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* A federal judge declined to grant Delta Air Lines Inc. a temporary restraining order against its pilots’ union, saying there wasn’t enough evidence to link the union and some pilots to a work slowdown at the carrier. Judge Willis Hunt Jr. of the U.S. District Court in northern Georgia also denied Delta’s request for a longer-term preliminary injunction against the illegal activity on the same grounds. The airline sought the order last week to keep pilots from disrupting flights by declining overtime work and slowing aircraft movements. The Air Line Pilots Assn., which represents 9,500 Delta pilots, has denied that there’s a concerted effort to disrupt flights.

* Honeywell International Inc. said it expects fourth-quarter profit to miss analysts’ estimates, and it will take a charge after reviewing operations since it agreed to be bought by General Electric Co. The company said profit will be 70 cents to 74 cents a share, excluding a pretax charge of $375 million to $425 million. Analysts were expecting earnings of 86 cents on average, according to First Call/Thomson Financial. The charge is for asset impairments and environmental liabilities, the Morris Township, N.J.-based company said.

* A Villa Park man was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for his conviction on charges of rolling back odometers on used cars and trucks and transporting stolen vehicles across state lines, the U.S. Justice Department in Los Angeles said. Clifford Suva II, 48, also was ordered to pay $906,235 in restitution at his sentencing in U.S. District Court last week.

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