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Southwest Airlines forecasts surge in 2026 profits after new seat, bag fees take hold
A Southwest Airlines aircraft parks at Gate B33 while its tail sticks into the sunlight at Boston Logan International Airport in Boston, MA, on December 22, 2025. Austin DeSisto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Southwest Airlines on Wednesday forecast a surge in 2026 profits well above analysts’ expectations as the carrier overhauls its half-century-old business […]
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The Fed meeting, Starbucks earnings, Amazon layoffs and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Wednesday. When you work in journalism, there’s a new surprising story each day. Yesterday, it was about what gold investors can learn from King Henry VIII’s reign. S&P 500 futures are rising this morning after a winning day. Here are five key […]
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Southwest ends open seating after 54 years. Here’s what the last flight was like
OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN — The 112 passengers on this Southwest Airlines red-eye flight from Honolulu to Los Angeles were the last in the airline’s more than 54-year history to scramble for a seat on board. Before dawn on Tuesday, Southwest ended its quirky (or anxiety-inducing, depending on the traveler) open-seating policy in favor of […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: GameStop, Booz Allen, CVR Energy, CoreWeave & more
Check out some of the companies making the biggest midday moves: Booz Allen Hamilton — The consulting firm shed more than 5% after the Treasury Department said it canceled all contracts with the company , whose employees leaked the tax records of President Donald Trump, and the billionaires Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, to media […]
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Air travel will return to normal by Wednesday, Transportation Secretary Duffy says
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the Federal Aviation Administration needs two more days to fully recover from the significant flight disruptions that came over the weekend due to the massive winter storm that swept across the country. In an interview Monday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Duffy said the FAA is targeting Wednesday as the day […]
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Minnesota shooting, Big Tech earnings, the winter storm and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Good morning. My gym in New York City unexpectedly closed early for the winter storm yesterday, but I was able to get in a makeshift workout pushing a taxi out of a snowbank. Stock futures are little changed this morning. The market […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: USA Rare Earth, Allied Gold, CoreWeave, Enphase & more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves before the bell: USA Rare Earth — Shares rose more than 21% after the Trump administration took a stake in the rare earths miner. The company will issue 16.1 million shares of common stock and 17.6 million in warrants. Allied Gold — The gold miner climbed more […]
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Airlines cancel hundreds of flights as massive winter storm sweeps across U.S.
Airplanes on the tarmac during a snow storm at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, US, on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. Ting Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Airlines canceled more than 1,300 flights scheduled for Friday as a massive winter storm sweeps across the U.S. with heavy snow and sleet in the […]
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Airlines to save big money on fuel as new weight loss pills gain popularity, Wall Street says
Celsopupo | Istock | Getty Images Wall Street is finding an unexpected beneficiary of America’s weight loss boom: airlines. With the first GLP-1 weight loss drug now available in pill form, analysts at Jefferies say broad adoption across society could quietly lower fuel bills — airlines’ single largest cost — and lift earnings for the […]
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Allegiant to buy rival budget airline Sun Country in $1.5 billion cash and stock deal
An Allegiant Airlines jet flies out of Las Vegas Airport. Nick Potts | Getty Images Allegiant Travel said Sunday it is acquiring fellow leisure carrier Sun Country in a $1.5 billion cash and stock deal, including debt, a plan that comes as budget airlines in the U.S. have faced a surge in costs following the […]
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