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AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar American Airlines is trying to win back American corporations. The carrier missed out on $1.5 billion in revenue last year in a failed bid to overhaul how it competes for ...

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If your home has a gas clothes dryer, you’re in the minority. Electric models dominate the category, with an 81 percent market share, according to OpenBrand, a market research conglomerate that ...