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More Profitable to Leave, Huh?
Norfolk Southern has sold its Western North Carolina rail lines to Watco, an outfit based in Kansas. This could have implications for people who have lobbied Norfolk Southern to engage…
Divestment
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DCA slot sale results
As a condition of approving the US Airways/American Airlines merger, the US Department of Justice required that the airlines divest themselves of 44 sets of takeoff and landing slots at…
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US Airways/American Airlines merger approval details
Yesterday, I wrote that “[The U.S. Department of Justice] had better get some significant asset divestitures besides a few Washington Reagan National slots or they will look incredibly silly.” The…
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DOJ willing to negotiate on US Airways/American Airlines merger
That news came out last week. Now the Wall street Journal (subscription required) is providing some sense of what the government wants US Airways sand American Airlines to give up…
Education
Sowell speaks out against campus ‘barbarians’
Thomas Sowell‘s latest column examines the negative consequences associated with university administration “wimps” who won’t take a stand against campus disruptions. An all too familiar scene was enacted on the…
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Self Awareness
The New York Times intends to sell off some of its small, regional newspapers, among which is the Hendersonville Times-News.
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Slot Swap Back On
With modified conditions. Highlights: Under the agreement, Delta would acquire 132 slot pairs at LaGuardia from US Airways and US Airways would acquire from Delta 42 slot pairs at Reagan…
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Now the Shoe’s on the Other Foot
UNC Chapel Hill prides itself on taking a leadership role in addressing social and environmental issues. But UNC now finds itself not as champion of a cause, but as target.…
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Dell’s Forsyth plant for sale?
Dell is considering selling “some or all of its manufacturing plants.” Such a move would more than likely include the Forsyth County plant. You know, the one that was promised…
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Bye Bye GE Appliances?
My mom dreamed of having GE appliances everywhere in our house. The brand was synonymous with quality and durability, and that was a must-have for a working class family that…
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Tired of Global Warming? Chain a Bank
One way to fight global warming is to shut a bank down for a couple hours. At least that is what protesters in Asheville suppose. The event was part of…
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Presbyterian abandon Israel
The Wall Street Journal reports: “By the overwhelming vote of 431-62, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) recently adopted a resolution calling for a divestment campaign from corporations…