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Southwest Airlines Reports Q4 EPS $0.09 vs $0.08 Est; Revenues $4.11B vs $4.12B Est
Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 7:46am | 185Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) (the "Company") today reported its fourth quarter and full year 2011 results. Fourth quarter 2011 net income was $152 million, or $.20 per diluted share, which included $86 million (net) of favorable special items.This compared to net income of $131 million, or $....
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US Stock Futures Flat Ahead of Earnings Reports, Economic Data
Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 7:27am | 489US stock futures are mostly flat this morning, ahead of earnings reports from major companies and economic data. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 9 points to 12,513.00 and S&P 500 index futures rose 0.60 points to 1,302.80. Nasdaq 100 futures gained 4.75 points to 2,425.25....
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Earnings Scheduled For January 19
Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 4:52am | 536UnitedHealth Group Inc (NYSE: UNH) is estimated to post its Q4 EPS at $1.03 on revenue of $25.6 billion. Progressive Corp (NYSE: PGR) is projected to report its Q4 earnings at $0.35 per share on revenue of $3.57 billion. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is estimated to post its Q2 EPS at $0...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of January 16
Sunday, January 15, 2012 - 3:47pm | 1524This week will offer a good look at the state of the financial sector as many of the big banks share their fourth-quarter results. JP Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) broke the ice on Friday, reporting a decline in earnings that was more than analysts had estimated. Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), Goldman Sachs (...
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LAN Airlines Monthly Statistics Report for December 2011; System Passenger Traffic Increased 13.6%
Monday, January 9, 2012 - 5:42pm | 208LAN Airlines S.A. (NYSE: LFL) today reported its preliminary monthly traffic statistics and punctuality indicators for December 2011 compared to December 2010. System passenger traffic increased 13.6% as capacity rose 15.1%. As a result, the Company's load factor for the month decreased 1.0 point...
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Market Roundup
Monday, January 9, 2012 - 12:35pm | 237Shares of B/E Aerospace Inc (NASDAQ: BEAV) surged about 2.3% after the company announced its plans to acquire UFC Aerospace Corp for around $400 million in cash. B/E Aerospace also lifted its 2012 earnings forecast. B/E Aerospace now projects 2012 earnings of $2.75 per share, versus its previous...
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Southwest Airlines Reports Decline In December Load Factor
Monday, January 9, 2012 - 10:05am | 47Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE: LUV) reported that it flew 8.2 billion revenue passenger miles in December, flat versus the year-ago period. Available seat miles climbed 1.8% to 10.5 billion. However, December load factor declined to 78.4% from 80.1%. LUV shares closed at $8.52 on Friday.
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Southwest Airlines Reports December Traffic (0.3%)
Monday, January 9, 2012 - 9:46am | 145Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) today reported December 2011 combined traffic results for Southwest Airlines and AirTran. AirTran became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Southwest Airlines Co. ("the Company") on May 2, 2011. For purposes of comparability, the Company is providing combined traffic...
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Notable Call Options Activity in Southwest Airlines
Friday, December 30, 2011 - 2:19pm | 107Shares of Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) are higher on the session by 0.23%, currently trading at $8.62. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past five weeks and is currently trading above the 50-day moving average. Options traders are focusing on calls today. The strike seeing the...
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From Yesterday: Tentative Seniority Integration Agreement Reached Between Southwest Airlines and Airtran Airways Flight Attendants
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 7:50am | 108Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) announces a tentative Seniority Integration Agreement has been reached between the Company, the Transport Workers Union 556, the union representing Southwest Airlines Flight Attendants, and the Association of Flight Attendants Council 57, the union representing the...
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Tentative Seniority Integration Agreement Is Reached Between Southwest Airlines and AirTran Airways Flight Instructors
Friday, December 23, 2011 - 10:48am | 105Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) announces a tentative Seniority Integration Agreement has been reached between the Transport Workers Union 557, the union representing Southwest Airlines Flight Instructors, and the Flight Instructors of AirTran Airways. This tentative agreement would integrate the...
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Top 4 NYSE Stocks In The Regional Airlines Industry With The Highest Cash
Monday, December 19, 2011 - 5:07am | 134Below are the top regional airlines stocks on the NYSE in terms of cash. Alaska Air Group Inc (NYSE: ALK) had $1.27 billion in total cash and $1.39 billion in total debt for the latest quarter. Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes (NYSE: GOL) had $790.43 million in total cash and $2.55 billion in...
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Bank of America Merrill Lynch Comments on Southwest Airlines' Boeing Order
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 - 3:03pm | 148Bank of America Merrill Lynch provided color on Southwest Airlines' (NYSE: LUV) firm purchase order of Boeing (NYSE: BA) aircraft in a research note published today. Bank of America Merrill Lynch has a Buy rating and $85 price objective on Boeing. In the report, Bank of America Merrill Lynch...
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Southwest Just Bought a TON of Boeing's New 737s
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 - 12:39pm | 765I guess I never really thought about how many airplanes an airline would need. Surely, they'd be a major purchase that would get bought in batches, a few a time, right? Maybe, maybe not. But today, that's definitely wrong, as Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) just bought 150! of Boeing's (NYSE: BA)...
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D.A. Davidson Comments On Commercial Aerospace
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 - 12:26pm | 120D.A. Davidson is out with a research note this morning commenting on the commercial aerospace industry, after Southwest Airline's (NYSE: LUV) announcement of firm order for 150 Boeing (NYSE: BA) 737 MAX and 58 737NGs, with additional 150 737 MAX options. In the report, D.A. Davidson states that...