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Thursday 21 January 2016
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Stocks to Keep Your Eyes on - Frontier Communications Corporation (NASDAQ:FTR), U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB), Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE:LUV), BB&T Corporation (NYSE:BBT)

On Monday, Shares of Frontier Communications Corporation (NASDAQ:FTR), lost -1.88% to $5.22.

Frontier Communications Corporation declared that its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, John Jureller, is planned to present at the Goldman Sachs 24th Annual Communacopia Conference in New York City on Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 12:25 p.m. ET.

Frontier Communications Corporation, a communications company, provides regulated and unregulated voice, data, and video services to residential, business, and wholesale customers in the United States.

Shares of U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB), declined -0.34% to $40.92, during its last trading session.

Android Pay™, a safe and secure way for customers to make mobile payments and for merchants to accept mobile payments, is beginning to roll out to customers of U.S. Bank and Elavon, the global acquiring subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp.

Android Pay will be available for download on Google Play in the next few days, and will come preinstalled on new NFC-enabled Android phones from major carriers. With Android Pay, U.S. Bank customers with eligible consumer and small-business Visa credit or debit cards will be able to use their Android mobile phone to make fast, simple and secure payments in-store—all without pulling out a wallet.

In order to keep a customer’s card details safe, Android Pay does not send actual credit or debit card numbers to merchants with payment. Instead, through tokenization, Android Pay uses a virtual account number to represent a customer’s account information. U.S. Bank and Elavon merchant customers can accept Android Pay at the point of sale using terminals enabled with Near Field Communication (NFC).

U.S. Bancorp, a financial services holding company, provides a range of financial services in the United States. It offers depository services, which comprise checking accounts, savings accounts, and time certificate contracts; and lending services, such as traditional credit products, in addition to credit card services, leasing, financing and import/export trade, asset-backed lending, agricultural finance, and other products.

Shares of Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE:LUV), inclined 0.86% to $38.87, during its last trading session.

Southwest Airlines stated its August and year-to-date preliminary traffic statistics. The Company flew 10.3 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in August 2015, a 7.5 percent improvement from 9.6 billion RPMs flown in August 2014. Available seat miles (ASMs) raised 7.6 percent to 12.1 billion in August 2015, contrast with the August 2014 level of 11.3 billion. The August 2015 load factor was 85.4 percent, contrast with 85.5 percent in August 2014. Based on results thus far in third quarter 2015 and current trends, the Company continues to estimate its third quarter 2015 operating revenue per ASM (RASM) will decrease about 1.0 percent, contrast with third quarter 2014.

For the first eight months of 2015, the Company flew 78.6 billion RPMs, contrast with 73.0 billion RPMs flown for the same period in 2014, an improvement of 7.6 percent. Year-to-date ASMs raised 6.7 percent to a level of 94.0 billion, contrast with 88.1 billion for the same period in 2014. The year-to-date load factor was 83.6 percent, contrast with 82.9 percent for the same period in 2014.

Southwest Airlines Co. operates passenger airlines that provide planned air transportation services in the United States and near-international markets. As of December 31, 2014, it operated 665 Boeing 737 aircraft; and had 12 Boeing 717 aircraft.

Finally, BB&T Corporation (NYSE:BBT), ended its last trade with 0.33% gain, and closed at $36.56.

BB&T Corporation declared Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Kelly S. King will speak at the Barclays Global Financial Services Conference in New York, on Sept. 16, 2015, at 11:15 a.m. ET.

BB&T Corporation operates as a financial holding company that provides various banking and trust services for retail and commercial clients. It operates in six segments: Community Banking, Residential Mortgage Banking, Dealer Financial Services, Specialized Lending, Insurance Services, and Financial Services.

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