Best Answer: Simply put, currency, from any country, represents the value and strength of that nation to be able to compensate the holder of those funds, with either services, products, or resources.
American Airlines Group Announces Equity Distribution Update. FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today's consummation of the merger between AMR Corporation and US Airways Group, Inc. and the effectiveness of AMR's Plan of Reorganization (the Plan) will result in the distribution of American Airlines Group Inc. has determined that holders of AMR common stock (formerly traded under the symbol: AAMRQ) will receive, for each share of AMR common stock, an initial distribution of approximately 0.0665 shares of AAL in connection with the occurrence of the effective date of the Plan.
Since late April, American Airlines stock has been stuck below $35. Due to the lower stock price, if the company spends $1.56 billion on share buybacks again, it would probably be able to retire more than 45 million shares: a new record for a single quarter.