<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by MarkinDallas:
The AA number is either an error or the writers are trying to sensationalize the story...(1) the cash number is an error, or (2) they are excluding marketable (liquid as in money markets) securities to make more of a point.</font>
AMR's latest quarterlies (9/30/01) show 2.34 billion in combined cash and short-term investments.