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What a choice - stay in a Motel 6 or take a Caribbean cruise? Better yet, it’s the same price! According to Rich Tucker of CruiseDeals.com, who spoke to The Wall Street Journal, cruising can actually be cheaper than staying in a budget motel, especially when you consider the fact that meals and...

Nothing sucks the joy out of vacation memories like the stench of a backed up toilet. Unfortunately, for Carnival (NYSE: CCL), the memory of that stench has remained long after the event, according to The Associated Press. The stock was down more than seven percent Tuesday after reporting...

New research from Oppenheimer suggests that many leisure stocks may be overpriced now. The analysts suggest that investors may want to sell the following four restaurant stocks now in order to rotate into more profitable sectors, such as energy or materials. Below we take a look at how Darden...

Highlights on the earnings front this week will include the reports from Nike (NYSE: NKE) and BlackBerry (NYSE: BBRY). Analysts are looking for solid year-over-year revenue growth from both, as well as earnings growth from the former and a narrowed net loss from the latter. Others on deck to share...

Quarterly reports from Nike (NYSE: NKE), Walgreen (NYSE: WAG) and BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) will be among the highlights on the earnings front this week. Here is a quick look at what analysts are expecting from these and some of the week's other, most prominent earnings reports. See also:...

Although far from anything resembling a correction, the markets ended Monday’s trading session barely in the red on the back of a weak dollar and gold that started the day sharply lower but rebounded. Tuesday, traders will watch for signs of follow-thru of yesterday’s pullback. Here’s what...

On Friday Carnival (NYSE: CCL) announced earnings and yes, another mechanical problem with one of its ships—the second this week. First the earnings. First-quarter revenue was $3.59 billion versus consensus of $3.56 billion. This is in line with the prior year according to the company release...

The Carnival (NYSE: CCL) Triumph is in a Mobile, Alabama where it will undergo repairs. But for the company, the fallout from an incident that some describe as “a floating toilet” has to be contained quickly. When news first broke of the ship experiencing a fire in the engine room causing it to...

Carnival Corporation’s (NYSE: CCL) stock seemed to be holding its own in the days immediately following an engine room fire that knocked out power, crippled water and plumbing systems and left the ship adrift about 150 miles off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula Sunday. Text messages about filthy, hot...

The middle of the week will bring a cluster of quarterly reports ahead of the Christmas break. Foremost among them are results from economic bellwether FedEx (NYSE: FDX), which is expected to post lower earnings, Nike (NYSE: NKE), whose EPS are forecast to be the same as a year ago, and Oracle (...

Colorado-based ski resort operator Vail Resorts (NYSE: MTN) posted a wider-than-expected quarterly net loss early Tuesday due to higher expenses and lower retail sales, pushing the share price down more than 10 percent in morning trading. Still, the share price is more than 39 percent higher year...

Shares of Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) soared more than 34 percent Wednesday after the apparel retailer's third-quarter results topped analyst consensus estimates, due in part to strong international performance, and it raised its full-year outlook. Here is a quick look at Abercrombie and...

As the month and the calendar quarter winds down this week, highlights on the earnings front include reports from Nike (NYSE: NKE), Walgreen (NYSE: WAG), Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS), Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) and Carnival (NYSE: CCL). Analysts by and large anticipate per-share...