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Transportation Chief Predicts Rejection of Airline Merger
(The New York Times)
June 6, 2001
By Matthew L. Wald
WASHINGTON, June 5 - The secretary of transportation said today that the proposed merger of United Airlines and US Airways would not be approved.
But both airlines disagreed with the assessment, and the Justice Department, which has final authority to approve or block the merger, said it was still evaluating the proposal.
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