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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: American Airlines, Honeywell, RTX, Ford and more
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: American Airlines, Honeywell, RTX, Ford and more

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. American Airlines — Shares dropped 6% after the carrier issued weak profit guidance for the third quarter. American Airlines estimates unit revenue will drop as much as 4.5% as the broader industry struggles with oversupply that has led to low fares. Honeywell — Shares were down […]

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Southwest profit falls 46% as airline takes ‘urgent’ steps to increase revenue
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Southwest profit falls 46% as airline takes ‘urgent’ steps to increase revenue

Southwest Airlines airplanes are serviced at their gates at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on May 18, 2024, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Gary Hershorn | Corbis News | Getty Images Southwest Airlines on Thursday forecast a potential drop in unit revenue for the third quarter as an oversupplied U.S. market has forced airlines to discount tickets […]

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American shares drop 7% on weak profit forecast after backfired sales plan, industry oversupply
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American shares drop 7% on weak profit forecast after backfired sales plan, industry oversupply

An American Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft approaches San Diego International Airport for a landing from Phoenix on June 28, 2024 in San Diego, California.  Kevin Carter | Getty Images American Airlines shares shed more than 7% in premarket trading Thursday after the carrier slashed its profit forecast for the year after a backfired […]

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Southwest to get rid of open seating, offer extra legroom in biggest shift in its history
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Southwest to get rid of open seating, offer extra legroom in biggest shift in its history

A Southwest commercial airliner takes off from Las Vegas on Feb. 8, 2024. Mike Blake | Reuters Southwest Airlines is ending open seating and will offer extra legroom seats on its airplanes as mounting pressure on the carrier to increase revenue prompts the biggest changes to its business model in its 53 years of flying. […]

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Delta flight cancellations from IT outage persist through the weekend, CEO apologizes
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Delta flight cancellations from IT outage persist through the weekend, CEO apologizes

Travelers wait in line at a Delta Airlines counter at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, on July 19, 2024. Airlines around the world experienced disruption on an unprecedented scale after a widespread global computer outage grounded planes and created chaos at airports. Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian […]

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Activist Elliott reportedly has a significant stake in Starbucks, in talks with management
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Activist Elliott reportedly has a significant stake in Starbucks, in talks with management

A Starbucks coffee shop in Amsterdam. Nicolas Economou | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elliott Management has taken a significant stake in coffee chain Starbucks and is engaging with management to find ways to improve the company’s share price, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. Representatives for Elliott declined to […]

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Can Boeing get back to its glory days?
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Can Boeing get back to its glory days?

An American Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 flight from Los Angeles approaches for landing at Reagan National Airport shortly after an announcement was made by the FAA that the planes were being grounded by the United States in Washington, U.S. March 13, 2019.  Joshua Roberts | Reuters Boeing executives spent years after two fatal 737 Max […]

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United Airlines profit jumps 23%, but third-quarter forecast disappoints amid industry overcapacity
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United Airlines profit jumps 23%, but third-quarter forecast disappoints amid industry overcapacity

United Airlines planes at Denver International Airport. Leslie Josephs | CNBC United Airlines‘ second-quarter profit rose more than 20% from last year as strong demand for international travel boosted the carrier’s results, but its third-quarter forecast came in shy of estimates as an oversupply of flights weighs on fares. United said Wednesday that it expects […]

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CNBC Daily Open: Are markets too optimistic?
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CNBC Daily Open: Are markets too optimistic?

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on January 04, 2023 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no […]

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CNBC Each day Open: Are marketplaces extremely optimistic?
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CNBC Each day Open: Are marketplaces extremely optimistic?

Traders do the job on the flooring at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York Metropolis, U.S., December 1, 2023. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters This report is from present day CNBC Each day Open up, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Everyday Open up delivers investors up to speed on every little thing they […]

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