http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-dealzone/2008/04/28/jet-fuel-dilemma-to-merge-or-not-to-merge/ Behind the deals and deal-makers Fri, 4 Jul 2008 21:21:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-dealzone/2008/04/28/jet-fuel-dilemma-to-merge-or-not-to-merge/#comment-333852 NewsVisual Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:25:21 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-dealzone/2008/04/28/jet-fuel-dilemma-to-merge-or-not-to-merge/#comment-333852 As climbing fuel costs strain the finances of all the major airlines, United Airlines Inc, which is owned by UAL Corp, is reported to be in merger talks with US Airways Group Inc, and the prospect of the two companies being able to join their cultures appears to be good. "After seeing its latest prospect slip away on Sunday with the decision of Continental Airlines to end merger talks, United restarted discussions with US Airways about a possible deal, according to people with direct knowledge of the negotiations," The New York Times reported in an article on Tuesday. Given the close personal connections between these two airlines, a merger could be more workable than with other potential partners. As climbing fuel costs strain the finances of all the major airlines, United Airlines Inc, which is owned by UAL Corp, is reported to be in merger talks with US Airways Group Inc, and the prospect of the two companies being able to join their cultures appears to be good. “After seeing its latest prospect slip away on Sunday with the decision of Continental Airlines to end merger talks, United restarted discussions with US Airways about a possible deal, according to people with direct knowledge of the negotiations,” The New York Times reported in an article on Tuesday. Given the close personal connections between these two airlines, a merger could be more workable than with other potential partners.

]]> http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-dealzone/2008/04/28/jet-fuel-dilemma-to-merge-or-not-to-merge/#comment-333851 Deal Journal - WSJ.com : Afternoon Reading: When Too Much Money Is a Bad Thing Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:20:55 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-dealzone/2008/04/28/jet-fuel-dilemma-to-merge-or-not-to-merge/#comment-333851 [...] balance selling a deal to Wall Street and selling a deal to Washington? Reuters’ DealZone takes a look….Dan Primack at peHUB offers his explanation for why Sequoia Capital is expanding beyond [...] […] balance selling a deal to Wall Street and selling a deal to Washington? Reuters’ DealZone takes a look….Dan Primack at peHUB offers his explanation for why Sequoia Capital is expanding beyond […]

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