Shares in SAS rose to the highest price in eight weeks after a Danish newspaper reported that Air France-KLM Group, Deutsche Lufthansa and British Airways would be ready to enter a bidding war over the carrier. SAS jumped 2.50 kronor, or 11%, to 25 kronor at the close of trading in Stockholm. Borsen reported on Dec. 31, without citing anyone, that all major airlines would be interested if a sale process starts. SAS, which is 50% owned by the governments of Sweden, Denmark and Norway, is struggling with low-cost competition after losing money in all but one of the past

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