<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>(Dec 24): American Airlines Group Inc said a technical vendor glitch was the cause of a brief groundstop on all US flights on Christmas Eve, one of the busiest days of the holiday travel season.<br />
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The carrier said the groundstop lasted about one hour, but the issue has been resolved and flights have resumed. It blamed an unspecified technology issue that impacted its ability to release flights.&nbsp;</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>“We sincerely apologise to our customers for the inconvenience this morning,” the company said on Tuesday in a statement. “It’s all hands on deck as our team is working diligently to get customers where they need to go as quickly as possible.”</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The airline didn’t say if it expected any delays or other knock-on effects.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>American Air had said earlier it was experiencing technical issues affecting all of its flights, disrupting operations on a day where the Federal Aviation Administration expects to see about 30,000 US flights across all carriers.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Some online postings said that the airline was suffering a software outage preventing it from calculating weight and balance requirements for its flights.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>American Airlines shares dropped as much as 5.5% in premarket trading before reversing course. Shares were down less than 1% at 9am in New York.</p></div>

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<p>The government has initiated an administrative (sunset) review of anti-dumping duties on imports of cold rolled coils of iron, or non-alloy steel, and of width more than 1,300mm, originating or exported from China, South Korea, Japan, and Vietnam.</p>


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<p>A leading indicator of Japan's service-sector inflation rose to 3.0% in November, accelerating for a second straight month, data showed on Wednesday, backing up the central bank's view that rising wages are prodding more firms to pass on higher costs.</p>
