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• Airlines Discover Supply & Demand

  Joel West submits: United UAUA has increased its second bag fee from $25 to $50 — blaming falling fuel prices. Together American AMR and United had raised bag fees from $0 to $80 round trip, and now United wants to take that to $130 round trip for those bags...

  External links 2008-09-16

  Tags: Transport, AMR Corp., Delta Air Lines Inc., US Airways Group Inc., Southwest Airlines Co., UAL Corp.

• Why Airline Stocks Are So Often Bad Investments

  Saj Karsan submits: Warren Buffett is quoted as saying that the airline business in the US “has made no money.” Thanks to a forgettable investment Buffett had made in US Air LCC, he even went so far as to suggest a capitalist should have shot down the Wright brothers during...

  External links 2008-09-04

  Tags: Transport, AMR Corp., Continental Airlines Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc., US Airways Group Inc., Southwest Airlines Co., UAL Corp.

• Watching the Airline Stocks

  Trader Mark submits: The darlings of the market just a few weeks ago, the airline stocks are now down 25-40% in a matter of 2 weeks from their peaks. These make for excellent hedges if you think oil is headed to sub $100 but even with a $10 spike in...

  External links 2008-08-27

  Tags: Transport, AMR Corp., Continental Airlines Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc., US Airways Group Inc., Southwest Airlines Co., UAL Corp.

• A Global Transport ETF Strategy

  Mike Havrilla submits: Investors are currently limited to the iShares Dow Jones Transports IYT as a transport ETF option with net assets of $698 million and 20 component stocks (stats as of 8/8/08 from the iShares website). The top five holdings account for 43.2% of invested assets and include the...

  External links 2008-08-10

  Tags: ETF, Transport, AMR Corp., Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., Continental Airlines Inc., FedEx Corp., JetBlue Airways Corp., Southwest Airlines Co., Overseas Shipholding Group Inc., Union Pacific Corp., United Parcel Service of America Inc.

• The Airlines' Recent Death Defying Actions

  Robert Herbst submits: Not long ago, daily media stories were predicting which major airline would be the first in line to fail. Las Vegas type odds were given to a list of inevitable airline bankruptcies. There should be no argument the US airline industry is facing unprecedented challenges as they...

  External links 2008-08-07

  Tags: Transport, AMR Corp., Continental Airlines Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc., JetBlue Airways Corp., US Airways Group Inc., Southwest Airlines Co., UAL Corp.

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• American Airlines announces appointment of Doug Herring

  AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD American Airlines (NYSE:AMR) has announced the appointment of Doug Herring as vice president of operations for finance and strategic planning. Herring will be responsible for the financial activities related to their airline's operations function and will oversee strategic planning activities....

  Articles 2008-11-24

• Markdown Optimization Best Practices is Focus of DemandTec and AMR Research Webinar Scheduled for December 2, 2008

  SAN CARLOS, Calif., Nov. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DemandTec, Inc. , a leading provider of on-demand optimization solutions for retailers and consumer products manufacturers, will host a webinar titled Discover Markdown Optimization Best Practices for this Holiday Season and Beyond at 8:00 AM PST, 11:00 AM EST on December 2,...

  Articles 2008-11-24

• PR Newswire Summary of Technology Copy, Nov. 24, 2008

  Following is a summary of high technology news releases transmitted today by PR Newswire. The full text of these releases is available at the PR Newswire for Journalists, http://media.prnewswire.com/. AQM037 11/24/2008 00:01 r f CA-DemandTec-Office SAN CARLOS Office Depot Renews With DemandTec for Strategic Pricing ...

  Articles 2008-11-24

• TSA and American Airlines introduce electronic boarding passes at LAX

  AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The US Transportation Security Administration TSA and American Airlines (NYSE:AMR) have announced the launch of a Paperless Boarding Pass pilot programme at Los Angeles International Airport LAX. The programme will enable passengers to receive their boarding passes electronically, through mobile...

  Articles 2008-11-21

• No Strike: SEIU Withdraws Strike Notice and IAEP Relinquishes Claim of Representation of AMR Las Vegas Workforce

  LAS VEGAS -- In what the company said can only be characterized as a complete about-face, the Service Employees International Union SEIU, in light of filings submitted by American Medical Response AMR with the National Labor Relations Board NLRB earlier this week, withdrew its notice of intent to strike. In...

