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Airline Stocks: Time to Jump In or Step Aside?
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 8:17pm | 1390Read More...Airline stocks have been under extreme selling pressure lately, as shrinking margins, high oil/fuel prices, fare battles, and lower overall travel have taken their toll on both current and future profits. The turmoil has made shares of airliners a favorite target of short sellers over the past...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of July 25
Sunday, July 24, 2011 - 9:40am | 1439Read More...The earnings crunch continues this week even as the month of July winds to a close. Quarterly reports of note scheduled for the week include those from Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS), Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX), Merck (NYSE: MRK) and Dow Chemical (...
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It's Going To Be A Red Christmas This Year (DAL, UPS, FDX)
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 1:48pm | 169Read More...For the second time this week, snow wreaked havoc on London's Heathrow airport, parts of Europe, and now there are warnings that more snow is to come. Many have said that Heathrow airport looks more like a refugee camp rather than an airport with people sleeping in the terminal gates waiting for...
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Airlines take in nearly $4 billion in additional fees
Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - 1:51pm | 460Read More...Despite the fact that far fewer people are traveling, the nation's airlines are raking it in when it comes to collecting additional fees for checked baggage, re-booking flights, seat assignments, carrying pets and so on. Department of Transportation (DOT) figures show airlines collected $3.8...
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Japan Airlines struggles to survive; will cut 6,800 jobs and seek foreign flag investment
Thursday, September 17, 2009 - 3:35pm | 297Read More...Financially battered Japan Airlines announced Tuesday that they plan to trim their work force by 6,800 jobs, eliminate some routes and move as quickly as feasible to raise emergency funds from a foreign carrier. Both Delta Air Lines and American Airlines are in the running to acquire a stake in JAL...
