Sunday, June 25, 2017

American Airlines is cutting more legroom in economy class and other top stories.

  • American Airlines is cutting more legroom in economy class

    American Airlines is cutting more legroom in economy class
    Just when you thought your legroom in economy class couldn't get tighter. American Airlines (AAL) is planning to decrease the front-to-back space between some of its economy class seats by another two inches. The airline says it plans to add more seats on its coming Boeing (BA) 737 Max jetliners. To do that, it will shrink the distance between seats, also known as pitch, from 31 inches to 29 inches on three rows of the airplane, and down to 30-inches in the rest of its main economy cabin...
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  • Time Warner Earnings Beat Projections Thanks to 'The Lego Batman Movie,' 'Big Little Lies'

    Time Warner Earnings Beat Projections Thanks to 'The Lego Batman Movie,' 'Big Little Lies'
    Time Warner’s quarterly earnings beat Wall Street estimates on Wednesday, propelled by film hits, a water-cooler winner in the HBO drama “Big Little Lies, and stronger interest in the NCAA Basketball games it aired. Revenues climbed 6% to $7.74 billion, while adjusted earnings per share topped out at $1.66, up from $1.49 in the year-ago period. Adjusted operating income for the three month period ending in March rose 7% to $2.2 billion. Analysts had projected that the media company would post e..
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  • Molina Healthcare fires its CEO and CFO, sons of the company's founder

    Molina Healthcare fires its CEO and CFO, sons of the company's founder
    In a surprise shake-up Tuesday, Molina Healthcare Inc. — a major player in Obamacare health insurance markets — ousted its two top executives, both sons of the firm’s founder. The company cited poor financial results.The growing, Long Beach-based health insurer has nearly 5 million customers in 12 states and Puerto Rico, most of them insured through Medicaid, the government program for the poor. In California, Molina currently insures 765,000 people and operates its own clinics around the state..
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  • Volkswagen Group profits soar after cost cuts

    Volkswagen Group profits soar after cost cuts
    Image copyright Getty Images Volkswagen Group profits have soared in the first quarter as cost-cutting measures kick in, the German car giant has said.Volkswagen Group also sold more models with higher profit margins, a spokesperson said.Group profit before tax rose 44.3% to 4.6bn euros (ÂŁ3.9bn), one of the carmaker's highest quarterly results to date.Meanwhile, the group's troubled flagship brand also saw profits surge.Volkswagen brand operating profits rose to 869m euros from 73m euros t..
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  • Nasdaq poised to fall from record high after Apple iPhone sales disappoint

    Nasdaq poised to fall from record high after Apple iPhone sales disappoint
    U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Wednesday, with the Nasdaq composite set to fall from a record high after mixed quarterly results from Apple. The tech giant posted better-than-expected adjusted earnings per share, but iPhone sales missed analyst expectations. Shares of Apple fell more than 1 percent in the premarket. The tech-heavy Nasdaq posted record highs on an intraday and closing basis on Tuesday before Apple released its quarterly results. Investors also awaited the F..
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  • Turbulence before take-off as plane rage in Japan caught on video

    Turbulence before take-off as plane rage in Japan caught on video
    TOKYO An American has been detained in Tokyo for allegedly assaulting an airline employee after a fight on a plane bound for Los Angeles, police said on Wednesday, in the latest bout of plane rage to go viral on social media.All Nippon Airways Flight 6 was waiting to take off from Narita airport on Monday when the fight broke out, media said. An airport police officer, who declined to be identified, said the suspect, an American in his 40s, was being held on suspicion of injuring an ANA emplo..
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  • Santa Fe voters reject soda tax, hand rare win to industry

    Santa Fe voters reject soda tax, hand rare win to industry
    Voters have rejected a measure that would have raised taxes on soft drinks in New Mexico's capital city, giving a rare victory to the beverage industry after a string of recent defeats at the ballot box.The ballot initiative failed with 11,533 votes against and only 8,382 votes in favor, the Santa Fe City Clerk's Office announced Tuesday. Opponents warned it would increase the cost of a can of soda by nearly 25 cents.The vote came after similar taxes were adopted last year in cities from Philade..
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  • Etsy posts loss, ousts CEO, announces layoffs

    Etsy posts loss, ousts CEO, announces layoffs
    Etsy Inc. is replacing its chief executive and cutting about 8% of its workforce after the online marketplace reported a first-quarter loss and what it described as "a challenging February." The Brooklyn, N.Y., company said that board member Josh Silverman would become CEO on Wednesday, replacing Chad Dickerson, who has led the company for the past six years. He will serve as an adviser until the end of the month, Etsy said. Mr. Dickerson is also stepping down as chairman of the board, to be re..
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  • Twilio Stock Plunges As Guidance Misses; WhatsApp At Root?

    Twilio Stock Plunges As Guidance Misses; WhatsApp At Root?
    Twilio (TWLO) shares crashed after the communications software maker said it expected a second-quarter loss that was greater than Wall Street anticipated and it talked of a changing relationship with its largest customer. Twilio, whose software provides real-time messaging services for businesses to alert clients, reported an adjusted first-quarter loss of 4 cents per share, on a 47% revenue gain to $87.4 million. A year earlier, the company lost 8 cents per share on sales of $59.3 million. Ana..
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  • Lawmakers warn airlines: Shape up or else

    Lawmakers warn airlines: Shape up or else
    Lawmakers are threatening to take legislative action against airlines if they don’t improve their customer service policies in the wake of a passenger being violently dragged off a United Airlines flight last month.United, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines and Southwest Airlines were all in the congressional hot seat on Tuesday as members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee grilled executives about their business practices during the first congressional hearing since the Un..
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