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Old April 26th, 2008, 22:21   #12
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Default Re: American Airlines in talks with Continental and US Airwa

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Originally Posted by RightSeatGirl View Post
Hit Nail Head....

For some mysterious reason...and from some mysterious source...America West Holdings has recently acquired a rather large influx of expansion capitol. And ohhhhhh the merger possibilities are a'comin....
Bingo, just like the AWA and US Air merger, hedge funds brought 99% of the funds, and made out like bandits. Doug has some direct lines to some big hedge fund managers.

The funny thing is, had US Airways bought DAL for what, $9 billion, they would've overpaid significantly based on the current price.
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