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Complaints against airlines continue to soar
The nation's airlines reported more delayed flights and a higher rate of mishandled luggage in February while complaints by passengers jumped nearly 30%. Meanwhile, complaints against airport security agents dropped slightly. Airlines reported an on-...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, American Airlines, Inc.
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Going the distance, with careers in 2 cities
Sandra Smith was starting her first day as a sales trader in Chicago. Leaving her second post-college job at a hedge fund in New York, she was back in the city where she grew up and where several members of her family had worked in the financial trading...
Tags: Sailing, New York Mercantile Exchange, Arts, Commodity Markets, CME Group Inc.
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Buzz kill
RedEyeCome Fridays, Nelson Ignila, a 22-year-old Lincoln Park resident, is exhausted from the long hours he puts in at his management consulting job. Since he doesn't have time for an evening nap before going out, Ignila reaches for one of the 5-Hour Energy...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, George A. Cardenas, Internists, Energy Drinks, Health and Medical Professionals
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Ugly weather mixture on its way to region
Ready for thunderstorms, snow and wind gusts? All are possibilities for the northern Lower Peninsula today, Wednesday, through the end of the week, with the National Weather Service in Gaylord including varying types of precipitation for its day and...
Tags: Snow Storms, National Weather Service, Weather, Weather Reports
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How easy is it to visit the U.S.? Two surveys disagree.
The process of getting into the U.S. for a visit is either easy and efficient or so frustrating that many tourists tell their friends to avoid a trip to the country. The starkly different portrayals of the nation's customs process come from two separate...
Tags: Transportation Industry, National Security, Tourism and Leisure, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Travel
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United in deal to buy 30 regional jets from Embraer
Tribune reporterUnited Airlines said it has inked a deal to buy 30 new regional jets made by Brazil's Embraer as part of a plan to freshen its fleet of smaller aircraft. United plans to take delivery of the jets in 2014 and 2015. The world's largest airline didn't...Tags: Financial Planning, Brazil, United Air Lines, Embraer SA, Air Transportation Industry
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Airlines raise flight-changing fees
If you have to change your plans after booking a flight, get ready to pay higher fees. US Airways and United Airlines raised the fee charged to domestic passengers who want to rebook a nonrefundable ticket: It's now $200, up from $150. (The fee could be...
Tags: Gary C. Kelly, Southwest Airlines Co., Air Transportation, United Air Lines, Travel
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Congress passes bill to reduce flight delays; Obama will sign it
WASHINGTON -- Seeking to end flight delays that jammed airports nationwide, the House approved legislation Friday that will stop the furlough of air-traffic controllers, sending the bill to President Obama. Final passage of the quickly arranged...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Federal Aviation Administration, Politics, Jay Carney, Steny Hoyer
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A presidential bystander
WASHINGTON -- It's never a good sign for a president when he feels compelled to assure the public he still has a pulse. This is the unenviable position President Obama was in Tuesday morning when he held a news conference in the White House briefing...
Tags: Republican Party, ABC (tv network), U.S. Senate, Barack Obama, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp
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Congress works when laws affect lawmakers
It seems sequestration began as a political game of chicken between President Obama and Congress in which going over the "cliff" had already been removed as a potential consequence. Both the president and Congress were certain the other would blink,...Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, Politics, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Budget Control Act of 2011
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When will hypocrisy of sequestration stop?
The sequester is totally outrageous. The people who are whining the most are the ones who made this happen. They wake up and they're absolutely shocked when their flight is delayed. So they take immediate action to carve out an exception that benefits...Tags: U.S. Congress, John Boehner
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ANALYSIS-After the 787 crisis, risks still loom for Boeing
ReutersBy Alwyn Scott SEATTLE, April 30 (Reuters) - Boeing Co's 787 Dreamliner is carrying passengers again after a three-month ban on flights, but the company still faces potent risks related to the new, high-tech plane. U.S. regulators formally lifted flight...Tags: Rick Larsen, Transportation Industry, Federal Aviation Administration, Boeing Co., United Air Lines
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