- In August 2008, Continental flew 9.1 billion consolidated revenue passenger miles (RPMs) and 10.9 billion consolidated available seat miles (ASMs), resulting in a consolidated traffic increase of 0.7 percent and a capacity increase of 2.4 percent as compared to August 2007.

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• JBLU 11/4/2008 08:14am
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• CAL 11/3/2008 05:49pm
  Continental Airlines Inc Reports Oct load factor of 79% (-0.5% y/y)- RPM: 7.1B (-7.3% y/y) - ASM: 9B (-6.7% y/y)
  
• EXPE 10/30/2008 09:01am
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• FRNTQ 10/28/2008 09:44pm
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Industrials sector headlines

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• PCP Today 05:49pm
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• VMI Today 05:31pm
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• BA Today 05:27pm
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• LLL Today 05:06pm
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