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Traveling Over Labor Day Weekend? Here's What You Need To Know To Avoid A Headache
Saturday, September 3, 2022 - 10:56am | 846Labor Day weekend is underway and more than 12 million Americans are expected to fly during this long holiday weekend. According to data from Hopper, passengers across the U.S. are scheduled to fly from Thursday, September 1 to Monday, September 5, averaging about 2.5 million travelers per day...
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Fintech Focus For June 21, 2021
Sunday, June 20, 2021 - 11:23pm | 2057Quote To Start The Day: "We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.” Source: Warren Buffett One Big Thing In Fintech: Successive hearings before the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have focused national attention on...
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These 2 Airlines Look Good For A Bounce
Sunday, June 20, 2021 - 4:16pm | 707Travel through U.S. airports continues to increase as COVID-19 vaccinations ramp up and customers return to the skies. On Friday, the Transportation Security Administration reported 2,081,115 travelers passed through airport security checkpoints, up 310% over the same date in 2020. After periods of...
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Benzinga's Bulls And Bears Of The Week: Apple, GE, Microsoft, Tesla, Twitter And More
Sunday, May 2, 2021 - 7:28am | 1263Benzinga has examined the prospects for many investor favorite stocks over the past week. The past week's bullish calls included the iPhone maker, top airlines and a leading coffee purveyor. Social media and electric vehicle leaders were among the bearish calls seen during the week. The...
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Barron's Post-Christmas Picks And Pans: Alibaba, Apple, Intel, Pool, Yelp And More
Sunday, December 27, 2020 - 4:02pm | 1128This weekend's Barron's cover story offers six travel and leisure stock picks for a rebound in demand. Other featured articles examine China's crackdown on tech giants, the iPhone maker's interest in automobiles, and how Barron's 2020 stocks picks have fared. Also, the...
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Fintech Focus For December 14, 2020
Sunday, December 13, 2020 - 8:23pm | 1738Quote To Start The Day: We’re really trying to encourage progress, not to force it. Source: Adena Friedman One Big Thing In Fintech: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. is jumping into the institutional bitcoin game with a $100 million investment in bitcoin and a $5 million equity stake...
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Fintech Focus For November 11, 2020
Tuesday, November 10, 2020 - 11:46pm | 2239Quote Of The Day: Get busy living or get busy dying. - Stephen King Fintech Movers: By adding fintech, SaaS businesses can increase revenue per customer by 2-5x* and open up new SaaS markets that previously may not have been accessible. - Andreessen Horowitz Benzinga’s Fintech Award winners...
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'Further Gains Ahead': Stock Market Update For The Week Ahead
Sunday, October 25, 2020 - 6:37pm | 1751The Past Week, In A Nutshell What Happened: Last week ended negative alongside mixed messaging on stimulus. Remember This: “Markets have come a long way since the March lows, but we believe there may be more room for stocks to run,” said Jeff Buchbinder, Equity Strategist for LPL...
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Fintech Focus For October 19, 2020
Sunday, October 18, 2020 - 9:35pm | 2092Quote Of The Day: Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. - Confucius Fintech Movers: COVID-19 has not slowed crypto M&A. To wit, the value of industry acquisitions in the first half of 2020 has already surpassed that of full-year 2019. - Coindesk Q.ai is disrupting the...
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Airlines Could Take Hardest Hit From Stimulus Postponement, As Furlough Risk Back In Spotlight
Tuesday, October 6, 2020 - 6:12pm | 1477Remember this morning when we warned that the market could be “headline sensitive?” Well, proof came an hour before the close when major indices hit the skids on one specific headline: President Trump is ending stimulus negotiations until after the election. Until about 3 p.m. ET,...
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Fintech Focus For August 26, 2020
Tuesday, August 25, 2020 - 7:02pm | 2533Quote Of The Day: Nobody wants to fly across the country for a two hour meeting when you can do it just as well on Zoom. - James Altucher Fintech Movers: The main challenge Central American fintech faces is a lack of tech infrastructure and knowhow. That’s why social impact funds are...
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'Make Or Break': Stock Market Update For The Week Ahead
Sunday, July 26, 2020 - 8:14pm | 1659The Last Week, In A Nutshell What Happened: Stocks closed the week lower on an escalation of U.S. and China tensions, mixed reactions to earnings results, and delays in stimulus talks. Remember This: “Congress’ decision on a new wave of support could make or break the next leg of the...
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Netflix Shares Take A Dive After Disappointing Subscriber Guidance For Current Quarter
Friday, July 17, 2020 - 10:01am | 2428Even though it’s been a tough stretch for the Nasdaq (COMP) and Info Tech, we may have our third-straight week higher on the S&P 500 Index (SPX). That’s pretty amazing when you consider all that’s going on in terms of bad news. Everyone’s trying to...
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Fintech Focus For July 14, 2020
Tuesday, July 14, 2020 - 4:51pm | 1551Daily Perspective: If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough. - Oprah Winfrey Fintech Movers: $64 billion was invested in North American startups (companies based in Canada and the United States)...
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American Airlines Announces New Cargo President
Tuesday, July 7, 2020 - 12:27pm | 651American Airlines Group (NASDAQ: AAL) on Tuesday promoted Jessica Tyler to president of cargo and vice president of airport excellence, tying together two inter-related groups and underscoring how members of the cargo team are taking on expanded roles as the company contracts to a more manageable...