There are an extremely small number of companies which are likely to do relatively well during the recession, either because they are the market share leaders in their industries by a wide margin, or they are in businesses which sell products and services which are a necessary part of everyday life....

Dutifully playing follow-the-leader, and jumping into the proverbial meat-grinder, airlines are competing to make a bad scene worse. They’re piling on: adding fees, reducing benefits, and devaluing frequent flyer miles even more. And that’s just today. Yeah, it was a bad day. Round one: ...

Filed under: Industry, Consumer experience, AMR Corp (AMR) American Airlines, a subsidiary of AMR Corp. (NYSE: AMR), has announced that it received the green light from aviation officials to return all of its 300 grounded jets to service. The jets were temporarily grounded as the Federal Aviation Ad...

Filed under: Deals, Industry, Southwest Airlines (LUV), AMR Corp (AMR), Contl Airlines'B' (CAL), UAL Corp (UAUA), Delta Air Lines (DAL) In the airline industry, it seems that any deal will due. Northwest Airlines Corp. (NYSE: NWA) is already fairly far along in discussions about merging with Delta A...