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Delta builds 'durable business model,' weighs merger with American | Liz FedorOn Valentine's Day, Delta Air Lines will distribute $264 million in profit sharing to its 78,000 employees, including about 12,000 Minnesotans. This good employee news comes more than three years after the U.S. Justice Department allowed Delta to acquire Northwest Airlines. Federal regulators, in the waning weeks of the Bush administration, chose not to block Delta's merger deal. About two years ...
Short bios on 4 departing Yahoo board directorsYahoo Inc. announced Tuesday that these four board members will not seek re-election: -- Roy Bostock, board member since 2003 and chairman since 2008. He was CEO of advertising firm D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles from 1999 to 2000, and chairman of Northwest Airlines from 2007 to 2008. Currently vice chairman of Delta Air Lines Inc. He was criticized for ...
Short bios on 4 Yahoo board directors who are leaving— Roy Bostock, board member since 2003 and chairman since 2008. He was CEO of advertising firm D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles from 1999 to 2000, and chairman of Northwest Airlines from 2007 to 2008. Currently vice chairman of Delta Air Lines Inc. He was criticized for passing up the chance to sell Yahoo to Microsoft Corp. in 2008.
Alaska Airlines bringing service to Philadelphia InternationalAlaska Airlines, popular in the Pacific Northwest and known for customer service, will begin daily nonstop flights between Seattle and Philadelphia, starting June 11.
Coffee Break: Skycaps are reassigned by DeltaContract workers will replace the last five former Northwest Airlines skycaps at Memphis International Airport next week.
Delta Is Looking Into Buying American AirlinesPrivate equity group TPG Capital could also be in the hunt, the report said. Any deal is sure to draw the attention of antitrust regulators — Delta became the world's largest carrier when it merged with Northwest Airlines in 2008. American is the nation's fourth largest.
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