Southwest will limit hiring and drop 4 airports after posting 1st quarter revenue loss


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ABC7 Chicago— American and Southwest airlines both say they lost money in the first quarter, and they're responding by trying to cut costs.

CNBC—Bristol Myers Squibb beats on revenue, launches $1.5 billion cost cuts as it posts quarterly loss. Bristol Myers Squibb said the charges primarily reflect its acquisition of Karuna Therapeutics and collaboration agreement with SystImmune.

WKBN.com—Southwest closing operations at 4 airports. Southwest is closing operations at four airports because of delivery delays for Boeing airliners. The cutback comes as the airline reported a first-quarter loss of $231 million and said it will also limit hiring and offer voluntary leave to employees.

Honolulu Star-Advertiser—Amazon reports $143.3B in revenue for 1st quarter of 2024. SEATTLE >> Amazon reported its highest first-quarter profit on Tuesday as it continued to wring efficiencies out of its retail business and recharge growth in its cloud computing operations.