Stacy Rasgon has been on Twitter since 2011, but she recently realized that her tweets were a bit boring. “These are pictures of children and airline seats,” he thought, noting that his employer, global asset management firm Bernstein, does not allow him to tweet about semiconductor companies or most of …
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The actions of the cruise operators were affected on Friday by the extension of the order of prohibition of navigation on the part of the Centers for the Control and the Prevention of Diseases, as a result of the recent increase in the cases of COVID-19. The CDC said passenger …
Read More »American Airlines CEO: “Let’s fly, for God’s sake”
The pandemic is not yet affecting American Airlines, not if its CEO has anything to say about it anyway. “We’re going to fly, for heaven’s sake,” CEO Doug Parker told the Wall Street Journal. [The Wall Street Journal shares common ownership with MarketWatch.] “If it doesn’t work, we will remove …
Read More »The new Virgin Galactic CEO made a Star Wars attraction at Disney. Wall Street is stumped.
Text size George Whitesides, left, will become Virgin Galactic’s chief space officer. Michael Colglazier takes over as CEO. Courtesy of Virgin Galactic. Shares of Virgin Galactic, a pioneer of space tourism, shot up after the company named a new CEO. He comes from Disney and the former CEO stays. The …
Read More »American Airlines and JetBlue are teaming up. Is it a fusion in the works?
Text size The two airlines plan to code share flights and integrate some of their networks. Bloomberg (2) JetBlue Airways and American Airlines Group are forming an alliance in which they plan to share flight codes and integrate some of their networks. It could be a sign of industry consolidation …
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