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What: Shares of American Airlines parent AMR
So what: A five-year contract battle with the Allied Pilots Association took another ugly turn today as AMR fielded another lowball offer that the pilots' union seemed none too pleased with. Investors fear that another bankruptcy may be necessary to clear the table of old baggage -- which may delete all shareholder value in the company.
Now what: Not that there's a whole lot of value left in these shares after a precipitous 75% drop so far in 2011. This has been a brutal year for the whole industry: United Continental
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