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Hedging Losses Drive UAL 4Q Loss of $1.3B

United Airlines parent UAL Corp. on Wednesday said it lost $1.3 billion in the fourth quarter because of operating losses and fuel-price bets that turned sour as oil prices fell. Without the bad hedges, results were better than analysts had expected.

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