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Cannibal Conservatism: Author Makes Up Charges Against Secretary Gates

Richard Allen Smith | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Boeing, Aircraft, Airbus, Defense Secretary Rober Gates, Robert Gates, Department of Defense, Fuel Tanker, Contracting, Procurement, Air Force, Northrop, Politics News
Richard Allen Smith

In a time of crisis, Republicans begin to eat their own. The infighting has been going on for months and has occasionally touched the national security establishment.

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Air France 447: A Cockpit China Syndrome

John T. Halliday | Posted 11.30.2009 | Technology

Read More: Air France 447, Pierre-Henri Gourgeon, Airbus, Mary Anne Greczyn, Ralph Nader, Air France Crash, Plane Crash, Air France Missing, Technology News
John T. Halliday

My conclusions about the causes of the Air France 447 tragedy have been shaped not just by my decades as an international airline captain and cockpit computer analyst, but by learning from world-class experts. Here are a few of their voices.

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The Commerce Secretary From Boeing

David Segal | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Boeing, Gary Locke, Washington State, Wto, 787 Jetliner, Commerce Secretary, World Trade Organization, Tax Cuts, Department of Commerce, States Rights, Trade Law, Tax Breaks, Airbus, Politics News
David Segal

Former Washington governor Gary Locke has worked hard to minister to the needs of the hometown corporation. Since being appointed as commerce secretary, he has an even higher perch from which he can do so.

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Score One for Fair Trade

Jim Arkedis | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Boeing, Free Trade, Progressive Policy Institute, World Trade Organization, Wto, Unions, Airbus, World News
Jim Arkedis

The WTO's ruling late last week in a case involving Boeing and European arch-rival Airbus is a big and welcome victory that shows rule-based trade works.

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Airbus Safety Linked To Pilot Errors, Emerging Nations

True/Slant | Posted 08.01.2009 | World

Read More: Airbus, Airbus a320, Comoros, Foreign Affairs, Comoros Plane Crash, Airbus A380, Airbus a330, Advocacy, Airlines, World News

A lot of travelers boarding an Airbus today might be thinking twice. After all, yet another Bus is at the bottom of yet another ocean - and another 15...

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Airbus: Jet Production To Slow As Demand Weakens

AP | Posted 03.22.2009 | Business

Read More: France Airbus, Airplanes, Economy, Jets, Airbus, Jet Production, Business News

PARIS — European jet maker Airbus said Thursday it will cut production of its A320 family of short and medium-range commercial passenger aircraf...

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Government-Media-Corporate Mantra: Only the Little People Worry About Money

Stanton Peele | Posted 02.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Jokes, Satirical, Del Dorado Investing, Humor, Finance, Private Jets, Political Humor, Economy, Economic Crisis, Humor Politics, Political Satire, Jack Strong, Corporate Humor, Airbus, Business News
Stanton Peele

Jack Strong: You can't fit 200 guests, strippers, a four-star kitchen, and a ten-foot-high ice sculpture on a helicopter.

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New Airbus Luxury Superjumbo Makes First Landing In U.S.

Reuters | Posted 08.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Emirates, Airbus A380, Airbus, Superjumbo, Business News

Airbus's A380 superjumbo touched down at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport on Friday, marking the first commercial arrival of the giant...

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Friday Talking Points [36] -- End The Media's Pro-McCain Bias! Now!!

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Boeing, Tim Russert, Cindy McCain, Nuremburg, Pow, Fisa, Immunity, Campaign, Telecom, Contract, 2008, John Kerry, Midotw, Nancy Pelosi, Glenn Greenwald, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Tax Return, Airbus, Amnesty, Nbc, Democrat, 08, Air Force, Democrats, Barack Obama, Election, 08 Election, Elections, Martin Luther King, Mddotw, Gotcha, Tanker, Wiretapping, 60 Minutes, Warrantless, Russ Feingold, Thomas Eagleton, Cia, Clayton Williams, Jobs, Media, Bush, Republican, Vietnam, Bias, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, 2008 Campaign, Waterboard, Keating Five, War Crime, Hanoi Hilton, Keating, John McCain, Mental Health, Military Record, Rape, Mlk, Prisoner of War, 2008 Elections, War Criminal, Scandal, 2008 Election, Lobbyist, Meet the Press, Northrop Grumman, Prisoner, 08 Campaign, Steny Hoyer, 2008 Presidential Race, Telecommunications, 1972, Al-Libi, Form 180, Torture, sf180, Media News
Chris Weigant

McCain has joked that the media is "his base" of support. It was a funny line, but there is a truth at its core: the media has been hard on Obama but unbelievably light on McCain. And this has to stop. Now.

