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<text id=90TT2141>
<title>
Aug. 13, 1990: Business Notes:Buyouts
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
Aug. 13, 1990 Iraq On The March
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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BUSINESS, Page 57
Business Notes
BUYOUTS
Why Can't This Bird Fly?
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<p> Callers dialing the United Airlines pilots' hotline last
week were confused. As the holiday tune Greensleeves played
creakily in the background, the recorded message reassured
listeners that the company's proposed employee buyout was still
on track. But then again, was this some old tape left over from
last Christmas?
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<p> For three years, United's employees have mounted one scheme
after another to buy the airline, sending the stock bouncing
as high as 290 and as low as 53. The collapse of a $6.8 billion
buyout attempt last October triggered a stock-market minicrash.
In April, United's board tentatively accepted a $4.4 billion
deal proposed by the airline's employees. But last week, as an
Aug. 9 financing deadline approached, several major banks
withdrew from talks with United's would-be owners. One apparent
concern: the ability of the employees to handle the huge debt
involved. As the banks stepped back, United's stock fell 41 a
share to close the week at 122. "The main problem," said a
financial insider, "is this deal is stale."
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