In Lege hearing, Northwest execs underline the uselessness of NWA’s promises to state

A billion dollars is literally a nice round number — lots of zeroes. That’s the amount of “annual synergies” that a merger between Delta and Northwest will be able to create, according to Ben Hurst, the general…

Pawlenty, legislative leaders “extremely concerned” about Northwest-Delta merger

An un- usually unified group of Minnesota state leaders expressed concern Monday about a proposed merger between Northwest Airlines and Delta Airlines.

Speaking at a press conference in the governor’s reception room, Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty said he…