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FAA Decides Fate Of Boeing 787

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 04.25.2013 | Travel

WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators are telling airlines they can fly Boeing's 787 Dreamliners again as soon as they replace its problematic lithium ion ...

I Flew the Dreamliner... and I Can't Wait to Again

Billy Kolber | Posted 04.21.2013 | Travel
Billy Kolber

After months of grounding by the FAA, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner is poised to take flight again in the next few weeks. And that's great news for those ...

Boeing 787 Flights Set To Resume, According To FAA

AP | JOAN LOWY and JOSHUA FREED | Posted 04.19.2013 | Travel

WASHINGTON — Boeing's beleaguered 787 could be flying again within a week after federal officials approved a fix for its batteries, even though ...

FAA Orders Inspections Of Boeing 737s

Reuters | Posted 04.15.2013 | Travel

April 15 (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has ordered an inspection of more than 1,000 U.S.-registered Boeing 737 jets to exami...

Meth-Making Chemicals Found In Boeing Plant?

Posted 04.10.2013 | Weird News

Meth-making chemicals were reportedly discovered Wednesday inside a Boeing plant in Berkeley, Mo. According to St. Louis-based KMOV.com, an investi...

17 Companies Pressuring Congress To Cut Corporate Tax Rates

The Huffington Post | Posted 04.02.2013 | Business

Many big companies are complaining about their tax bills again, but some of them appear to not be paying all that much to begin with. The top leade...

HUGE LAYOFFS

AP | Posted 05.22.2013 | Business

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — The Boeing Co. is planning to lay off about 800 workers in the Puget Sound area of Washington by the end of the year. ...

Congress Stays Silent As Major Project Struggles

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 05.19.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — As Boeing, its airline customers and federal safety regulators struggled over the past two months to solve problems with the new 78...

Ryanair's Big Order

AP | SHAWN POGATCHNIK and SCOTT MAYEROWITZ | Posted 05.19.2013 | Travel

DUBLIN — There's finally some good news for Boeing: European discount airline Ryanair announced Tuesday it will buy 175 of the company's popular...

Ryanair's Expansion Plans

Reuters | Posted 05.19.2013 | Travel

* Ryanair agrees to buy 175 Boeing current generation 737s * Irish airline to grow capacity 25 pct in next five years * ...

Boeing CEO Scored Huge Pay Boost In Months Before Disaster

AP | JOSHUA FREED | Posted 03.17.2013 | Business

-- Boeing CEO Jim McNerney's compensation rose 15 percent last year to $21.1 million, as the company rewarded him for better-than-expected profits an...

Matt Sledge

Boeing, Democrats Kill Anti-Drone Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 03.14.2013 | Politics

A bill that would have restricted domestic drones died in the Washington state Legislature on Wednesday, the victim of intense lobbying from unmanned-...

Striking Over the Risks of Retirement Savings

Anne Tucker | Posted 04.30.2013 | College
Anne Tucker

The quiet retirement revolution of the 401(k) has the potential for negative consequences if workers save too little, raid accounts for non-retirement spending and fail to understand the significant risks that they bear under the system.

Ryan Grim

Elon Musk Battles Space Industry Vets

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 02.28.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Last week, Elon Musk, the aerospace and green energy mogul, engaged in a very public spat with The New York Times after the paper gave r...

Boeing Engineers To Vote On Strike

Reuters | Posted 04.20.2013 | Business

By Alwyn Scott NEW YORK, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Ray Goforth leads a union of 23,000 Boeing Co engineers who revel in their...

Dreamliners Grounded In Poland

AP | MONIKA SCISLOWSKA | Posted 04.16.2013 | Travel

WARSAW, Poland — Polish airline LOT said Thursday it is keeping its Boeing 787 Dreamliners grounded through October while the U.S. company tries...

NTSB: Tiny 'Fibers' May Have Played Role In 787 Battery Failure

Reuters | Alwyn Scott | Posted 04.13.2013 | Business

SEATTLE, Feb 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is investigating whether tiny fiber-like formations, known as dendrites, i...

Don't Ground Innovation Along With Dreamliner

Sarah A. Webster | Posted 02.07.2013 | Business
Sarah A. Webster

Innovation has been a popular business buzzword in recent years, and for good reason: It's critical to remaining competitive.

Boeing Working To Fix Fire-Catching Battery

Reuters | Posted 04.08.2013 | Business

* Changes not finalized - paper * Best-case scenario has flights resuming next month * FAA clears one-off 787 "ferry" fl...

Boeing Strike Looming At Worst Possible Time

AP | JOSHUA FREED | Posted 02.02.2013 | Business

-- Just when Boeing really needs its engineers, they're voting on whether to strike. It's bad timing for Boeing. The aircraft maker is working aroun...

Boeing's Dreamliner Nightmare Continues

AP | By YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 04.02.2013 | Business

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's All Nippon Airways is prepared to recoup from Boeing whatever damages it suffers from flight cancellations and other costs caus...

Boeing Sees No Reason To Drop Troubled Batteries

AP | JOSHUA FREED | Posted 01.30.2013 | Business

-- Boeing is sticking with plans to speed up production of its 787 and sees no reason to drop the troubled lithium-ion batteries at the center of the...

Japan Eased Safety Regulations For Boeing 787

Reuters | Posted 03.29.2013 | Business

* External experts concluded meetings in March 2008 * Set of 40 proposals adopted by Japan's transport ministry * Airlin...

Paul Brady

1,000+ Flights Impacted

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Brady | Posted 01.24.2013 | Travel

More than 1,000 flights around the world have been impacted by the continued grounding of all Boeing 787s, according to new data from FlightStats.com....

Market Discipline for the Boeing 787

Stan Sorscher | Posted 03.24.2013 | Business
Stan Sorscher

My career is invested in the aerospace industry, so it was very sobering to me when the FAA ordered that 787 airplanes be grounded. What lessons can we draw from the 787?