[Wall Street analysts seemed encouraged. Shares of Atlanta-based Delta were up 5% in late-afternoon trading.] I think it's great they are finally being aggressive in making these adjustments, ... If Delta had done this even six months ago, it probably wouldn't have had to file Chapter 11.
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JASON MARQUIS Our previous view ascribed a 50 percent to 60 percent probability to a Delta Chapter 11 filing. We n... MICHAEL LINENBERG We have been very encouraged with the pace of business ... over the past six months and this survey ... JACK O'NEILL Right now, if I had to bet would the Democrats take the House and Senate back, I'd say no. But are t... CHARLES COOK We've only had two months to get this all together. A lot of people were leery of how it would come ... BRYAN BLAKE It wasn't the world's greatest surprise given that Delta had chosen to join up with Air France. CHRIS TARRY We said we had to keep him under 50 percent, ... We've done that. This guy was unbeatable six months... PETER MCLAUGHLIN We said we had to keep him under 50 percent. We've done that. This guy was unbeatable six months ago... PETER MCLAUGHLIN There's another show saying they have Delta today but Delta is a Seven lady. DAVID KOCH London's trading is probably more closely linked to that of Wall Street than the other markets in Eu... GARY DUGAN These four companies all had good solid strings of success for a while. They even had Wall Street pa... CRAIG JOHNSON If Delta?s cash runs out, its fate is out of its hands. JACK GALLAGHER I don't think it's surprising that we're seeing the disappearance of these native species given the ... ROBIN GROSSINGER Northwest probably serves more unique markets, even though it's smaller than Delta, ... Secondly, th... JIM HIGGINS We have the best chance now that we have ever had to make some substantial changes and improvements ... LESTER SNOW The stock had a great run-up in anticipation of solid earnings, and I think their database revenue w... ANDREW ROSKILL The economy hit a brick wall in February and March. The risk of a recession is higher now than I tho... CARY LEAHEY You start to hemorrhage money when you're in Chapter 11. So I think there's a lot of reason for Nort... LOWELL PETERSON I might be being controversial, but I think Seal fancies the pants off Delta, and her pants are tigh... BOY GEORGE It's a long-winded way of saying that Delta tried to cuts costs before 9/11, but was unable to. I th... HELANE BECKER We are gratified to have a tentative agreement that benefits everyone associated with Delta Air Line... LEO MULLIN He sat up in a chair on Sunday afternoon, and has already done so this morning, and will be encourag... JOANNE DRAKE We all known that [the Arkansas delegation ] does a great job for the Delta region, but we don't hav... LEE POWELL Delta is a team that's always real competitive. We are pointing to them as the top team in the leagu... DAVE ROY I think she was probably going to take it because she had lost one through a miscarriage at about si... BEN ESPEY In a polling conducted by the Wall Street Journal, 11 out of 12 Americans said they oppose the takin... JIM RYUN They're probably looking at what's happening with Northwest and Delta and probably realizing they ha... RAY NEIDL It would be better if they had more reading lessons, definitely. Even if the children were encourage... MALCOLM WALLACE I think the game was lost in the (third) when we gave up five runs, then two more in the fourth. I t... LUIS ALICEA In Europe, (earnings) numbers are still being revised up, ... Estimates have risen by 11 percent in ... IAN SCOTT When we finally get all the numbers posted and even in the next day or two when any mistakes are cor... MIKE ADKINS If they would have had 5 more minutes, it probably would have (gone) into overtime. ERIC WEDDLE Falls on Wall Street last night and profit-taking in H-shares, many of which had a strong run lately... FRANCIS LUN I hope Delta works their way through this. It's important to the employees of Delta, it's important ... CRAIG COY If I had my druthers, we would have been finished with this months ago, ALLEN WALKER I had raised money for Jeffords; in 2000, I had even campaigned for him in Vermont. Six months later... TRENT LOTT [Both Perrin and McGinnis recommend trying smaller, budget airlines for better service -- and better... WENDY PERRIN Their single-element strategy seems to be one of 'bankruptcy profiteering' based in large part on th... LEE MOAK Even Shanghai will not be able to compete internationally without the Yangtze River Delta that is it... CUI GONGHAO One of the greatest live recordings, I think, in the history of the world is Ray Charles in Atlanta.... ROBBIE ROBERTSON Our guys could've easily died and gone home when they were up 11-5. But they showed a lot of charact... BRIAN HIGHTOWER Whatever will happen has to be based on long-term policies and strategies of resistance. We had the ... RAOUL PECK We had a positive lead from Wall Street. Oil prices were up again. ERIC BETTS This is how the delta works now. What we care about is that it's done in an environmentally sensitiv... CARRIE MCNEIL The deal is done ... If this had happened a few months ago with an undone deal, it would have been