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Posts related to ‘Aerospace’

Another Airbus Contract Cancelled (EADSY, BA)

Posted: May 7, 2012 at 7:31 am

The problem of small cracks in the wings of the Airbus A380 have been well-publicized and led to the company being named to our list of the nine most damaged ...
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Boeing Earnings Surge, Forecast Rises (BA, GD, NOC, LMT, RTN)

Posted: April 25, 2012 at 10:02 am

Aircraft maker Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) reported first quarter earnings this morning that handily beat expectations for EPS and revenues. EPS came in at $1.22 on revenue of $19.4 billion, ...
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Boeing Deliveries Rise 32% in First Quarter (BA)

Posted: April 5, 2012 at 12:24 pm

Aircraft maker Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) reported this morning that it delivered 137 new commercial airliners in the first calendar quarter of the year, a jump of 32% over the ...
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Jeff Bezos Goes To Outer Space

Posted: March 30, 2012 at 6:07 am

Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has been successful enough to earn himself a remarkably expensive hobby. He has been interested in outer space since he was a ...
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Hundreds Of Millions For Airbus A 380 Repairs

Posted: March 19, 2012 at 6:13 am

The cracked wing problems which Airbus faces on its A 380 super-jumbo are just beginning. The manufacturer's vice president Tom Williams told Spiegel that "The problem will keep us busy for years." He estimates the total ...
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Airplane Manufacturers Finally Hit by Compensation Claims

Posted: March 15, 2012 at 6:34 am

The Indian government claims that Boeing (NYSE: BA) owes it $500 million for the late delivery of planes. The aircraft in question is the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which was delayed at ...
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Boeing’s 33,500 New Planes

Posted: February 13, 2012 at 6:54 am

Boeing (NYSE: BA) officials say that the world will need 33,500 large aircraft between now and 2030. That is a very precise number given that no one knows what will ...
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Airbus A380 Wing Cracks and the Limits of Engineering

Posted: January 25, 2012 at 6:36 am

Cracks in the wings of the new Airbus A380 super jumbo have been found several times. The aviation firm’s own engineers found some. Others have apparently been discovered by airlines. Sixty-eight of ...
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What the 787 Delay Cost Boeing in Market Share

Posted: January 6, 2012 at 6:41 am

Airbus delivered more aircraft than Boeing (NYSE: BA) did last year. Delays in delivery of the 787 Dreamliner have cost Boeing sales. Now, it must recover in a period in which high ...
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Iran’s Wild Card for Defense Stocks In 2012 … Dividends Hang in the Balance (ATK, GD, LLL, LMT, RTN)

Posted: December 28, 2011 at 1:44 pm

It is no secret that Iran is a saber-rattling nation. The country wants to be relevant on the global stage so much that it keeps up with its nuclear ambitions ...
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The Boeing Dividend Hike Surprise (BA)

Posted: December 12, 2011 at 3:08 pm

Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) was not featured as one of our model stocks in the 24/7 Wall St. 2012 model Dividend Portfolio and it was not even featured as a ...
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Where US Federal Budget Cuts Will Hurt the Most (LMT, NOC, BA, RTN, SAI, GD, HPQ, LLL, BAH, KBR)

Posted: November 14, 2011 at 11:50 am

The US House-Senate budget reduction committee, or the ‘super committee’, that is charged with recommending $1.5 trillion in budget cuts over the next 10 years has just another 10 ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (11/14/2011) Boeing Record Order, Walmart Earnings

Posted: November 14, 2011 at 6:39 am

Big retailer earnings due this week. Earnings from Dell (NASDAQ: DELL), Target (NYSE: TGT) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) are due this week. The numbers from Target and Walmart, particularly their guidance for ...
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Boeing Expects More Dreamliner Cancellations (BA, CEA, EADSY)

Posted: October 18, 2011 at 10:01 am

Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) announced yesterday that an order for 24 of the company's new 787 Dreamliners was cancelled by China Eastern Airlines Corp. (NYSE: CEA). A company spokesman also ...
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Drug Raid at Boeing Plant (BA)

Posted: September 29, 2011 at 3:07 pm

Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) doesn't have enough trouble, what with three-year delays to its new passenger liner and an order cancellation for its newest freight hauler just days before the ...
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