There are numerous articles on the web today discussing how Airbus’ parent EADS may cut its $3 Billion R&D budget. It isn’t the maximization of technology. It isn’t a slowing economy. It’s…
Douglas A. McIntyre Boeing (BA) missed it projections on the date of the first flight of its new 787 Dreamliner. The company blew hitting that milestone, by its own estimate, but six months. The plane…
Douglas A. McIntyre Just when Boeing (BA) was beginning to think it had a leg up on Airbus and its troubled A350 and A380 programs, Emirates, the biggest Arab airline, gave the European company a…
Douglas A. McIntyre The UAW negotiations with Ford (F) went fast. The template was already in place from the deals with GM (GM) and Chrysler. There will be a fund set up so that the…
As today is the 20th anniversary of the 1987 stock market crash, 24/7 Wall St. wanted to go back in time to review how the individual DJIA components held up around the…
This was a long and crazy week for stock traders, but the Bond weasels got Monday off and only had a four-day work week. Thursday was the mystery tank day when the…
According to Reuters, several retailers cut holiday forecasts and the economy slows. Reuters writes that Chrysler has reached an accord with the UAW. Reuters reports that Boeing (BA) has delayed delivery of…
BOEING (NYSE:BA) Downgraded to "BUY" from "STRONG BUY" by Standard & Poor’s Equity analyst. S&P noted the Boeing first delivery of its new 787 in Nov.-Dec. 2008, compared with prior May 2008…
Douglas A. McIntyre Boeing (BA) kept saying that its new 787 Dreamliner would be delivered on time in May 2008.. Analysts, the press, and industry experts kept saying "no way". 24/7 Wall St. ran several…
Douglas A. McIntyre In the face of concerns that Boeing (BA) may not be able to launch its 787 Dreamliner on time, the company seems unconcerned. The first customer is to get the first plane…
Douglas A. McIntyre British Air (BAB) gave Boeing (BA) a big order for its 787 Dreamliner–24 planes. At the same time it dropped the 747 as its large long-haul plane and bought the A380 super-jumbo…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Retuers, BA (BAB) ordered $8.2 billion in planes from Airbus and Boeing (BA) . Reuters writes that Marriott (MAR) plans to quadruple its hotels in China. Reuters reports that first…
All that work that Boeing (BA) gets to build military aircraft. It is really a disguised way to help the US company’s profits so that it can beat the daylights out of…
Douglas A. McIntyre Boeing (BA) may have a PR problem. At the very least. Journalist Dan Rather will report "the new plane, which is mostly made from brittle carbon compounds rather than flexible aluminum, is…
Douglas A. McIntyre Boeing (BA) has upped it figure for how much the Chinese aviation business will spend on airplanes over the next 20 years. According to MarketWatch, it now puts that number at $340…
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