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United Continental's stock slumps after disclosure of PRASM, margin guidance cut
About 17,340 shares traded. Insider Trading Activity for United Continental Holdings, Inc . It has outperformed by 60.49% the S&P500. TXMD's SI was 58.44M shares in September as released by FINRA. 296.70 million shares or 4.37% more from 284.26 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. North Star Mngmt accumulated 970 shares or 0.01% of the stock. [Full Article...]
Wolfe Research Downgrades Rockwell Collins, Inc. (COL) to Peer Perform
Mrj Inc holds 2.31% of its portfolio in Rockwell Collins , Inc. (NYSE: COL ). Azimuth Capital Management Limited Liability Company has invested 0.06% in Rockwell Collins, Inc. Investors sentiment increased to 1.24 in 2016 Q4. Its up 1.41, from 1.31 in 2016Q3. Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of COL. [Full Article...]
Trump Sides With Democrats on Interim Debt-Limit Fix, Harvey Aid
Korean tensions rattle stock market; bonds, tech fall lower
In the currency market, the USA dollar is trading in the upper 108 yen-range on Wednesday. "We also have another hurricane heading towards Florida", said Scott Brown, chief economist at Raymond James in St. The Federal Reserve issues its Beige Book, a round-up of anecdotes on the health of the economy, at 02:00 p.m. E.T. Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard said the U.S. [Full Article...]
New 'Ruby' Chocolate Is Naturally Pink and Will Change Desserts Forever
Under the current classifications, dark chocolate has to be at least 70 percent cocoa, milk chocolate is dark with dairy added, and white chocolate is a mixture of milk solids and at least 20 percent cocoa butter. The pink hued product comes to us from the labs of Barry Callebaut AG, the world's largest cocoa processors. Barry Callebaut also sells chocolate that withstands higher tempe... [Full Article...]
Florida activates price gouging hotline ahead of Irma
Twitter users were offering advice to panicked shoppers that they can turn to Amazon Prime to get water that's sold-out elsewhere delivered to their home before the storm arrives . It also denies employing an Uber-like surge pricing according to availability. When CBS asked earlier this year about the practice, Amazon declined to speak on the record about how and when the site might hike ... [Full Article...]
Cohn's Rebuke of Trump's Va Response Cost Him Fed Look
Cohn, who is Jewish, allegedly considered resigning after Trump criticized "alt-left" protesters and said there were many "fine people" who marched with neo-Nazis and white nationalists. But the relationship is not great enough, evidently, for Cohn to be named as Trump's new Fed Chair. Other names Trump has discussed as possible nominees include former governors Lawrence Lindsey and Kevin Warsh... [Full Article...]
Seoul stocks open lower on N. Korean nuke woes
In economic news, Australia second-quarter Gross Domestic Picture rose 1.8% compared to the previous year, a tad below a poll forecasting a 1.9% increase. After the USA ramped up the rhetoric over North Korea's nuclear activities, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned of a global catastrophe unless a diplomatic solution is reached. [Full Article...]