Horizon Lines, Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Horizon Lines, Inc. (HRZ)Q3 2009 Earnings Call TranscriptOctober 23, 2009 11:00 am ETComplete Story » seekingalpha.com |
United Technologies Corp. Q4 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
United Technologies Corp. (UTX)Q4 2009 Earnings CallJanuary 27, 2010 8:30 am ETComplete Story » seekingalpha.com |
StealthGas Softens Blow With $15 Million Share Buyback
LNG (liquefied petroleum gas) shipping company, StealthGas (GASS) delivered disappointing results for the three month and twelve month periods ended December 31, 2009, this morning, but softened the blow with confirmation that is would use some of its cash pile to commence a share buyback.The Greek shipping company had warned several times in 2009 that it was expecting a difficult year, but nonetheless shares in the company fell 5% this morning after the company reported fourth quarter and full year results, and gave a fairly gloomy outlook for 2010.Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Airline Traffic Rises in June
Zacks.com submits: Airlines companies have reported their June 2010 traffic results. Airlines traffic, measured in billions of revenue passenger miles, increased from an improvement in the global economy, improved business travel, international traffic and rising fares. Airlines are increasing their capacity in order to restore profitability and posted higher unit revenue growth for the month of June. The stocks have risen on account of improved June traffic.The low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV) recorded June traffic of 5%, the largest increase relative to its peers, on a capacity (or, available seat miles) increase of 1.9% year over year. Load factor (percentage of seats filled with passengers) was 81.9%, up 240 basis points (bps) year over year.Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Rail Traffic Hits Another Yearly High
Todd Sullivan submits: Still surging… Last week 675.7k railcars shipped, an increase of 1200 over the prior week and the second highest total of the year (set 4 weeks ago) bringing the 4 week average to yet another yearly high. Further, Canadian/Mexican traffic dipped slightly for the week meaning there was even more strength in the US numbers that what the 1200 railcar gain would indicate (click to enlarge).Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |