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Depending on which rumor is true, Delta (NYSE: DAL) may merge with Northwest (NYSE: NWA), or United (NASDAQ: UAUA). The math behind airline mergers doesn’t add up, and the fact that the two most...
Priceline.com Inc. (NASDAQ: PCLN) just posted non-GAAP EPS of $0.96 EPS on $334.9 million in revenues, while the estimates from First Call for the online travel company were $0.84 EPS on $329.3...
This afternoon after the market closes, we’ll get to see earnings out of Priceline.com Inc. (NASDAQ: PCLN).  The estimates from First Call for the online travel company are $0.84 EPS on $329.3...
Northwest (NYSE: NWA) and Delta (NYSE: DAL) are getting very close to announcing a merger. According to the FT "the airlines may clinch the landmark accord as early as mid-February, the people said,...
Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) has not been doing well as a stock.  Over the last two years its stock has lost nearly one-third of its value.  Even over the last 5-year period, its stock has...
Late delivery of the Dreamliner is catching up with Boeing (BA). According to the FT "Qantas’s contractual arrangements with Boeing provided for the ability to claim damages in certain...
Perhaps the people at Delta (DAL) did not get the memo. The reasons for airline mergers seem to be a bit soft. While there may be come savings in cutting ground crews and reservations people,...
The Wall Street Journal has announced that there may be (actually it says "near announcing") some new delays out of Boeing (NYSE: BA) on its 787 Dreamiliner.  We first noted that the Boeing...
The dumb money in the market is betting that one or two mergers will save air carriers like United (UAUA), Delta (DAL), and Northwest (NWA) from high fuel costs and a flagging economy. Since 2002,...
After airline stocks took a nearly unprecedented beating during the last few weeks on concerns about higher fuel costs and a falling economy, they rallied like mad yesterday. Some of its may be that...
The end of the year has turned out well for Boeing (BA). British Airways has put in an order for twenty-four 787 Dreamliners. The face value of the order is $4.4 billion, according to Reuters....
Union Pacific Corp. (NYSE:UNP) has just lowered earnings guidance for its fourth quarter 2007.  It said earnings will be reduced by approximately $0.20 per diluted share.  This warning is two-fold:...
According to a report in The New York Times, German airline giant Lufthansa will buy 20% of US discount ariline JetBlue (JBLU). JetBlue shares are up almost 14% on the news, trading at $7.12, still...
Herb Kelleher, the legendary CEO of Southwest Air (LUV), is retired now. He made his reputation as the best airline executive of the last 25 years by setting up a low cost airline that beat larger...
There are numerous articles on the web today discussing how Airbus’ parent EADS may cut its $3 Billion R&D budget.  It isn’t the maximization of technology.  It isn’t a slowing economy. ...