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The world's largest aerospace and defense company, Boeing has annual sales of $61.5 billion and 150,000 employees in 70 countries, including several hundred at its Chicago headquarters. Founder William Boeing starting building airplanes from a hangar in the Seattle area in 1916, and the bulk of Boeing's commercial airplane manufacturing remains clustered near Puget Sound. While European rival Airbus SAS gambled on a super-jumbo jet earlier this decade, Boeing correctly anticipated that airlines valued range and fuel-efficiency over aircraft size. The resulting product, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, has garnered more than $100 billion in sales, although the company has suffered some production s...
The world's largest aerospace and defense company, Boeing has annual sales of $61.5 billion and 150,000 employees in 70 countries, including several hundred at its Chicago headquarters. Founder William Boeing starting building airplanes from a hangar in the Seattle area in 1916, and the bulk of Boeing's commercial airplane manufacturing remains clustered near Puget Sound. While European rival Airbus SAS gambled on a super-jumbo jet earlier this decade, Boeing correctly anticipated that airlines valued range and fuel-efficiency over aircraft size. The resulting product, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, has garnered more than $100 billion in sales, although the company has suffered some production stumbles. The Dreamliner's first flight is set for late 2008.
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OnTheAir
Δ8 a.m.: Formula One European GP practice, Speed Δ10:30 a.m.: Nationwide Food City 250 practice, Speed ΔNoon, 6 p.m.: Sprint Cup Sharpie 500 practice, Speed Δ3:30 p.m.: Sprint Cup Sharpie 500 qualifying, Speed Δ8 p.m.:...Tags: NESN, New York Mets, ESPN, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Safeway Inc.
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Art guide
Please submit listings by going online to metromix.com/listings. ALAN G. ARTNER'S PICKS Beyond the Backyard: Photographs and videos by 50 artists who look at various aspects of some of the most enduring environments in American picturemaking;...Tags: Lake Shore Drive, Harold Washington, International Military Interventions, Wars and Interventions, Field Museum of Natural History
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Boeing union seeking payday
From Chicago Tribune news servicesBoeing Co. began the final push of contract talks with its largest union Thursday amid pressure to avert a strike that would cause further delays in the planemaker's 787 Dreamliner program. Bank of America Securities analyst Harry Nourse sets odds of a...Tags: Retirement, Aerospace Manufacturing, Collective Contract, Rockwell Collins Incorporated, Labor Disputes
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Boeing, Machinists Union In Round-the-clock Bargaining
Baltimoresun.com StaffRepresentatives from Boeing and the Machinists union are holed up at a SeaTac hotel for what they call round-the-clock bargaining. The two sides have been exchanging proposals for months on a new three-year contract. Now they are negotiating under...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Hotels and Accommodations, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Unions
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Deadly crash in Madrid
Associated PressMore than 150 people were killed yesterday when an airliner taking off en route to a Canary Islands resort swerved off the end of a runway at Madrid's airport, crashed and burst into flames, Spanish officials said. The plane, an MD-82, carried 172...Tags: Emergency Planning, Air and Space Accidents, Transportation Accidents, Disasters, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
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Up in the air's no excuse for missing e-mail
From wire reportsOne of the few remaining Internet-free havens vanished yesterday as American Airlines launched airborne e-mail, Web and other online services on some of its longer, nonstop flights. The move could create a new stream of revenue for an aviation industry...Tags: Itasca, JetBlue, New York Stock Exchange, Air Transportation Industry, Apple Inc.
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Tanker war to get new bidding guidelines from government
Final guidelines will be released next week for the latest round of bidding on a disputed $35 billion contract to replace a fleet of Air Force refueling planes, a Pentagon spokesman said Wednesday. The two likely bidders — Boeing Co. and Northrop...Tags: Northrop Grumman Corp., Aerospace Manufacturing, Defense, Armed Forces
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American launches airborne Internet
— One of the few remaining Internet-free havens vanished Wednesday as American Airlines launched airborne e-mail, Web and other online services on some of its longer nonstop flights. The move could create a stream of revenue for an airline industry...Tags: American Airlines, Inc., Transportation, Air and Space Accidents, Air Transportation, AMR Corp.
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On The Tee
PGA TOUR: THE BARCLAYS Site: Ridgewood Country Club (7,319 yards, par 71), Paramus, N.J. Schedule: Today-Sunday TV: Today-Friday, 2-6 p.m., Golf Channel; Saturday, 3-6 p.m., Ch. 3; Sunday, 2-6 p.m., Ch. 3. 2007 winner: Steve Stricker LPGA TOUR:...Tags: Lorena Ochoa, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Steve Stricker, PGA Tour, Safeway Inc.
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Boeing Reps & Machinists Sit Down For Talks
The Associated PressRepresentatives from Boeing Co. and the Machinists union expect to sit down Thursday at a Seattle airport hotel for what they call round-the-clock bargaining. The two sides have been exchanging proposals for months on a new three-year contract. Now...Tags: Unions
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Boeing, Machinists negotiators face deadline
Representatives from Boeing Co. and the Machinists union expect to sit down Thursday at a Seattle airport hotel for what they call round-the-clock bargaining. The two sides have been exchanging proosals for months on a new three-year contract. Now...Tags: Unions
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American debuts Wi-Fi service
American Airlines, the world's largest carrier, began selling wireless Internet service Wednesday on some of its cross-country flights. American is offering access through Aircell LLC on 15 Boeing Co. 767-200 jets that make 25 daily flights between New...Tags: Computing and Information Technology, Southwest Airlines Company, JetBlue, Air Transportation Industry, Miami International Airport
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