Aerospace & Defense

Boeing Is Best-Performing Dow Stock of 2019

Posted: January 13, 2019 at 7:09 am

Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) has shrugged off concerns that Chinese sanctions will hurt its business there and, with a huge backlog of orders, is the best performing Dow stock of ...
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Strong Defense Stocks May Be the Best 2019 Offense: 4 to Buy Now

Posted: January 11, 2019 at 7:10 am

Aerospace and defense stocks were crushed along with the rest of the market in the fourth quarter, but unlike tech stocks that get caught up in global trade concerns, the ...
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US Air Force Accepts Delivery of First New Boeing Tanker

Posted: January 10, 2019 at 12:40 pm

After long delays that have cost Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) more than $3 billion, the company announced Thursday that the U.S. Air Force has accepted delivery of the first of ...
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Boeing Maintains Its Lead Over Airbus for Commercial Airplane Deliveries in 2018

Posted: January 8, 2019 at 12:50 pm

The year 2018 was another solid one for airplane orders around the planet. It turns out that the race between Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) and Airbus for global domination in ...
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Mattis Firing Delays Delivery of Boeing Tanker to US Air Force

Posted: January 2, 2019 at 8:40 am

After long delays that have cost Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) more than $3 billion, the company was all set to deliver the first new KC-46 tanker to the U.S. Air ...
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Airplanes Boost November Durable Goods Orders

Posted: December 21, 2018 at 9:45 am

The U.S. Department of Commerce reported Friday morning that durable goods orders for November rose by 0.8% compared to the prior month to $250.8 billion. The October total was revised ...
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Boeing May Have Mitigated One Problem Just in Time to Face Another

Posted: December 21, 2018 at 7:55 am

It's been a busy night for Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA). After U.S. markets closed Thursday, the company announced a deal for up to 100 of its 737 MAX aircraft with ...
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Skittish Investors Hammer Airbus on Report of US Corruption Investigation

Posted: December 20, 2018 at 12:55 pm

Shares of European aircraft maker Airbus plunged as much as 10% in Paris Thursday morning following a report in Le Monde that the U.S. Department of Justice has begun an ...
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What Boeing’s Dividend Hike Means

Posted: December 18, 2018 at 8:11 am

As of Monday night's close, Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) has posted a share price gain of just 6.5% for the year to date. In 2017, Boeing's share price nearly doubled, ...
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Boeing Pays $4.2 Billion for Stake in Embraer JV

Posted: December 17, 2018 at 7:55 am

Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) and Brazil's Embraer S.A. (NYSE: ERJ) announced Monday morning that the two companies have approved the terms of a strategic partnership comprised of the commercial aircraft ...
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Defense Spending Headed Much Higher: 3 Stocks to Buy Now

Posted: December 11, 2018 at 7:10 am

The aerospace and defense sector stocks have been crushed along with the rest of the market, and unlike volatile tech stocks that get caught up in global trade concerns, the ...
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Boeing Deal for Embraer Halted by Brazilian Court

Posted: December 6, 2018 at 3:29 pm

If there's one thing Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) didn't need Thursday it was more bad news. The stock has been pummeled on a report in The Wall Street Journal that ...
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Lockheed Martin, Airbus Team Up to Supply a Tanker in Case the Air Force Needs One That Works

Posted: December 5, 2018 at 7:30 am

Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) and European aircraft maker Airbus announced Tuesday morning that the two companies have signed a memorandum of agreement to "explore opportunities" to meet "growing demand" ...
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How Boeing Is Propping Up the Dow

Posted: December 3, 2018 at 2:05 pm

At noon on Monday, the Dow Jones industrial average was trading up about 164 points, after opening about 240 points higher than Friday's closing total. Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) shares ...
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Why United Technologies Finds That Breaking Up Is Not So Hard to Do

Posted: November 27, 2018 at 8:00 am

United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) announced after markets closed on Monday that it has completed its acquisition of Rockwell Collins and now plans to separate itself into three new publicly ...
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