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...carriers into, or close to, bankruptcy and causing severe financial troubles for almost all major airlines around the globe. This time, there are grumbles aplenty, but no mass-scale defections. "Passengers are getting more used to the idea of terrorism as an ongoing threat," says Philip Baggaley, airline analyst for Standard & Poor's in New York - which did not change its ratings on any U.S. airlines after the plot disclosure. He expects passenger traffic to slow after the holiday season, but says it will be hard to tell how much of that is due to security concerns, and how much...
...That opinion, shared by other analysts and airline industry officials, is confirmed by an informal survey by Germany's Deutsche Bank following the foiled plot. It found that only 11% of passengers planned to change their near-term travel plans. The tough new baggage restrictions, in which nearly all carry-on luggage was initially banned, could have an impact on future travel, the survey found, but since then the rules have already been eased slightly to allow some cabin baggage. The upshot, according to Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Reid: "Current travel volumes should not be challenged." The one sector that...
...issuing a recall of the batteries used in its Vaio laptops, but a Sony spokesman says the company will check with other laptop makers to see if there are any other open investigations. There's a high probability that other manufacturers will be affected by the problem, says technology analyst Rob Enderle. "We can't be sure until somebody else steps forward...
...Richard Shim, a PC industry analyst at IDC, says that the recall itself could be Dell's voluntary response to a well-publicized laptop fire that occurred earlier this summer at a business meeting in Osaka, Japan. Shim says that Dell, hit by bad publicity that could harm consumer sales, took this opportunity to reach out to its customers. "It's part of a long-term strategy to build back the trust of consumers," he says...
...relationship ... is like that of a married couple who have no love at all, but still live in the same house." SONG DAE JUNG, South Korean political analyst, on relations between Seoul and Washington. Last week the longtime allies announced steps to reduce the role of the U.S. military in South Korea, where American troops have been stationed since the 1950s...