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Calls Sold on AMR Corp. (AMR)
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 10:17am | 189Shares of AMR Corporation (NYSE: AMR) are lower on the session by 1.86%, currently trading at $6.33. The stock is giving up some of yesterday's M&A gains and remains in a longer-term downtrend. Options traders are selling upside calls on the name for a second day in a row. A short while ago...
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Airline Merger Losers–Passengers, Workers, And Boeing
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 7:36am | 219An industry that goes through a series of mergers usually has several losers, and suppliers are almost always among them. Northwest has merged with Delta (NYSE: DAL) and United with Continental (NYSE: DAL). Word came yesterday that Southwest Air (NYSE: LUV) would buy AirTran (NYSE: AAI). The...
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U.S. Airlines Conference Call With DB Today
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 6:56am | 260Deutsche Bank is hosting a conference call today, 9/28 at 10:30am ET with Mike Linenberg to provide the latest views into the U.S. Airline Industry. Call 1-800-309-8606 to participate. Focus stocks for this conference call include: AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AAI),$4.55 Buy, Price Target $7.00...
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Top 4 Stocks In The Regional Airlines Industry With The Highest Dividend Yield (GOL, CPA, LFL, ALGT)
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 5:55am | 120Below are the top regional airline stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of dividend yield. GOL Linhas A (NYSE: GOL) has a dividend yield of 10.20%. GOL's shares closed at $15.66 yesterday. Copa Holdings SA (NYSE: CPA) has a dividend yield of 2.20%. CPA's shares closed at $51.53 yesterday. LAN...
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Fast Money Picks For September 28th (MOS, PCL, JBLU, BAC, JNPR)
Monday, September 27, 2010 - 8:02pm | 223On CNBC's Fast Money, Stephen Weiss suggested investors to buy The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS). He likes this company because people have to eat. The Mosaic Company (MOS) gained 2.09% today, and closed at $63.39. Brian Kelly thinks that Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc. (NYSE: PCL) should be bought...
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Bond & Equity Markets Realigning 09-27-2010
Monday, September 27, 2010 - 6:31pm | 852Cusick's Corner The market sold off into the close, realigning the Bond and Equity markets today. In previous months this situation held true, “as Bond yields go, so does the market” only to be decoupled this month up until today. The 10 year pulled back hard today, and into the last half hour of...
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Options Action Takes Off in U.S. Airways (LCC), AMR Corp. (AMR)
Monday, September 27, 2010 - 4:50pm | 1511Airline stocks were active on the OptionsHouse Hotlist today, perhaps due to a big merger announcement in the sector. Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV) announced plans to acquire AirTran Holdings (NYSE:AAI) for $7.69 per share, or about $1.4 billion overall in cash and stock. This is a premium of...
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Zings Of The Day (ACV, JBLU, UL)
Monday, September 27, 2010 - 4:06pm | 222Unilever (NYSE: UL) announced it was buying Alberto-Culver (NYSE: ACV) for $37.50 per share. This is a 19% premium to Alberto-Culver's closing price on Friday. The deal is important because now some one will actually buy Alberto-Culver products, unlike the American consumer. JetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU...
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M&A Activity Continues 09-27-2010
Monday, September 27, 2010 - 4:00pm | 801Cusick's Corner This has been a whippy session and the market is now off the lows of the day. Heading into the end of the month, September has had quite an impressive rally with the S&Ps up 9% so far in September. Watch for some potential profit taking, some money managers may be looking to...
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Top Narrow Based Indexes For September 27 (AAI, OPXA, NYNY)
Monday, September 27, 2010 - 12:24pm | 230By 12:02 pm, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 25.36 points, or 0.23%, to 10,834.90, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index had lost 3.65 points, or 0.32%. The NASDAQ composite index fell 7.09 points, or 0.30%. Some of the narrow based indexes that are still afloat in the market...
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Top Performing Industries For September 27 (AAI, NYNY, CNR, ACH)
Monday, September 27, 2010 - 11:45am | 227At 11:24 am, the Dow lost 0.22% to 10,836.15, the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index moved down 0.32% to 1,144.95 and the NASDAQ composite index fell 0.42% to 2,371.22. The industries that are still afloat in the market today are: Regional Airlines: This industry jumped 5.34% by 11:24 am. The...
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Dahlman Rose Has Thoughts On Airlines
Monday, September 27, 2010 - 11:17am | 134Dahlman Rose and Co. has thoughts on the airlines industry. In the research report, Dahlman Rose covers AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AAI), Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE: ALK) and AMR Corporation (NYSE: AMR). In the research report, Dahlman Rose writes, "A major positive for the US airline industry...
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Monday's Options Volume Leaders (AAPL, BIDU, C, BAC, AMR)
Monday, September 27, 2010 - 11:16am | 159The overall market is flirting with the flat line today; currently the S&P 500 (CBOE: SPX) is off by 2.78 points, trading at $1,145; considering last week's high volume pop, a period of consolidation is expected and healthy. Here are your mid-day options volume leaders… 1. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:...
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Bulls Descend Into US Airways (LCC)
Monday, September 27, 2010 - 10:44am | 215Shares of US Airways, Inc. (NYSE: LCC) are popping this morning, currently higher by 4.67%, trading at $9.41. The stock is moving on the back of Southwest Airline's (NYSE: LUV) $1.4 billion bid for AirTran (NYSE: AAI). Call volume is exploding in LCC today. Within the first hour of trading 33,000...
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Mid-Day Market Movers (NHWK, AAI, BIOF, GFNCL)
Monday, September 27, 2010 - 10:43am | 150NightHawk Radiology Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: NHWK) jumped 96.31% to $6.38 at 10:21 am. Virtual Radiologic has agreed to acquire NHWK for $170 million or $6.50 per share in cash, representing a 100% premium over NHWK's closing price on Friday. AirTran Airways (NYSE: AAI) climbed 59.56% to $7.26....