Boeing: 50% Decline In Profit
PITTSBURGH — Boeing Co., the world's second-largest plane maker, said Wednesday its first-quarter profit dropped by half, hurt by production cut...
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Lockheed Beats Boeing In Defense Budget
bloomberg.com | Lee J. Miller | Posted 05.10.2009 | Business
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April 9 (Bloomberg) -- Lockheed Martin Corp. had the "best outcome" from the U.S. Defense Department's proposed budget announced this week, with Boein...
Too Much Information!
Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 04.24.2009 | Business
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When is enough of a good thing way too much? When you're flying American (AMR). Somewhere along the line somebody must have done a focus group or some...
AIG v. Detroit - Renegotiating Contracts
Steve Parker | Posted 04.18.2009 | Business
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Congress could throw hundreds of billions at GM, Ford and Chrysler -- but how could the results be any different from what we see now?'
Is the Next Defense Budget a Stimulus Package?
Frida Berrigan | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics
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Is each weapons system or program provided for in our budget actually needed for American security? Or are the defense contractors shoveling a load of shovel-ready bull?
Greening Hollywood: Green Leadership, ATHGO International and the U.N.
Paige Donner | Posted 04.10.2009 | Green
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ATHGO International recently gathered 100 students and young professionals together for a 4-day Forum held, this time, at UCLA (past ATHGO Internation...
We're All Wal-Mart Shoppers Now
Ron Galloway | Posted 03.08.2009 | Business
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WalMart has 1.4 million employees at its 4000 U.S. locations. These employees have one thing in common: a job. Maybe not the most rewarding job in the world, but a job nonetheless.
Boeing Announces 10,000 Job Cuts
AP | DANIEL LOVERING | Posted 02.28.2009 | Business
PITTSBURGH — Facing weaker air traffic and pressure on military budgets, Boeing Co. announced plans to cut 10,000 jobs after reporting a surpris...
Obama To Face Challenges With Space Weapons Ban
Reuters | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics
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President Barack Obama's pledge to seek a worldwide ban on weapons in space marks a dramatic shift in U.S. policy while posing the tricky issue of def...
National Security Advisor: Who is James L. (Revolving Door) Jones?
David Wallechinsky | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics
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In selecting James L. Jones to be his national security advisor, Barack Obama has chosen a former Marine Corps general who, at the time of his nominat...
Obama Drops Campaign Promise to End Contracting Abuses
Lloyd Chapman | Posted 01.04.2009 | Business
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The surprisingly low priority Obama has given small business issues on his websites is a clear indication this is not going to be a pro small business administration.
Obama's Picks and the Ideology of No Ideology
Norman Solomon | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics
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On Friday, columnist David Brooks informed readers that Barack Obama's picks "are not ideological." The incoming president's key economic adviser...
Memo to Detroit: Change Now or Die
Steve Parker | Posted 12.16.2008 | Business
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Most Americans think you have brought this disaster upon yourselves, with inferior, irrelevant products the past 35 years.
Chicago Firms Spend Record Sums On Lobbyists
Crain's Chicago Business | Paul Merrion | Posted 12.15.2008 | Chicago
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Chicago firms are racking up more spending than ever on Washington lobbyists this year, as Congress and the Bush administration grapple with a far-rea...
Boeing Workers End Strike, Return To Work
AP | RORY MARSHALL | Posted 12.04.2008 | Business
SEATTLE — Boeing Co. production workers began returning Sunday night to the factories where they build jetliners, one day after they voted to en...
Biofuel Jets: No Longer A Flight of Fancy
Green Inc. | Kate Galbraith | Posted 11.28.2008 | Green
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Will aircraft one day run on fuel made from algae or grass? It seems like a flight of fancy, but with Europe planning to cap greenhouse gas emissions ...
THE LATEST: $25 BILLION FOR DETROIT; PRODUCTION CHEVY VOLT PLUG-IN HYBRID UNVEILED
Steve Parker | Posted 10.18.2008 | Green
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Today's Detroit News newspaper reports that, because big investment banks such as Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase own huge amounts of GM and Ford cor...
McCain's Anti-Boeing Lobbyists Cost Jobs, Dems Say
Washington Independent | Posted 10.11.2008 | Politics
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At 12:01 a.m. Pacific time Saturday, 27,000 Boeing Co. machinists, protesting a lack of job security, went on strike. A lengthy walkout would halt the...
Boeing Machinists Strike Continues Cautiously In Company's Success
New Yotk Times | Micheline Maynard | Posted 10.11.2008 | Business
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The machinists' union walkout against the Boeing Company does not appear to fit the usual script for a modern-day labor showdown. In struggling indu...
Boeing Machinists Strike For Second Time In Three Years
AP | MANUEL VALDES | Posted 10.07.2008 | Business
EVERETT, Wash. — Striking Boeing Co. production workers hunkered down Saturday for what could be along, bruising battle with costly repercussion...
Boeing, machinists talks fail; Union to strike
AP | MANUEL VALDES | Posted 10.06.2008 | Business
SEATTLE — Despite a 48-hour contract extension, negotiations between Boeing Co. and Machinists union officials failed Friday and the union said ...
Boeing, union in 48-hour contract overtime talks
AP | TIM KLASS | Posted 10.04.2008 | Business
SEATTLE — Representatives from Boeing Co. and the machinists union met with a federal mediator Thursday as the clock ticked on an unusual two-da...
Boeing Threatens To Quit $40B Marathon Military Bid Process For Tanker
Wall Street Journal | August Cole and J. Lynn Lunsford | Posted 09.22.2008 | Business
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Boeing Co. said it is inclined to bail out of its effort to win a $40 billion contract to build aerial refueling tankers for the U.S. Air Force unless...
McCain's Battle Against Boeing Exposes More Lobbyist Connections
Newsweek | Michael Isikoff | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics
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One of John McCain's most celebrated achievements in recent years was his crusade to block a Pentagon contract with Boeing for a new fleet of midair r...
Friday Talking Points [36] -- End The Media's Pro-McCain Bias! Now!!
Chris Weigant | Posted 06.28.2008 | Media
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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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