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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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Boeing, machinists talks fail; union to strike
Despite a 48-hour contract extension, negotiations between Chicago-based Boeing and Machinists union officials have failed and the union says a strike is set to begin at 12:01 a.m. PDT Saturday. The talks broke off Friday, with the union sending out a...Tags: Labor Disputes
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Boeing talks fail, workers to strike at midnight
Tribune reporterA last-ditch effort by Boeing Co. to avert a strike by its largest union has failed and the workers who build its airplanes are set to walk off the job shortly after midnight. This would mark the second time in three years that the International...Tags: Employees
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Boeing's talks with Machinists fail; strike to start
Boeing Co.'s extended contract talks with its largest union ended in failure today, setting up a walkout slated to start at midnight that will halt aircraft production. "Despite meeting late into the night and throughout the day, continued contract talks...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Merrill Lynch & Company Inc., Unions
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Boeing, machinists talks fail; Union to strike
Associated Press WriterDespite a 48-hour contract extension, negotiations between Boeing Co. and Machinists union officials failed Friday and the union said a strike was set to begin at 12:01 a.m. PDT Saturday. When the talks broke off, the union sent out a message to members...Tags: Government, Labor Disputes, National Government, Unions
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Boeing, Machinists Union Meet With Federal Mediator
SEATTLE — Representatives from Boeing Co. and the Machinists union met with a federal mediator Thursday as the clock ticked on an unusual two-day contract extension after union production workers soundly rejected a contract offer and voted to... -
Moody's cuts financial ratings for SunTrust
A major credit-rating agency downgraded SunTrust Banks Inc.'s financial ratings this week, citing the banking giant's ongoing exposure to troubled loans amid the real estate and investment crisis. Atlanta-based SunTrust is the nation's seventh-largest...Tags: Court Administration, Regional Authority, Wii, Computing and Information Technology, Comcast Corp.
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Machinists postpone walkout at Boeing
Chicago Tribune reporterWorkers at Boeing Co. have put down their strike signs, for now, while executives and leaders of the company's largest union meet with a federal mediator in an attempt to resolve deep differences over outsourcing. But the respite may be brief. About 27,...Tags: Walt Disney World Resort, The Goldman Sachs Group Incorporated, Unions
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Art guide
Please submit listings at metromix.com/listings. ALAN G. ARTNER'S PICKS Benin—Kings and Rituals: Court Arts From Nigeria: The only North American stop for a large, diverse traveling exhibition of unfamiliar material, with treasures in brass,...Tags: National Museum of Mexican Art, Photography, Art Institute of Chicago, Marilyn Monroe, Millennium Park
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Transit nearby pays at the pump
Special to the Chicago TribuneManhattan still is waiting for housing near mass transit. That's Manhattan, Ill., not Manhattan, N.Y. The far southwest suburb, 40 miles from Chicago at the end of Metra's Southwest Line, is hoping for a transit-friendly project. "We've designated...Tags: Vehicles, Al Capone, National Government, Elmwood Park, Real Estate
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Measures for pilots on 777 icing risks
Pilots of Boeing 777 jetliners will be told to rev up their engines before landing to clear ice from fuel lines after frozen fuel was found to have caused the crash-landing of a British Airways PLC jet in January. Pilots of 777s also should change...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Transportation Accidents, Air and Space Accidents, Air Transportation, Transportation
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Boeing, union in 48-hour contract overtime talks
Associated Press WriterRepresentatives from Boeing Co. and the machinists union met with a federal mediator Thursday as the clock ticked on an unusual two-day contract extension after union production workers soundly rejected a contract offer and voted to strike. Members of...Tags: Lake Buena Vista, National Government, Hotels and Accommodations, Buena Vista (Buena Vista, Virginia), Tourism and Leisure
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Palin fires back
Los Angeles Times Chicago TribuneAlaska Gov. Sarah Palin and national Republicans made offense their best defense last night, turning a week's worth of questions about the vice presidential nominee's experience and "reform" image against their Democratic rivals. Largely unknown...Tags: Marsha Blackburn, Mike Huckabee, Barack Obama, Scranton, Local Elections
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