AMERICAN EXPRESS FILES FORM 8-K

NEW YORK, December 09, 2008 -- American Express today filed an 8-K report with the Securities and Exchange Commission that contains an update on its liquidity and capital resources along with additional financial information related to its agreement with Delta Air Lines.

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