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NATO Protesters' Chicago Target Today: Boeing

Kevin Spak — Mon, 21 May 2012 07:49:18 CDT

Many downtown businesses and dozens of Metra rail stations are closed in Chicago today as the city braces for the final day of fiery protests against the NATO summit there. This time organizers with the Occupy Chicago movement have planned a morning march on Boeing's building on the Chicago River...

GE Hiring Thousands of US Veterans

Matt Cantor — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:54:31 CST

As General Electric prepares to host an economic summit in Washington, the firm has announced some fixes of its own: It will hire 5,000 US veterans over five years and invest $580 million in its aviation operations this year, Reuters reports. "We should have the confidence to act and...

Emirates Airline Places Record Boeing Order

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 05:33:56 CST

Dubai's fast-growing airline, Emirates, kicked off the region's biggest airshow today with an order for 50 Boeing 777s, which the US-based aircraft maker described as its biggest single order in dollar terms in history. The list price for the deal is $18 billion, but airlines typically negotiate discounts for large...

30 Top Corporations Paid US No Taxes, Despite Profit

Kevin Spak — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 07:46:39 CDT

America may have a lofty 35% corporate tax rate—but who actually pays that ? A new study from a pair of left-leaning think tanks examined 280 Fortune 500 companies from 2008-2010, and found that their average effective rate was 18.5%, with a quarter paying less than 10% and...

Dreamliner Makes Maiden Commercial Flight

Rob Quinn — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:03:00 CDT

After years of delays, the aircraft Boeing says is the future of aviation made its first commercial flight today, reports the BBC . The 787 Dreamliner, the first jet largely built from lightweight carbon-composite materials, took off on a chartered flight from Tokyo to Hong Kong for All Nippon Airways, the...

Ryanair Plans to Remove Bathrooms to Cut Costs

Kevin Spak — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:31:05 CDT

If you’re flying on Ryanair, remember what dad always said and do your business before takeoff. Europe’s biggest airline, ever on the cutting edge of new ways to squeeze money out of its flights, had been considering charging passengers to use the bathroom on its flights, but now it’s decided...

Plane Lands on Engine in Turkey

Matt Cantor — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:14:43 CDT

A plane en route from Germany landed on its engine at a Turkish airport following the collapse of its landing gear, a Turkish official says. None of the 156 people on board were injured. The landing gear of the Sky Airlines flight broke during the landing at Antalya Airport, causing...

Obama's Job-Creation Team Full of Job Cutters

Matt Cantor — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 08:06:06 CDT

Tomorrow, President Obama will meet with his council of advisers on job creation; trouble is, many of its members seem to know more about cutting jobs than adding them. The head of American Express, for example, was appointed to the council days after AmEx cut 550 jobs—despite the firm...

37 Busted in FBI Raid on Boeing Plant

Kate Schwartz — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:44:10 CDT

A handful of workers at Boeing's Ridley Park plant were apparently doing more than building military aircraft: The FBI today arrested 36 current and former employees, along with a 37th individual, who were allegedly involved in illegally distributing prescription drugs. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that the arrests follow a four-year...