Word: deltas
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Similarly, Harvard's two sororities, Delta Gamma (DG) and Kappa Alpha Theta (Theta), had little trouble finding women interested in rushing...
...industry. If American and United Airlines' multifaceted, one-giant-washes-the-other deal - in which American buys TWA and some of DCAir and United buys most of USAir - goes through, the two carriers would share half the U.S. sky among them. And that prospect has Continental and Delta itching for a merger of their own - one, those companies say, they'd make out of necessity but not desire...
...TIME/CNN poll last week whether airline mergers will result in better or worse service for flyers, 55% of those surveyed said worse, vs. 31% who saw an upside. Over the past five years, quality of service has deteriorated even as fares have been rising. Last year was particularly miserable. Delta and United have been poleaxed by labor disputes with the pilots' union that have caused thousands of flight cancellations. And relations between American's management and its labor groups have been notoriously bad for years. These guys need to pass through metal detectors before they get into a room together...
...takeoff and landing slots. United would also increase its presence in the populous Northeast and would raise its U.S. market share to 25%. And in a unique agreement, United and American would jointly operate the lucrative Boston-New York- Washington shuttle that US Airways now runs, in competition with Delta...
...sides agree that the consolidations would force rival carriers to bulk up fast or join the endangered list. The most vulnerable major competitors would include No. 3 Delta, whose 18% share of the market would suddenly make it seem like a second-tier competitor to United and American. "Delta would be severely wounded if it just sat back and did nothing," says Brian Harris, who follows airlines for the Salomon Smith Barney investment firm. That could prompt Delta to make a play for No. 4 Northwest or No. 5 Continental. Either deal would give the top three carriers control...