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Friday, December 13, 2002
Richard Does the Math BizNews 10/12/2002, as trnascribed by JoAnne: Regarding the United Airlines bankruptcy: "Now to give you an idea of just how much money United Airlines is losing during the month of December. I was just doing a bit of back of envelope calculation. They're losing $20 million a day every day in December. There are roughly 1440 minutes in the day. Divide one by the other. That report was roughly two minutes long. So by my reckoning, during the course of that report United Airlines lost $30,000. |