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24/7 Wall St. Poll: Continental & UAL Merger (CAL, UAUA, LCC)

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By Jon C. Ogg Updated Published

Continental Airlines, Inc. (NYSE: CAL) and UAL Corporation (NASDAQ: UAUA) have done what has been speculated upon many occasions.  The two have announced a relative merger of equals, after talks between US Airways Group, Inc. (NYSE: LCC) broke apart.  24/7 Wall St. wants to know what the public thinks about this merger via a public poll.  You get two answers here… one for is this Good or Bad for Consumers and one for is this Good or Bad for Investors….

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Polls results are anonymous.  This poll does not allow for more than one voting attempt per reader.

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Jon Ogg has been a financial news analyst since 1997. Mr. Ogg set up one of the first audio squawk box services for traders called TTN, which he sold in 2003. He has previously worked as a licensed broker to some of the top U.S. and E.U. financial institutions, managed capital, and has raised private capital at the seed and venture stage. He has lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as New York and Chicago, and he now lives in Houston, Texas. Jon received a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance at University of Houston in 1992. www.247wallst.com.

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