JetBlue CEO to Step Down as Airline Awaits Judge’s Ruling on Spirit Airlines Merger

JetBlue CEO to Step Down as Airline Awaits Judge’s Ruling on Spirit Airlines Merger

Updated Jan. 8, 2024 6:05 pm ET Robin Hayes will step down as CEO of JetBlue Airways after about nine years at the helm, citing a doctor’s advice, as the company waits to find out whether a federal judge will block the merger with Spirit Airlines that he championed.  Joanna Geraghty, 51 years old, a longtime…

JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes to step down in February, COO Joanna Geraghty to take helm

JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes to step down in February, COO Joanna Geraghty to take helm

Robin Hayes, CEO of JetBlue Airways, speaks to guests following the airline’s inaugural flight from John F. Kennedy Airport in New York to London Heathrow Airport in London on Aug. 12, 2021. Chris J. Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes will step down next month, the company said Monday. The airline’s…

Netflix beats shareholder lawsuit over account-sharing disclosures

Netflix beats shareholder lawsuit over account-sharing disclosures

Netflix (NFLX.O) has defeated a lawsuit filed by shareholders in a federal court in California that accused the streaming entertainment company of hiding the extent to which account-sharing was hindering its growth. A Texas-based investment trust sued in May 2022, after Netflix shares lost a third of their value when the company said subscribers were decreasing for the…

Major League Baseball rejects Amazon’s $150M bid to bail out bankrupt Diamond Sports: sources

Major League Baseball rejects Amazon’s $150M bid to bail out bankrupt Diamond Sports: sources

Major League Baseball rejected a proposed roughly $150 million lifeline extended by Amazon to the nation’s largest regional sports network as it languishes in bankruptcy, The Post has learned. Diamond Sports, a subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcasting, filed for Chapter 11 protection last March as the landscape for RSNs continued to suffer a seismic shift because…

Abercrombie, American Eagle and Lululemon raise holiday sales outlooks

Abercrombie, American Eagle and Lululemon raise holiday sales outlooks

Combination showing store signage from Abercrombie & Fitch and Lululemon stores. Getty Images Abercrombie & Fitch, Lululemon and American Eagle Outfitters all raised their fiscal fourth-quarter outlooks Monday, saying they drew customers looking for holiday gifts and items for themselves in November and December. Yet, Wall Street greeted the news with varying levels of enthusiasm….

What travelers need to know about the Boeing 737 Max 9 grounding

What travelers need to know about the Boeing 737 Max 9 grounding

The fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Boeing 737-9 MAX, which was forced to make an emergency landing with a gap in the fuselage, is seen during its investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board in Portland, Oregon, on Jan. 7, 2024. Ntsb | Via Reuters Airlines have canceled hundreds of flights since…

Boeing shares tumble after panel blows out midflight, FAA grounds dozens of 737 Maxes

Boeing shares tumble after panel blows out midflight, FAA grounds dozens of 737 Maxes

Shares of Boeing tumbled 8% on Monday as investors digested the news that the Federal Aviation Administration had ordered airlines to ground dozens of Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft for urgent inspections. The FAA issued the order on Saturday after a door plug blew out in the middle of an Alaska Airlines flight on Friday when the…

Walgreens to Pay Humana $360 Million to Settle Drug-Pricing Dispute

Walgreens to Pay Humana $360 Million to Settle Drug-Pricing Dispute

Walgreens Boots Alliance has agreed to pay $360 million to insurance company Humana to settle a lawsuit alleging the retail-pharmacy chain overcharged for prescription-drug reimbursements. Walgreens disclosed the settlement in a securities filing last week. The company said it had asked a federal court to vacate a previous award in Humana’s favor for $642 million….