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FedEx Cargo Plane And Southwest Airlines Passenger Flight In A Potential Collision Call At Texas Airport, Safety Board Investigates
Monday, February 6, 2023 - 7:59am | 392FedEx Corp (NYSE: FDX) cargo plane coming to land at a Texas airport could have collided with Southwest Airlines Co's (NYSE: LUV) passenger jet was taking off using the same runway. The planes came within a thousand feet of each other Saturday morning near a runway at the Austin...
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Southwest Airlines Promotes Lauren Woods To Chief Information Officer
Thursday, February 2, 2023 - 5:24am | 272Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE: LUV) has promoted its Vice President of Technology, Lauren Woods, to Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer. Woods will report to the Chief Administration & Communications Officer Linda Rutherford. Woods assumed this role following...
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Strong GDP Number Doesn't Faze Investors Ahead of Next Week's Fed Decision
Thursday, January 26, 2023 - 12:03pm | 2646(Thursday Market Open) The Federal Reserve’s struggles to harness a galloping economy continue, judging from today’s Q4 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) data and the latest weekly read on initial jobless claims. GDP rose 2.9% in Q4, above the average analyst estimate of...
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Southwest Airlines Saw Q4 Earnings Hit Due To December Flight Disruptions, Books $800M Charge
Thursday, January 26, 2023 - 9:07am | 306Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE: LUV) reported fourth-quarter FY22 operating revenue growth of 22.2% year-over-year to $6.17 billion, missing the consensus of $6.19 billion. Adjusted EPS loss of $(0.38) missed the consensus loss of $(0.09). Operating revenue increased 7.7% compared to...
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DOT Probes Southwest Airlines' December Schedule Chaos: Report
Thursday, January 26, 2023 - 7:15am | 290Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE: LUV) is reportedly being probed by the U.S. Transportation Department on its holiday schedule mayhem in December 2022. The agency will probe whether Southwest executives sold more flights above its operating capacity, the WSJ reported. The investigation...
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Microsoft's Gloomy Guidance, Boeing's Surprise Q4 Loss Pulls Market Lower
Wednesday, January 25, 2023 - 10:50am | 2775(Wednesday Market Open) The market gives and the market takes away. That’s the lesson Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) shareholders learned since Tuesday’s closing bell. Shares of the mammoth tech company initially bounced more than 3% on solid cloud business results for the...
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Monday's Market Minute: Earnings Season Heats Up With Eco Data On Tap
Monday, January 23, 2023 - 1:28pm | 515Let's take a market minute to get ahead of what you should be watching this week. So far, we’ve already had a look at some 10% of S&P 500 companies’ quarterly results, but this week nearly 90 more will open their books to investors, among them Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Tesla (...
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Southwest Airlines Hires Consultant To Ward Off Future Holiday Anomalies
Friday, January 13, 2023 - 7:52am | 376Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE: LUV) contacted consulting firm Oliver Wyman to boost a crew scheduling system after its holiday crisis, CEO Bob Jordan said in an interview. The airline had to cancel over 16,700 flights from December 21 - December 31 as it struggled to recover from a...
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Vail Resorts' Holiday Metrics Affected By Storm-Related Disruptions, Says Analyst
Tuesday, January 10, 2023 - 12:46pm | 417Stifel analyst Jeffrey A. Stantial reiterated a Hold rating on the shares of Vail Resorts Inc (NYSE: MTN) with a price target of $261.00. The analyst said conditions have been favorable to start the 2022/23 ski season, as a series of large storms has driven snowfall in most...
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Southwest Airlines Faces Shareholder Activism, Reshuffles Leadership To Strengthen Ops
Tuesday, January 10, 2023 - 7:53am | 367After the holiday meltdown with over 16,000 flight cancellations, Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE: LUV) announced five department leadership changes to strengthen operations. The company promoted vice president of network planning, Adam Decaire, to SVP of network planning &...
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Southwest's Holiday Crisis Could Cost It Up To First Nine Months Of FY22 Earnings, Analysts Say
Friday, January 6, 2023 - 8:31am | 493The crisis that cost Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE: LUV) over 15,000-holiday flights could cost the carrier up to earnings for nine months of 2022 in lost revenue and customer reimbursements, industry analysts say. Southwest struggled to recover from frigid weather after its...
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FDA Permits Pharmacies To Distribute Abortion Pills, Tesla's Aggressive Discounting May Have Hit Gross Margins, Goldman Sachs Bullish On M&A Activity In Late 2023: Top Stories Today
Wednesday, January 4, 2023 - 8:31am | 2092Reuters Goldman Sachs Bullish On M&A Deals Activity Picking Up In Late 2023 Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE: GS) seems to be bullish on the recovery of global mergers & acquisition deals in the second half of 2023 despite slow economic growth and a weak credit market. The projections...
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Southwest Airlines Tries To Calm Affected Passengers With 25K Flier Points
Wednesday, January 4, 2023 - 8:25am | 309Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE: LUV) has added 25,000 frequent-flier points in addition to ticket refunds and reimbursement to travelers affected by its cascade of flight cancellations over the holidays. “I know that no amount of apologies can undo your experience,” a...
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Mesa Air Group Analyst Reveals Concern On Uncertainty About Normalized Earnings Potential
Tuesday, January 3, 2023 - 1:39pm | 347Raymond James analyst Savanthi Syth reiterated an Underperform rating on the shares of Mesa Air Group Inc (NASDAQ: MESA). Mesa's 4Q22 adjusted EPS of $(0.37) was largely in line with the analyst's $(0.35) estimate. MESA shares surged ahead of and following its 4Q22...
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Elon Musk Expresses Dissatisfaction Over IRS Norms For EV Credits, Largest iPhone Plant In China Resumes 100% Production, US Republican Back TikTok Sale To US Entity: Top Stories Today
Tuesday, January 3, 2023 - 8:39am | 1488Benzinga Elon Musk Says IRS Qualification Norms For EV Credits 'Messed Up' — Why He Finds It 'Bizarre' Ever since the IRS announced the qualifying criteria for availing of the electric vehicle tax credits allowed under the "Inflation Reduction Act Of 2022," ...