The market was down significantly earlier in the day with a double-digit S&P 500 drop and a triple-digit drop in the DJIA. We wanted to see some unusual gainers on the day, which are not just the largest gainers. These were in shares of Alcatel-Lucent, S Full Article at 24x7 Wall St.
Oil is tanking behind Europe, commodity inventories are up, and refineries are running at very high historic levels. And guess what, airplanes are full, fares are up, carriers are passing on endless costs to customers, and capacity remains high. As long Full Article at 24x7 Wall St.
This weekend, airline executives are probably having trouble suppressing their glee over the recent drop in oil prices. However, you wouldn't know it, based on the price action in airline stocks last week. Most major airline stocks dropped by 5-10% betwe Full Article at Seeking Alpha
Meena is a member of The Motley Fool Blog Network -- entries represent the personal opinions of our bloggers and are not formally edited. Over the past decade, the airline industry has had more than its fair share of problems, as commercial airliners hav Full Article at Motley Fool
US Airways Group (LCC) shares have been extremely bullish as of late, increasing in price more than 125 percent over a six-month span at the close of trading on May 11th. Many investors feared that US Airways was heading toward bankruptcy much like AMR C Full Article at Seeking Alpha
The White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy last week unveiled its Bioeconomy Blueprint, a collection of actions for federal agencies to promote economic growth based on advances in life sciences research. But also last week, an entrepreneu Full Article at Seeking Alpha
The Transportation sector (IYT) showed little movement on a trading day that saw S&P 500 fall 1.6%. The ETF, as a proxy for the sector, tracked closer to the overall market today than over the past week. Going into trading today, IYT was down 0.7% over t Full Article at FOX Business
The global airline industry continues to face challenges in 2012, from rising costs -- fuel, in particular -- and economic uncertainties. The condition looks bleaker ahead with a weak outlook for Europe, given its financial problems. The International Ai Full Article at Zacks Investment Research
FORTUNE -- The unions representing bankrupt American Airlines may come to regret agreeing to hook up with US Airways. Merging with a smaller carrier that has its own severe labor troubles looks far more painful and disruptive to American employees than w Full Article at CNN/Money
Is there any truth in the allegations that informed circles made substantial profits in the financial markets in connection to the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, on the United States? Arguably, the best place to start is by examining put options, Full Article at Global Research