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AMR, US Airways Fast-Track Merger Trial May Mean Year-End Ruling
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American Airlines and US Airways Group Inc. may know by the end of the year whether their merger can proceed after they won a fast-track trial schedule for the U.S. lawsuit seeking to block the deal.
U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly set a Nov. 25 trial date during a hearing in federal court in Washington yesterday, saying that the March date proposed by the government was “too far off.” She urged both sides to be a “lean, mean machine” in preparing for trial.