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When Money Doesn't Talk

Marc Gunther | Posted 04.26.2009 | Business

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Marc Gunther

Here's one answer: Instead of motivating people or trying to coerce them, companies can inspire them.

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Admiring Actualized Companies

Chip Conley | Posted 04.24.2009 | Business

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Chip Conley

The companies we admire are very similar to the people we admire. They are passionate, smart, resilient, trustworthy, original, and forward-thinking.

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Southwest Introduces Freecreditreport.com Guy Flight Option

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 04.14.2009 | Comedy

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Jilly Gagnon

After receiving an overwhelmingly positive response to Dave, the rapping flight attendant, Southwest Airlines has announced plans to introduce that freecreditreport.com guy on select domestic flights.

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Southwest Starts Minneapolis-To-Chicago Flights

Associated Press | Posted 04.07.2009 | Chicago

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MINNEAPOLIS - Another front in the national fare wars opens up Sunday morning at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport when Southwest Airlines be...

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Sport Illustrated Swimsuit Promo Draws Southwest Airlines Complaints: "Flying Porn Ad"

Folio: | Jason Fell | Posted 04.03.2009 | Media

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Here's when a magazine marketing idea that sounds good on paper can backfire. Southwest Airlines is taking some heat over the steamy picture of Spo...

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Southwest's LaGuardia Bid Passes, Flights From Midway Still Uncertain

Crain's Chicago Business | John Pletz | Posted 01.02.2009 | Chicago

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Southwest Airlines won approval from a bankruptcy court Tuesday to buy ATA Airlines Inc.'s slots at LaGuardia International Airport in New York for $7...

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Southwest Could Be Eying Midway-LaGuardia Flights

Crain's Chicago Business | John Pletz | Posted 12.20.2008 | Chicago

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Southwest Airlines Co. is trying to crack the New York market, the crown jewel of business travel, by making a bid to buy bankrupt ATA Airlines' slots...

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Something Really Great About the Next POTUS

Christina Bellantoni | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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Christina Bellantoni

just about every average person (Joe the Frequent Flier, if you will) knows about the Southwest boarding process. Barack Obama and John McCain are among the many.

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Southwest Airlines posts 1st loss in 17 years

AP | DAVID KOENIG | Posted 11.16.2008 | Business

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DALLAS — Southwest Airlines Co. lost money for the first time in 17 years as falling oil prices forced the company to write down the value of it...

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O'Hare's On-Time Rate Improves

Crain's Chicago Business | John Pletz | Posted 11.02.2008 | Chicago

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United Airlines' on-time performance continued to improve in August, with 73% of flights arriving as scheduled, according to the Bureau of Transportat...

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Southwest Adding Midway To Minneapolis Route

Crain's Chicago Business | John Pletz | Posted 11.01.2008 | Chicago

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Southwest Airlines Co. plans to add service from Midway Airport to Minneapolis-St. Paul in March. The move comes as Egan, Minn.-based Northwest Airli...

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Plane From Midway Makes Emergency Landing In Indiana

AP | Posted 10.16.2008 | Chicago

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A Southwest Airlines jet out of Midway Airport carrying more than 100 passengers made an emergency landing at the South Bend Regional Airport after th...

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Southwest To Cut 22 Flights At Midway

Crain's Chicago Business | Lorene Yue | Posted 09.26.2008 | Chicago

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Southwest Airlines Co. is eliminating 22 flights from Midway Airport, the most cuts of any city, as it adjusts its winter flight schedule to offset th...

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Southwest Flew Cracked Planes, Say FAA Inspectors

NYT Via CNBC | Mathew L. Wald | Posted 04.12.2008 | Business

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The Federal Aviation Administration may know considerably less about the state of airline safety than it claims, a parade of witnesses and lawmakers s...

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FAA Inspectors Say Concerns Ignored

AP | DAN CATERINICCHIA | Posted 04.12.2008 | Business

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WASHINGTON — The whistleblowers who exposed maintenance and inspection problems at Southwest Airlines told Congress their jobs were threatened a...

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FAA Checking Maintenance Records Of All US Airlines After Missed Safety Inspections

AP | avid Koenig | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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The Federal Aviation Administration, under fire for its handling of missed safety inspections at Southwest Airlines Co., said Tuesday it is ordering a...

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Southwest Airlines Still Tops, Despite Recent Woes

ABC News | Kate Barrett | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Despite coming under fire recently for missed inspections, Southwest Airlines carried more passengers in 2007 than any other U.S. airline. New number...

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Southwest Grounds Dozens of Jets

AP | DAVID KOENIG | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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DALLAS — Southwest Airlines Co. canceled flights Wednesday and temporarily grounded 43 planes to examine if they were sound enough to carry pass...

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Southwest Suspends 3 Following Safety Fine

New York Times | JEFF BAILEY | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Southwest Airlines, initially combative in the face of a $10.2 million fine from the Federal Aviation Administration for inspection lapses, took a mor...

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Airlines: Pack Light Or Pay Up

Wall Street Journal | Scott McCartney | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Pack light or pay up. Forcing customers to pay for service previously included with ticket purchases, UAL Corp.'s United Airlines and US Airways Grou...

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FAA Moves To Fine Southwest Airlines

AP | DAVID KOENIG | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Federal regulators will seek a penalty of at least $3 million against Southwest Airlines Co. for failing to inspect older planes for cracks. The airl...

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Southwest's Quirky Ways Keep It Profitable

New York Times | Jeff Bailey | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Southwest Airlines, with a raucous corporate culture that is the exception in the grim airline industry, stands to look even wilder as some of its big...

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Plane Crazy: Airline Delays Expected To Increase In 2008

New York Times | Jeff Bailey | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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The miserably full flights of 2007 might seem like a good reason for airlines to roll out a few more planes and ease the crowding. But passengers sho...

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Southwest CEO Channels "Hairspray" Diva For Halloween

Southwest Airlines' "Nuts About Southwest" Blog | Brian Lusk | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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A lot of you have been wondering "who" Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly will be this Halloween. The answer is in, and he revealed his outfit at a ga...

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Southwest To End Family-First Boarding Policy

Bloomberg Via Houston Chronicle | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Southwest Airlines Co., the only major U.S. carrier that doesn't assign seats, will stop letting people with small children board first, reducing the ...

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