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Boeing and Banks The Focus of Morning Market

Armen Hareyan — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:05:35 -0500

The U.S. giant airplane maker Boeing and banks such as Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo are the focus of the U.S. morning market. They are likely to be the main movers and shakers of of today's stock market.

Boeing To Invest $27 bln in Russia

Armen Hareyan — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:42:13 -0500

US aviation giant Boeing is going to invest $27 bln in Russia in the next few decades.

NASA Tests the Ares Rocket Super-Chute

Heather Archuletta — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 13:06:29 -0500

As part of NASA’s plan to revisit the Moon, Marshall Space Flight Center Engineers oversaw the freefall test of a 50,000-pound simulated rocket booster on the Arizona desert by U.S. Air Force test pilots. The Ares booster recovery parachute system successfully stopped the jettisoned booster from crashing. Testing for all components will continue throughout 2009, each with greater payload weight.

Boeing To Meet IAM Workers After Strike Vote

erku — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:23:43 -0500

Boeing says the company will meet the members of International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) to discuss the strike after IAM voted to reject the company's contract offer Wednesday and approved a strike.

IBM Empowers Business People With Customized Web 2.0 Software

harminka — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:42:31 -0500

IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced IBM Mashup Center will be hosted as a free trial on the Web with which non-technical business people can use to experiment and build customized mashups following the success of early corporate adopters Boeing Corporation (NYSE: BA) and Carrefour Group (PARIS: CA).

Boeing Backs Southwest Airlines as FAA Investigates

JoeSimmons — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:20:58 -0600

Southwest Airlines, has Boeing's support as the FAA seeks a 10.2 Million Dollar Fine. This fine comes as a result of Southwest Airlines flying 117 unsafe Boeing 737's.

Northrop and EADS Win Boein Over Air Force Tanker

Armen Hareyan — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:01:34 -0600

The Pentagon awarded a multibillion-dollar Air Force tanker contract to a partnership between Northrop Grumman and EADS, the European parent of Airbus, according to an announcement Friday. Thus Boeing loses 40 billion dollar contract.

Airbus, Boeing Win Huge Orders at Dubai Airshow

Dinka — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:30:59 -0600

Airbus and Boeing announced more huge orders for airliners Monday at the Dubai Airshow. Dubai Aerospace Enterprises, an aircraft leasing company, signed letters of intent to buy 100 planes from Airbus and another 100 from Boeing. Those two deals are worth more than $27 billion.

Boeing 3Q profit rises 61 percent

Dinka — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:37:57 -0500

The world’s second largest airplane maker Boeing Co. said Wednesday that its third-quarter profit climbed 61 percent due to higher commercial airplane deliveries and growth in its defense business.

Trade battle between Airbus and Boeing unlikely to be resolved

Dinka — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:44:40 -0500

Airbus official reports, the ongoing trade battle between Airbus and Boeing Co. is "bad for the industry" but is unlikely to be resolved until the U.S. Air Force awards a $40 billion (EUR28 billion) contract for tanker aircraft.

Boeing Projects $70 Billion Market for Russia and the CIS

Armen Hareyan — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 06:43:05 -0500

Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) will require 1,060 new airplanes worth about $70 billion over the next 20 years, according to The Boeing Company's [NYSE:BA] updated annual forecast for the commercial airplane market. The complete forecast, known as the Boeing Current Market Outlook, is available on the Boeing web.

Boeing awarded $80 million to begin planning missile defense system

Dinka — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:05:58 -0500

The Pentagon has awarded Boeing $80 million to begin planning and building two missile defense systems to be based in Poland and the Czech Republic, a spokesman for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said.