Short Reports

Fri., Feb. 25, 2000

From Staff

WestJet Airlines, a Calgary, Alberta-based regional airline serving western Canada, said Thursday that it is ordering 20 new 737 jetliners from The Boeing Co. in a $615 million deal.

A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order Thursday on a union strike at Union Pacific Railroad just hours after it hit selected points across the Midwest and West. The railroad argued the strike over the closing of a facility in Wyoming was illegal. Arguments are set for Monday in Omaha.

Clarification: Coeur d’Alene Mines net loss in 1999 was $38.9 million, after dividends to preferred shareholders. A number reported Wednesday was the loss before the dividend payments.

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