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America West, US Airways to Merge

WASHINGTON – America West Holdings Corp. (AWA) and a group of investors intend to buy bankrupt US Airways Group Inc. (search) in a bid to compete with low-cost rivals under a merger plan announced on Thursday. Using approximately $1.5 billion in new capital, the deal would save No. 7 US …

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Role Not 'Just Like Heaven' for Ruffalo

Reese Witherspoon (search) is dead — but that hasn’t stopped her from making another cute romantic comedy. In “Just Like Heaven,” (search) which opens this weekend to mixed reviews, co-star Mark Ruffalo (search) finds his dream apartment, only to discover it’s haunted by the previous tenant. “It’s a movie about …

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Chiron Rises as Higher Novartis Bid Expected

PHILADELPHIA – Shares of U.S. vaccine maker Chiron Corp. (CHIR) rose nearly 2 percent on Tuesday as investors bet that Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG would raise its offer to pay $40 per share in cash for the 58 percent of Chiron it does not already own. Chiron’s independent directors on …

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