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Delta Air Lines Inc. is weighing a possible a takeover bid for US Airways Group , according to a report late Friday in the Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter. Delta reportedly is working with Goldman Sachs Group and Blackstone Group to determine whether US Airways would make a good fit. Delta has yet to approach US Airways, the Journal's sources said, stressing that this is all at a very preliminary stage. US Airways earlier this week confirmed it is considering a bid for bankrupt AMR Corp. , parent of American Airlines. Delta is also seen as a possible bidder for AMR but has declined to comment on its interest in AMR. Delta, the world's second-largest airline by traffic, acquired Northwest Airlines in 2008. US Airways grew to No. 6 through its meger with American West Airlines in 2005, in a major and apparently ongoing consolidation of the U.S. airline industry. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.

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