The United States federal government is teetering on the edge of a significant partial shutdown as a critical funding deadline for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) arrives tonight, Thursday, February 19, 2026. While much of the federal government remains operational under a broader funding package passed earlier this month,
As of February 19, 2026, Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM) stands as a textbook example of corporate reinvention. Once synonymous with the plumbing of the early internet—the Content Delivery Network (CDN) that allowed images and videos to load faster—Akamai has aggressively pivoted into a "cloud-to-edge" infrastructure titan. Today, the company is less of a background utility [...]
Travel technology company Sabre (NASDAQ:SABR) reported Q4 CY2025 results beating Wall Street’s revenue expectations, with sales up 3.4% year on year to $666.5 million. Its non-GAAP loss of $0.01 per share was 80% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
As the first quarter of 2026 reaches its midpoint, Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) finds itself at the center of a high-stakes balancing act. The airline is currently navigating a "weather tax" imposed by a series of historic winter storms that paralyzed major hubs, even as it rides a wave
The Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA), representing over 28,000 flight attendants of the American Airlines Group (NYSE: AAL), will hold a protest on Thursday, calling for "accountability and leadership change."
Global energy markets experienced a seismic shift this week as crude oil prices plummeted by more than 5%, effectively wiping out the "war premium" that had defined the start of the year. The sudden decline was triggered by a dual-pronged catalyst: a significant diplomatic de-escalation between the United States and
As of February 6, 2026, the American economy finds itself in a precarious balancing act. The "Liberation Day" tariffs, a cornerstone of the current administration’s trade policy, have successfully reshaped supply chains but at a significant cost: "sticky" goods inflation. While services inflation has largely cooled, the persistent rise
February 5, 2026 — Global energy markets are on edge this week as Brent crude oil prices breached the critical $72 per barrel threshold, marking a six-month high. The rally, which has seen prices climb nearly 12% since the start of the year, is being fueled by a rapidly expanding geopolitical
For several years, Tesla has been straddling the fence between an electric vehicle manufacturer and its ambition to pursue autonomous driving and humanoid robots. Its most recent quarterly report looks like the sign that the company has picked a side. Plus, the ups and downs of Meta's and Microsoft's earnings.
American Airlines’ latest quarter drew a negative market reaction, as adjusted profit and margins fell well below Wall Street’s expectations despite revenue meeting consensus. Management attributed the underperformance primarily to the significant operational disruption caused by winter storm Fern, which forced over 9,000 flight cancellations, especially at major hubs such as Dallas-Fort Worth and Charlotte. CEO Robert Isom described the weather event as “the largest weather-related operational disruption in our history,” emphasizing its outsized impact on both operations and revenue.
Companies that burn cash at a rapid pace can run into serious trouble if they fail to secure funding.
Without a clear path to profitability, these businesses risk dilution, mounting debt, or even bankruptcy.
The performance of consumer discretionary businesses is closely linked to economic cycles. This sensitive demand profile can cause the industry to underperform when macro uncertainty enters the fray,
and over the past six months, its 5.3% return has fallen short of the S&P 500’s 10% gain.
DALLAS — Shares of Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) surged 5% in early trading following the company’s release of its fourth-quarter 2025 financial results and an unexpectedly aggressive profit forecast for 2026. The Dallas-based carrier, which has spent the last year undergoing the most radical transformation in its 53-year history, told
The financial markets were jolted on January 30, 2026, as the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released Producer Price Index (PPI) data for December 2025 that was significantly "warmer" than any analyst had predicted. Headline PPI rose 0.5% month-over-month, more than double the consensus estimate of 0.2%, while
In its fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 earnings report delivered on January 27, 2026, American Airlines (NASDAQ:AAL) signaled a decisive shift in its corporate identity. The Fort Worth-based carrier reported a record-breaking $14.0 billion in quarterly revenue, bringing its full-year 2025 total to a staggering $54.6 billion. However,
Global airline American Airlines (NASDAQ:AAL) met Wall Streets revenue expectations in Q4 CY2025, with sales up 2.5% year on year to $14 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.16 per share was 54.6% below analysts’ consensus estimates.
