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Old Jan 11, 2001 | 8:15 am
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United Airlines First to Harness E-Commerce for Fuel Buying

Determined to drive down fuel buying costs, United Airlines is about to become the first airline to tap new Internet-based technology to buy its jet fuel. United has selected the American Petroleum Exchange, a neutral marketplace that has already done over 1,700 diesel fuel and gasoline transactions, to host The Exchange's biggest deal to date, a 140 million gallon jet fuel auction in early February.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/010111/il_ual_fue.html

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Look for prices to drop real soon!
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