AA in talks to pick Citigroup over Barclays

AA in talks to pick Citigroup over Barclays

An American Airlines’ Embraer E175LR (front), an American Airlines’ Boeing 737 (C) and an American Airlines’ Boeing 737 are seen parked at LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York on May 24, 2024.  Charly Triballeau | AFP | Getty Images American Airlines is in talks to make Citigroup its exclusive credit card partner, dropping rival issuer … Read more

JetBlue to build airport lounges in New York, Boston

JetBlue to build airport lounges in New York, Boston

JetBlue planes at JFK’s Terminal 5 in New York. Leslie Josephs | CNBC JetBlue Airways will open its first airport lounges in its more than two decades of flying, a major shift for the low-cost airline as it chases high-spending travelers. The lounges will open at the carrier’s hubs in New York late next year … Read more

Harris endorsed vs. Trump by Murdoch heir, CEOs of Yelp, Box Ripple

Harris endorsed vs. Trump by Murdoch heir, CEOs of Yelp, Box Ripple

U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign event at the Throwback Brewery, in North Hampton, New Hampshire, on September 4, 2024. Joseph Prezioso | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON — Eighty-eight current and former top executives from across corporate America have endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president in … Read more

NFL’s most valuable team at $11 billion

NFL’s most valuable team at  billion

DaRon Bland, #26 of the Dallas Cowboys, celebrates after an interception returned for a touchdown in the game against the Washington Commanders during the fourth quarter at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Nov. 23, 2023. Ron Jenkins | Getty Images When Jerry Jones plunked down $150 million to buy the Dallas Cowboys in 1989, … Read more

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway sells Bank of America for ninth straight day

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway sells Bank of America for ninth straight day

Warren Buffett walks the floor ahead of the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, on May 3, 2024. David A. Grogen | CNBC Berkshire Hathaway’s selling streak in its big Bank of America stake has extended to nine straight days, suggesting that Warren Buffett is not just trimming the longtime holding. The Omaha-based … Read more

Delta Air Lines (DAL) earnings Q2 2024

Delta Air Lines (DAL) earnings Q2 2024

Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Delta Air Lines on Thursday forecast record revenue for the third quarter thanks to booming summer travel demand, but its earnings forecast fell short of analysts’ estimates. Shares of Delta fell about 7% in premarket trading. Here’s how the company performed in the three months ended June 30, compared with … Read more

Airline profits lag even as travel demand breaks records

Airline profits lag even as travel demand breaks records

Passengers pass through O’Hare airport in Chicago, July 3, 2024. Scott Olson | Getty Images Record summer air travel demand isn’t translating to record U.S. airline profits. Carriers will have to answer for that disconnect when they report quarterly results this month. Some airlines have forecast record demand, and in some cases, revenue. But higher … Read more

All 31 banks pass annual exercise

All 31 banks pass annual exercise

Federal Reserve Board Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr testifies before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on the response to the recent bank failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 29, 2023. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that the biggest banks operating in … Read more

Delta, United compete to be America’s luxury airline

Delta, United compete to be America’s luxury airline

An Airbus A330-323 aircraft, operated by Delta Air Lines. Benoit Tessier | Reuters Delta Air Lines is the country’s most profitable airline. CEO Ed Bastian’s challenge is to make sure his carrier stays on top. The airline’s unit revenue, the amount it brings in for every seat it flies one mile, outpaced its competitors’ last … Read more

Navan is not far from IPO, on track for 2024 profitability, CEO says

Navan is not far from IPO, on track for 2024 profitability, CEO says

TripActions CEO Ariel Cohen TripActions The boss of travel and expense management platform Navan told CNBC he’s preparing the company to get its business into shape for an eventual initial public offering this year, in another sign leaders of privately-held startups are getting more optimistic about their prospects in the public markets. Asked about when … Read more