dreamliner flagship back in the air. Japanese investigators say that an overcharging of the plane’s...
ThinkstockEach year, millions of trucks and trains transport $1 trillion in goods into and out of the U.S. through the largest ports of entry across the borders with Mexico and Canada. Of the $580...
By Tkgd2007 at en.wikipedia [Public domain], from Wikimedia CommonsFedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) reported second-quarter fiscal 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The package delivery service...
ThinkstockIn a filing with the SEC this morning, Carl Icahn-owned American Railcar Industries Inc. (NASDAQ: ARII) revealed that it has had “conversations” with The Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:...
ThinkstockRatings and research firm Fitch Ratings reckons that if U.S. policy makers should fail to reach an agreement and the country should plunge over the fiscal cliff, U.S. GDP growth will fall...
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. (NYSE: CP) this morning announced that it will take a pretax, noncash fourth-quarter charge of $180 million related to its option to build an extension of its network...
Fitch Ratings has a report out this Monday showing its expected impact on the transportation based upon a GDP impact from the coming (and still tentative, hopefully) Fiscal Cliff. The report shows as...
ThinkstockOverseas Shipholding Group Inc. (NYSE: OSG) has just fallen on its sword. We recently named the next penny stocks and this was one of the companies we warned could easily fall into that...
ThinkstockThe U.S. Postal Service is calling for big gains in holiday shipments this year. You know of course that online shopping is a part of the driving force behind this prediction. This is a big...
United Continental Holdings Inc. (NYSE: UAL) reported third-quarter 2012 results before markets opened this morning. The airline posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.35 on revenues...