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ATLANTA, March 18 -- Faced with a weak economy, dimmer hopes of a merger with Northwest Airlines and record fuel prices that are eating up profits, Delta Air Lines said Tuesday that it would offer voluntary severance payouts to roughly 30,000 employees -- more than half of its workforce -- and cut...
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