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Frequent flyers pondered that question in the wake of an audacious, $5 billion five-carrier buyout proposal launched last week by American Airlines. Consumers were clearly skeptical of any scheme that would enable American and archrival United to control fully half of U.S. air travel. If the deal goes through, "the world is going to be divided up among just a few airline companies," says Bruce Edwards, a California doctor who was forced to return home via Miami last week after United canceled his flight from Ecuador to San Francisco, citing weather conditions. "It's not going to be very...
...Airlines, delivers US Airways into the arms of United and eliminates 15% of the competition in the marketplace. If the deal is approved, American, the No. 2 airline after United, will pay $500 million in cash and assume $3 billion in plane leases to acquire TWA, the No. 8 carrier, which landed in bankruptcy court last week for the third time in a decade...
Delong was Summers' first dissertation student and became a close friend. When Summers went to the capital, Delong says, "I went along as a spear carrier...
...Crimson defense held B.U. to just 28 percent shooting in the first half. Harvard accomplished the difficult task of double-pressuring the ball carrier and shutting down everything inside, forcing the Terriers to take difficult outside shots...
Under the pen name Holden Scott--"my fantasy WASP name," Mezrich said--he is also the author of Skeptic and The Carrier...