a... ROGER WINTER Trading at 12 times 2005 earnings, shares are reflecting a seemingly bearish view of Pfizer's growth... CHRIS SCHOTT Wall Street shouldn't be deregulated. I think Wall Street and Main Street need to play by the sa... STEPHANIE CUTTER A few months ago we were in a buoyant market where investors and analysts were willing to be more fo... CAREN TAYLOR Up until now, Schwab has been setting the pace in online brokerage. Merrill, though, is a bolt from ... BILL DOYLE To win on Tommy's serve was great. It was welcome. I had no regrets going after his second serve on ... JAMES BLAKE I did the Kilimanjaro climb a few years ago, then the six-day trek to Machu Picchu in Peru so this b... DENISE VAN OUTEN A year ago, it was not that difficult to predict six months in advance where they were going to be. ... JAN HATZIUS W.R. Grace is pursuing a strategy of holding its victims hostage. They are suffering while it is ope... DANIEL COHN Oil companies can see the winds have shifted even with Republicans in control of Congress. The White... FADEL GHEIT If you think Wall Street has a short memory, you're dead wrong. No, the folks who work on Wall S... GARY WEISS Through this strike ballot, the Delta pilots have demonstrated overwhelmingly that they are unified ... CHARLES GIAMBUSSO Losses of the magnitude that Delta recorded in 2005 are not sustainable. EDWARD BASTIAN Delta smelt are on a rapid trajectory toward extinction and clearly need increased federal protectio... JEFF MILLER The forward-looking numbers that they're putting out are beginning to give them more credibility tha... JEFFREY FIELER I cannot imagine Delta making any changes at Tampa International beyond the few seasonal changes the... LOUIS MILLER The state's water policy and all its plans for restoration of the delta are predicated on one flawed... JEFFREY MOUNT If the female offender of these two possibly lost a child to a miscarriage, that might be a motive. ... BEN ESPEY Rescue workers found hundreds of dog carcasses chained to trees and posts where their owners had lef... DENNIS CANNING If they had told me I was the janitor and would have to mop up and clean the toilets after the show ... BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and... BIBLE The employees provide essential technological support to Delta's operations, and their technical exp... MARSHALL HUEBNER I think our police are excellent, probably because I have not done anything that has occasioned bein... CLEMENT FREUD If you think you can grasp me, think again: my story flows in more than one direction a ... ADRIENNE RICH This is one of the most industrialized, highly engineered delta systems in the world. ROBERT TWILLEY The best food I've had was actually in catering at 'Single Ladies.' It's insane. I c... RICKY WHITTLE The Delta is a very special place. There are so many good and wonderful things about the Delta. I th... CHARLES CAPPS None of this is to deny that the Niger Delta has made mistakes. It has, and a good number at that. B... EMI IYALLA I love Delta Burke! BROOKE ELLIOTT When I finally got back here, I think it kind of sunk in that I had done something special. It was f... SHAUN ALEXANDER I grew up in Mobile, Alabama - somebody's got to be from Mobile, right? - and Mobile sits at the... MIKE DEGRUY It was a very strong quarter for Goldman, which was what I had expected. Their equity trading is wha... HAL SCHROEDER Their mothers had finally caught up to them and been proven right. There were consequences after all... MARGARET ATWOOD The Delta is a conservative place, ... District 28 is a very conservative district. We don't have ma... CHARLES CAPPS He mentioned it six months ago, and I thought it was a great idea, DAVID LAMBERT You committed a very serious crime. If you had done this 10 years ago, it would have been a serious ... MARK WOLF I think us and Delta would be favorites. You've got to think one of us has a chance to win it. JEFF CALDWELL We stopped making shots and then they made us pay on the other end. It seemed like everything they p... CHASITY MELVIN Six months ago, I was just a writer for Esquire, typing up in my little garret on the far north side... TED ALLEN They have liquidity and borrowing power, ... I don't think it's necessary or even wise to solve thei... DAVID HEALY My dad made these dough balls and covered them up with a cloth in front of a gas fire, which was stu... PAUL HOLLYWOOD Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta...Delta is for Charlie and Charlie is for Cain ROBERT LUDLUM For six years, every summer and every weekend, I was in the middle of their lives. Some of those guy... COLLIS TEMPLE JR We really did think we'd have this thing done late this morning or early afternoon, but it's become ... BUZZ HARGROVE This current episode started in 1995, when we had 11 hurricanes. Normal is six. This year we expect ... FRANK LEPORE Northwest and Delta continue to be responsible under the law for making their pension contributions. BRADLEY BELT We don't know how many delta smelt they're killing at the pumps, but they essentially evacuate the s... BILL JENNINGS One of biggest problems, not just in Provo but nationwide, in any city's ability to coordinate a cor... CASEY SERR
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