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Ex-EADS In Major Insider Trading Probe

AP | INGRID ROUSSEAU | Posted 06.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Noel Forgeard, Eads, Airbus, Noel Forgeard Insider Trading, Business News

PARIS — A former co-CEO of Airbus parent company EADS, Noel Forgeard, was hit with preliminary insider trading charges Friday in an extensive pr...

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McCain Advisers Lobbied For Airbus

Associated Press | Jim Kuhnhenn and Matthew Daly | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: McCain Free Trade, McCain Airbus, Airbus Lobbyists, McCain Lobbyists, Airbus, McCain Frontrunner, Politics News

Top current advisers to Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign last year lobbied for a European plane maker that beat Boeing to a $35 billion Air Fo...

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Northrop, EADS Win $35B Air Force Deal

AP | JOELLE TESSLER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Northrop Grumman, Airbus, European Auronautic Defense and Space, Wall Street Boeing, Air Force Contract, Business News

WASHINGTON — The Air Force on Friday awarded Northrop Grumman Corp. and a European partner a $35 billion contract to build airborne refueling pl...

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Airbus In Talks About Creating Flying Casinos

AFP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Flying Casinos, Superjumbo A380, In-Flight Casino, Casinos, Airbus, Superjumbo Casino, David Velupillai, Business News

Airbus said Thursday it was holding talks with a number of customers interested in converting its superjumbo A380 -- the world's biggest passenger pla...

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Airbus, Boeing: Jet Orders At Peak, Demand To Dwindle In '08

Bloomberg | Andrea Rothman, Massoud A. Derhally | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: John Leahy, Jetliners, Dubai Air Show, Airbus, Planemakers, Boeing, Business News

Airbus SAS and Boeing Co., the world's two largest planemakers, said 2007 will prove a peak year for orders, beating a record set in 2005, before dema...

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Billionaire Saudi Prince Is First To Own Personal A380 Superjumbo Jet

Reuters Via USA Today | Tim Hepher | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, Superjumbo Jet, Saudi Billionaires, Superjumbos, Airbus, Business News

Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has become the first person to buy the ultimate status symbol -- his own A380 superjumbo jet. Planemaker ...

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Dubai's DAE Orders $27.2 Bil Worth Of Planes From Airbus, Boeing

Wall Street Journal | J. LYNN LUNSFORD, DANIEL MICHAELS and STEFANIA BIANCHI | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Dubai Aerospace Enterprise, Airbus, Suadi Arabian Airlines, Boeing, European Aeronautic Defense & Space Company, Dae, Business News

Dubai Aerospace Enterprise, a state-owned group created in 2006, Monday announced orders for as many as 100 planes each from Airbus and Boeing Co. for...

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Airbus To Deliver First New "Superjumbo" Jet

BBC News | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Aviation, Superjumbo, Airlines, Airbus A380, Airbus, Air Travel, Airline Industry, Singapore Airlines, Business News

Airbus is set to hand over its first finished A380 "superjumbo" to Singapore Airlines on Monday, 18 months behind schedule. The construction of the A...

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Airbus CEO Denies Insider Trading Allegations

AP Via IHT | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Thomas Enders, Insider Trading, Airbus CEO, Airbus, French Financial Markets Authority, AMF, Insider Trading Scandals, Business News

Airbus Chief Executive Thomas Enders denied insider trading of shares of parent company EADS over the European planemaker's problems with the A380 sup...

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British Airways Places Biggest Order For Planes In 9 Years

AP | Jane Wardell | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: British Airways, Superjumbos, Airbus, a380, Boeing 787, Boeing, Business News

British Airways PLC divided its largest aircraft order in nine years between rivals Airbus and Boeing Co. on Thursday as the airline prepares to incre...

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