[The Street] Ryanair, Carphone Warehouse - Hot Trends

Popular searches on the Internet include Ryanair, Europe's largest budget airline, after the company raised its 2011 profit forecast by 10%.

The airline now expects to make a profit before tax of €440 million for the year, compared to its previous forecast of €400 million. Ryanair said it has seen no impact from the recession and higher revenue per passenger miles would offset high fuel prices.

The airline did warn that traffic will decline in the coming months as it decided to ground 80 aircraft due to high fuel prices. Ryanair reportedly remains in talks with Boeing(BA) about a large order of new planes.

Carphone Warehouse is trending as the British cell phone retailer announced its plans to sell its stake in its Best Buy Mobile venture to its partner Best Buy(BBY) for $1.34 billion.

Carphone also said its Best Buy Europe unit will close all 11 U.K. stores. The company said it will return nearly all proceeds from the deal, as much as 813 million pounds, to investors.

Best Buy said by taking full control of Best Buy Mobile and closing the U.K. stores it will add 35 cents to 40 cents to fiscal 2013 earnings.

Modern Warfare 3 is another popular search. The latest installment in the Call of Duty video game franchise hits stores at midnight.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will sell for $60 for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC, and $50 for the Wii console. Starting tonight it can be found at retailers including Best Buy, GameStop(GME) and Wal-Mart (WMT).

The game's publisher, Activision Blizzard(ATVI), said pre-orders of the game are ahead of last year's installment of the game, Call of Duty: Black Ops, which, at 25 million unit! s sold, clinched the title as the top-selling game ever. Modern Warfare 3 is already expected to be the year's top title.

Jawbone is a hot topic after the company known for its Bluetooth headsets unveiled a new fitness device called UP.

UP consists of a wristband and app that tracks your sleep, diet and exercise habits. The band uses motion-tracking to account for your activity and sleep patterns, while the app asks for photos of your meals and questions you on how the foods you eat make you feel.

Jawbone's goal with UP is not just to track the user's health but to motivate him or her into action. The wristband can vibrate to wake the user at the most optimal point in their sleep cycle and also send messages throughout the day when the user needs to break up long periods of inactivity.

UP sells for $99. Jawbone said it is sweat-proof and water-resistant, with a battery that can last 10 days on one charge.

The chatter on Main Street (a.k.a. Google, Yahoo! and other search sites) is always of interest to investors on Wall Street. Thus, each day, TheStreet compiles the stories that are trending on the Web, and highlights the news that could make stocks move.

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