Delta Air sees strong demand after record July

(Reuters) - Delta said it had a load factor -- the percentage of seats filled with paying passengers -- of 86.8 percent in July as traffic rose 4.9 percent and capacity increased 3.2 percent.



"Strong customer demand resulted in the highest monthly load factor we've ever recorded, and we continue to see solid demand moving forward," Chief Operating Officer Jim Whitehurst said in a statement.


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UPDATE 1-Paulson sees signs of change in Macau banking

(Reuters) - "We're still engaging with Banco Delta Asia on certain
remedial actions that I think will ultimately lead to
behavioral change," he added.




But Paulson declined to answer a question on whether the
Treasury believed that North Korea had stopped its
counterfeiting and money laundering activities now that $25
million in previously frozen accounts at Banco Delta Asia had
been transferred back to North Korea.


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European Stocks Rise for Third Day; Sainsbury, Tesco Pace the Advance

(Bloomberg) -- European stocks advanced for a third
day after Delta (Two) Ltd. bought shares in J Sainsbury Plc,
lifting retail companies including Tesco Plc.

Axa SA, Europe's second-largest insurer, and bank UniCredit
SpA gained.


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