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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The chief executive of Delta Air Lines Inc DAL says the SkyTeam alliance of global carriers would be willing to invest more than its proposed $1.02 billion in Japan Airlines , the Wall Street Journal reported.The final proposed investment into JAL by the nine-airline SkyTeam alliance...

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Whether American Airlines keeps Japan Airlines or loses JAL, the outcome will not affect its credit ratings or that of parent AMR, Standard & Poor's Rating Services said Friday. Nor, for that matter, will the outcome affect ratings for Delta Air Lines, which is trying to woo...

By Leah SchnurrNEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks could sputter next week as volumes dry up in holiday-shortened trading and with a slew of economic reports likely to illustrate the recovery is still fragile.Investors will also get a glimpse of how holiday shopping could shape up with Black Friday, which...

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Warren Buffett, the CEO and Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A)/(BRK-B), announced on Thursday to borrow $8 billion of loan for the acquisition of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (BNI). Berkshire Hathaway, which already owns a 22% stake in Burlington Northern, announced earlier this month it would acquire the rest for a ...

TransDigm Group Incorporated (TDG) reported fourth quarter 2009 earnings per share of 82 cents, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 80 cents. Net sales for the quarter rose 4.3% to $197.4 million from $189.2 million in the comparable year-ago quarter. The favorable contribution from acquisitions was partially offset by a 4.6% decline in organic net [...]

(TDG) TransDigm Group Incorporated Beats Estimates

After almost a year of initiating the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to rescue the nation’s financial industry, the U.S. Treasury Department said on Thursday that it would auction off stock warrants it acquired from three big banks that received a significant portion of taxpayers’ money and have fully repaid the same. The [...]

(JPM) Treasury to Auction TARP Warrants

Warren Buffett, the CEO and Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA)/(BRKB), announced on Thursday to borrow $8 billion of loan for the acquisition of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (BNI). Berkshire Hathaway, which already owns a 22% stake in Burlington Northern, announced earlier this month it would acquire the rest for a total value of $34 [...]

(BRKA) Berkshire Hathaway Borrows for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Acquisition

This is the next installment in our series about Expert Advice from the United Soybean Board. While attending the National Association of Farm Broadcasting Convention I spoke with USB Treasurer Marc Curtis who farms in Mississippi. Marc serves on the USB Production Committee so he’s especially happy that the organization can offer Expert [...]