Company Watch - Lufthansa.Jan 8, 2007 Lufthansa will add around 3,000 new employees in 2007, according to Bild. The carrier is looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. 1,200 flight attendants, 800 ground staff and 240 pilot cadets. It currently employs 94,000, up from 92,300 at the end of 2005. Jan 3, 2007 Lufthansa said the SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System. takeover talk was "all speculation" and that it had not given Goldman Sachs a mandate for any merger and acquisition transaction. A spokesman for SAS said he was not aware of any bid approaches. A Lufthansa spokesman said Goldman was advising KarstadtQuelle after the German retailer agreed to buy out joint venture partner Lufthansa's stake in tourism firm Thomas Cook for EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 800 million (USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. $1.04 billion) last month. Given the involvement of the three governments in SAS, any selloff sell·off n. The sale or disposal of a relatively large number of stocks, bonds, or commodities that often causes a sharp decline in prices. Noun 1. in the airline is expected by analysts to be complicated. This is also because Norway has been against any sale of its stake. Jan 9, 2007 SAS and Lufthansa played down market speculation of merger talks on Tuesday, speculation which sent SAS shares up more than 5 percent. The rumors were a repeat of talk which emerged in September last year after the new Swedish government named SAS as a potential privatization privatization: see nationalization. privatization Transfer of government services or assets to the private sector. State-owned assets may be sold to private owners, or statutory restrictions on competition between privately and publicly owned target. Jan 9, 2007 Editor: Aram Gesar, eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/onlinenews.htm To Subscribe to our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com Jan 1, 2007 |
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