| AMR Corporation Reports a Third Quarter Profit of $175 Million
FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AMR Corporation, the parent company of American Airlines, Inc., today reported a net profit of $175 million for the third quarter of 2007, or $0.61 per diluted share. As disclosed in AMR's Sept. 21 investor update, the results for the third quarter of 2007 include the impact of a $40 million charge, or $0.13 per diluted share, to reflect an adjustment for additional salary and benefit expense accruals related to years 2003 through 2006 and the first six months of 2007. The current quarter results compare to a net profit of $15 million for the third quarter of 2006, or $0.06 per diluted share. The year-ago results included a $99 million non-cash charge in Other Income (Expense) to reduce the book value of certain outstanding fuel hedge contracts.
E-mail? C ya ltr; it's a txt world 4 teenz
And teens instinctively gravitate to what is not part of their parents' world. "I text my dad sometimes, but my mom doesn't really understand how it works," says Emily Saunders, a sophomore at Atlanta's Marist School. She says she averages about 50 text messages every day between the time she gets out of school and bedtime, about six hours. She has a Gmail account through Google, "but I haven't used that in a year or so," she adds dismissively. She got the account mainly because an e-mail account was required to register for iTunes. There can even be a little element of rebellion in teens preferring technology that is not part of their parents' lives. "There's not as much of a generation gap today on some things between teens and their parents," says Iconoculture's Robinson, "but there's always going to be a element of 'This is mine and you can't possibly understand it.'" E-mail not as intense Young communicators also view Facebook and Myspace as being more interesting and intense than old-fashioned e-mail.
Debt Concerns And Impact On Mental Health
Overspending over theholidays and new year season may have a wider-ranging impacton consumer mental health than just on their finances, new research shows. A poll carried out by Mind revealed that over half of those surveyed spent more money during the festive period than they could afford to. Research from the institution suggested that 39 per cent of Britons used a credit card in the run-up to Christmas to help them cope with extra demands on their spending. The mental health charity also reported that concerns about repaying debts, that may have been accrued through the likes of credit cards and loans, have seen about a fifth (19 per cent) of people state that they feel less able to manage their mental health. In addition, the study showed that 40 per cent of those surveyed believe that they are under increased levels of stress and anxiety, while a further 25 per cent of people feel more depressed as they attempt to get to grips with their spending.
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Creditor wants Turtle Bay under court control
As the governor has proposed buying the Turtle Bay resort, the property owner is fighting legal efforts to place the sprawling North Shore resort under control of a court-appointed receiver. Mortgage holder Credit Suisse has asked the courts to take control of the facility from owner Kuilima Resort Co. and place it in the hands of a California businessman while a $283 million foreclosure case is pending. Kuilima Resort opposes that. Credit Suisse asked the court to appoint California businessman Douglas Wilson as receiver. Since August 2007, Kuilima Resort "has not provided a scintilla of evidence that (it) has any ability to repay" an outstanding loan of $270,875,000 or accrued interest and late payment fees of $12,824,818, Credit Suisse lawyers argued.
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