US Airways CEO Talks Up Merger – The Wall Street Journal.

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US Airways CEO Talks Up Merger

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US Airways Group Inc. LCC -2.51%trumpeted support on Friday from the three main unions at AMR Corp.’s American Airlines for a possible merger that would create a new airline giant and potentially further rationalize a perennially struggling industry.

The move by US Airways capped weeks of negotiations aimed at an end run around AMR Chief Executive Tom Horton, who is vying to reorganize American as a stand-alone airline and insists any merger discussions wait until the company emerges from bankruptcy proceedings. The US Airways-union alliance increased pressure for a deal days ahead of AMR executives’ expected request for a bankruptcy judge to allow it to reject existing labor contracts.

Google’s $12 Billion Toy – The Wall Street Journal.

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Google’s $12 Billion Toy

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Here’s a business riddle: Divine Google Inc.’s GOOG +1.27%intentions for its largest-ever acquisition, the $12.5 billion purchase of the once-great, now-faltering Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. MMI -16.67%

Motorola represents one of the thorniest strategic and operational challenges in Google’s 14-year history. Oddly, few seem to be paying attention.

When investors parsed Google’s deal announcement in August, they focused on how Motorola’s 17,000 patents will protect Google’s market-leading Android mobile operating system from legal assault.

But what of the 20,500 Motorola employees working in 92 major facilities across 97 countries, from Horsham, Pa., to Jaguariuna, Brazil? What of the factories churning out low-margin cellphones and cable-TV boxes? What of the five years of losses, some $5.3 billion in all?