  Articles 2008-11-21

• TSA and American Airlines introduce electronic boarding passes at LAX

  TELECOMWORLDWIRE-21 November 2008-TSA and American Airlines introduce electronic boarding passes at LAXC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com The US Transportation Security Administration TSA and American Airlines (NYSE:AMR) have announced the launch of a Paperless Boarding Pass pilot programme at Los Angeles International Airport LAX. The programme will...

  Articles 2008-11-21

• oneworld announces new chairman of governing board

  AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Airline alliance oneworld has announced that Gerard Arpey, American Airlines' chairman and chief executive, has been nominated as chairman to the governing board of oneworld. In his new position, Arpey succeeds Geoff Dixon, chief executive officer of Qantas, who has...

  Articles 2008-11-20

• AMR Research Study Finds Supply Chain Technology Market Will Grow 7% Annually to $9.2B in 2012

  BOSTON, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- AMR Research today released a study that estimates the supply chain management SCM applications market will grow 7% annually for the next five years, despite the gloomy economic conditions of 2008. Now a $6.5B market, AMR Research forecasts steady growth will bring the...

  Articles 2008-11-20

• Badger Meter, Inc. and Itron, Inc. Extend Alliance - Distribution Agreement

  MILWAUKEE -- Badger Meter, Inc. (NYSE: BMI) today announced it has extended its alliance and distribution agreement with Itron, Inc. (Nasdaq: ITRI) of Spokane, Wash., through February 2011. The two-year contract extension permits Badger Meter to continue marketing Itron automatic meter reading AMR technologies to water utilities throughout North America....

  Articles 2008-11-19

• AMRI Announces Agreement with Teva Pharmaceuticals and Barr Laboratories to Settle Litigation in ALLEGRA® and ALLEGRA®D-12 U.S. Patent Dispute

  Litigation Against Additional Generic Manufacturers to Proceed ALBANY, N.Y. -- Albany Molecular Research, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMRI) and its wholly owned subsidiary, AMR Technology, Inc., announced that a settlement regarding U.S. patent infringement litigation involving ALLEGRA([R])and ALLEGRA([R])D-12has been reached among them, Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC, Teva Pharmaceuticals,...

  Articles 2008-11-19

• Over $10 Million of CSL Behring's Privigen Was Sold in the U.S. During the Third Quarter of 2008

  Baxter Sold More Grams of IVIG to Hospitals Than Any Other Company, According To New Data from Arlington Medical Resources MALVERN, Pa., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Arlington Medical Resources AMR, a provider of premier market intelligence for the pharmaceutical and diagnostic imaging industries, finds that over $10...

  Articles 2008-11-18

• Former CEO of the Walt Disney Company Michael Eisner to Deliver Keynote Address at AMR Research's Supply Chain Executive Conference

  Event will take place at The Phoenician Resort, Scottsdale, Ariz., May 27-29, 2009 BOSTON, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, AMR Research announced that Michael Eisner, former CEO of the Walt Disney Company (1984-2005), will keynote its 2009 Supply Chain Executive Conference, which will take place on May...

  Articles 2008-11-18

• RTCoA Debuts First Wi-Fi Based Smart Thermostat Powered by GainSpan

  NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Radio Thermostat Company of America RTCoA today unveiled its first Wi-Fi based programmable communicating thermostat, the CT80, based on GainSpan's GS1010 SoC System on Chip device. Designed specially for energy management (AMR/AMI) and home automation applications, the thermostat can connect...

  Articles 2008-11-17

• Lost in a maze with no way out

  Byline: John Gibson UNITED stand today condemned by their own incompetence. Never has so much been owed by so few to so many! A team representing thousands upon thousands of loyal but physically drained Geordies was unable to: BEAT a side of no pedigree...

  Articles 2008-11-17

• Sterling Commerce Expands Sterling Transportation Management With Integrated Parcel Capabilities

  Sterling Commerce , an AT&T Inc (NYSE: T) company, today announced that Sterling Transportation Management System TMS has added integratedparcel management capabilities to enable companies to plan and executetransportation across all modes. By integrating these modes oftransportation in its on-demand platform, Sterling Commerce enablescompanies to reduce costs, gain...

  Articles 2008-11-17