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Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 126, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, I need 10 or 15 skirts from Calvin Klein, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) Happy Ruthless Self-Promotion Week! We’re dedicating almost all of this…

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    Spirit Airlines Shuts Operations After White House Bailout Collapse

    Spirit Aviation Holdings Inc.is winding down operations after the troubled US discount carrier buckled under the weight of surging fuel prices and a government bailout dangled by US President Donald Trump fell through. Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Aerospace, Defense, and Airlines Analyst George Ferguson and Bloomberg News White House Correspondent Jeff Mason join David Gura and…

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    Spirit Airlines pulls plug on flights, moves toward closure

    Spirit Airlines announced early Saturday that it will immediately shut down operations after failing to reach a deal for a government bailout, citing rising oil prices as a major factor. The airline’s parent company Spirit Aviation Holdings started “an orderly wind-down of operations” and cancellation of all flights, urging travelers who purchased tickets through Spirit……

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