The new combined organisation will retain the American Airlines name and offer more than 6, 700 daily flights to 336 destinations in 56 countries (to compare, United, the second largest airline, flies to 186 destinations in 69 countries).
The turmoil in the world's emerging markets in 1997 and 1998 hit Germany, the world's second-largest exporter, harder than other developed countries.
Tiscali, based in Soru's hometown of Cagliari, Sardinia, will serve 6 million people in 15 European countries, making it the second-largest European ISP behind Deutsche Telekom's T-Online.
Among the twenty largest countries, the U.S. ranks second only to Canada.
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India, the second-largest buyer of Iranian oil after China, was among countries that won a reprieve last month for significantly cutting its imports from Tehran.
Despite sitting on the second largest natural gas reserve in the Western hemisphere, Bolivia remains one of the poorest countries in Latin America.
Staples boasts more than 2, 000 stores in 25 countries, as well as an absolutely massive online presence, weighing in as the second-largest online retailer in the world by sales.
In combination with Cadbury, the world's second-largest sweetmaker, it would challenge Mars-Wrigley for top spot and add strong businesses in rich countries such as Britain and Australia as well as faster-growing developing countries like India, Brazil and Mexico.
Mr. Wahid says he is targeting presence in all Asean countries by 2015 to be able to take advantage of the region, which combined make the second largest economic block in Asia after China.
FedEx, the second largest package-delivery company, often serves as a measure of world economic conditions because its business stretches across 220 countries and moves more than 9 million packages daily.
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