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13 hrs ago | The Washington Post

United to Cut 1,300 Jobs, Pare Houston Hub on Southwest Win

United Continental Holdings Inc. plans to cut 1,300 jobs and some service at Houston's main airport after the city backed Southwest Airlines Co.'s bid to start international flights from a secondary facility.

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Related Topix: Airlines, United Airlines, Transportation, Southwest Airlines, Business News

Wed May 30, 2012

The Kansas City Star

Black pilots sue United over bias claims

Nearly two dozen black pilots for United Airlines filed a federal discrimination lawsuit claiming few minority workers are promoted to upper management at the world's largest air carrier.The lawsuit claims blacks who are in upper management jobs were promoted simply to give the company a false appearance of diversity.Those managers are often ... (more)

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The Japan News .Net

United Airlines pilots file race bias suit

A United Airlines plane with the Continental Airlines logo on its tail, sits at a gate at O'Hare International airport in Chicago October 1, 2010.

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Tue May 29, 2012

Sys-Con Media

Caledonia Mining Appoints New Directors

Leigh Wilson and Mr. John Kelly as non-executive Directors of Caledonia with immediate effect.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Airlines, Caledonia, NY, Financial Services

Thu May 24, 2012

Denver Post

Mount Evans Road opens Friday for Memorial Day weekend

This is what the highway up Mount Evans in Colorado looked like from the window of a Continental Airlines jet plane in 1960.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Airlines, Clear Creek County, CO, Idaho Springs, CO, Weather

Business Journal

United's merger turbulence hits elite frequent fliers

Nearly 20 months after the $3.2 billion merger of United Airlines and Continental Airlines, the airlines are still struggling with merging their reservation systems, websites and frequent-flier programs, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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Wed May 23, 2012

Sys-Con Media

Indigenisation Update: Transfer of a Further 20% of Blanket Mine to Indigenous Parties

These agreements have been made in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding , which was signed with the Government of Zimbabwe on February 20, 2012, which is acknowledged by its signatories as being a binding agreement, and pursuant to which Indigenous Zimbabweans will acquire an effective 51% ownership of the Blanket Mine for a paid ... (more)

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Thu May 17, 2012

Maktoob Business

Leaders of UAL pilots' union call for strike vote

The Air Line Pilots Association , representing pilots who flew for old United and Continental Airlines before the two merged in 2010, said it had not set a date for any vote.

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Related Topix: Airlines, United Airlines, Transportation

Tue May 15, 2012

Silicon Alley Insider

This Is Hands Down The Worst Airline In America

United Airlines racked up the highest number of consumer complaints of any U.S. airline -- and ranked among the bottom in on-time performance -- in March, the month it switched to Continental Airlines' reservation system, as well as a single frequent-flier program and website.

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Related Topix: Airlines, United Airlines, Transportation, us Travel, Travel, Chicago Travel, Virgin America

Sys-Con Media

Caledonia Mining Appoints New Director

Richard Patricio as a Non-Executive Director of Caledonia with immediate effect.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Airlines, Real Estate, Pinetree Capital, Financial Services, Pan Pacific Retail Properties, Investment Services

Thu May 10, 2012

Off the Kuff

Two cities, one argument about airports

Turns out Houston isn't the only city squabbling with United Airlines about airport expansions.

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Related Topix: Airlines, United Airlines, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Rahm Emanuel, Transportation

Canadian Business Magazine

Caledonia Mining earns $7.1 million in opening quarter of 2012

Caledonia Mining Corp. says its net profit after tax in the first quarter came in at $7.1 million, or 1.4 cents per share.

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Wed May 09, 2012

KPRC-AM Houston

Southwest, United take fight to City Hall.

Tempers flare at Houston City Council where United Airlines makes its case to keep an international hub at Bush Intercontinental.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Airlines, US News, Federal Aviation Administration

Tue May 08, 2012

Reuters

United Air CFO sees value in uniform fleet

United Airlines, which is planning a major aircraft purchase soon, can cut maintenance costs and reduce schedule disruptions by buying planes mainly from a single manufacturer, the new chief financial officer of the airline's parent United Continental Holdings Inc said on Tuesday.

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Mon May 07, 2012

The Business Ledger

How United, Continental merger was chaos on the ground

File Photo At United Airlines, they called it the "cutover." It was the final and most difficult piece of the puzzle in the merger with Continental Airlines and involved combining two complex passenger reservations systems.

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Related Topix: Airlines, United Airlines, Transportation, Ogdensburg, NY

Thu May 03, 2012

The Miami Herald

Texas judge: mental test for smoking passenger

A Florida man has pleaded guilty to disrupting an airline flight by refusing to extinguish the cigarette he was smoking, prompting an unscheduled landing in Texas.

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Related Topix: Texas, Federal Prisons, Prison, Transportation, Airlines

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

John McDonnell steps down from Boeing board

Boeing said Thursday it has reduced its board from 12 to 11, following the departures of John Bryson, who resigned in June to become U.S. Secretary of Commerce; and John McDonnell, 74, the former chairman of McDonnell Douglas, who retired as of Boeing's annual meeting Monday.

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