According to a recent article, the German airline Lufthansa is close to selling its IT infrastructure division and completing an outsourcing deal with IBM. It is due to result in a 240 million euro ($305.57 million) pre-tax charge in 2014. The airline has stated that the deal is expected to close at the end of the first quarter of 2015 and will yield an average of 70 million euros in annual savings.

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