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Standard & Poor's Ratings Services and Fitch Ratings said Tuesday they would assign investment-grade ratings to Boeing Co.'s proposed offering of $1.2 billion in senior unsecured notes.
A federal appeals court has reversed a ruling that overturned Boeing Co.'s $1.1 billion contract for maintenance of an Air Force refueling tanker jet.
Boeing Co.'s McDonnell Douglas received a $10.8 million contract boost from the Navy to provide services for the F/A-18 aircraft for seven foreign governments, the Pentagon said late Thursday.
Union workers at Boeing Co.'s Rotorcraft plant near Philadelphia have ratified a new five-year contract with the aircraft maker that will give them raises of 2 percent to 4 percent a year and a lump-sum payment of $3,500 in the first year, the company and the union said Sunday.
Boeing Co.'s McDonnell Douglas received a $26.2 million contract boost from the Air Force to buy spare parts for the C-17 aircraft, the Pentagon said late Wednesday.
Boeing Co.'s McDonnell Douglas Corp. received a $102.3 million contract boost from the Air Force for logistics support for the KC-10 and KDC-10 aerial refueling tankers, the Pentagon said late Thursday.
Boeing Co. said Thursday orders for its commercial jets fell 11 percent in August, as weaker demand for air travel forces airlines to scale back plans to buy new planes.
Fitch Ratings said Thursday that Boeing Co.'s newest schedule for production of the fuel-efficient 787 jet is a negative factor for credit ratings.
An executive shakeup in Boeing Co.'s commercial wing on Monday is the latest wrinkle in the bumpy history of the new-technology 787.
Boeing Co.'s discovery of microscopic wrinkles in the fuselage skin of its best-selling, new-technology 787 is the latest of many setbacks for the program over the years.
The U.S. Army has formally canceled part of Boeing Co.'s manned ground systems contract, under which the defense contractor was expected to build combat vehicles better suited for fighting insurgents in places like Afghanistan.
Before buying Boeing Co.'s commercial airplane operations in Kansas and Oklahoma, Canadian investment conglomerate Onex Corp. discussed in e-mails plans to reduce the age of the work force to cut costs, according to recently released court documents in an age-discrimination lawsuit.
The head of Boeing Co.'s Integrated Defense Systems has told employees that the defense division will have to cut about 1,000 jobs because of Pentagon budget reductions.
Boeing Co.'s deliveries of commercial jets held steady in May, but another slide in monthly orders showed the global economic crisis continued to weigh down demand for new planes as fewer people travel by air.
Boeing Co.'s top defense executive said Wednesday the company will support splitting a $35 billion contract with rival Northrop Grumman Corp. for new Air Force refueling jets if the Pentagon chooses that approach.
Union members at Boeing Co.'s military aircraft plant in Kansas voted Thursday to reject a contract offer, but did not authorize a strike.
Boeing Co. on Thursday reported sharply lower orders for its freight and passenger jets in February, another sign that demand for everything from autos to appliances continues to fall across the nation.
Hurt by a late-year strike and shrinking airline demand, Boeing Co.'s passenger jet deliveries fell 15 percent in 2008, ensuring that archrival Airbus retained its rank as the world's top plane maker.
Boeing Co.'s Machinist union said it will vote on a tentative four-year labor pact on Saturday, a process that could end an eight-week strike against the airplane maker.
Boeing Co.'s contract talks with a second union — its engineers — will move into high gear later this week, and may get a boost from a tentative settlement to end a 52-day Machinists union strike that has closed Boeing's commercial jet factories, lowered its profits and delayed airplane deliveries.
Boeing Co.'s third-quarter profit dropped 38 percent as a strike and supplier production problems hurt results at the world's No. 2 commercial airplane maker. Its shares fell 7.5 percent Wednesday.
A jury has ordered Boeing Co.'s satellite division to pay at least $370 million for breaching a contract to build and launch satellites for a communications company headed by cellular phone pioneer Craig McCaw.
Boeing Co. and its Machinists union reached a tentative four-year settlement to end a strike that has shut down the company's commercial airplane operations since Sept. 6, union and company spokesmen confirmed.
With the collapse of revived contract talks after barely two days, a strike that shut down Boeing Co.'s commercial aircraft plants Sept. 6 appears likely to continue well into November and possibly longer.
Boeing Says It Will Protest Tanker DealThe G.A.O. would have 100 days to review the action, which can be expected to stoke a debate about American jobs and military competitiveness in an election year.
Boeing to Protest Loss of Tanker ContractEuropean Aeronautic Defence and Space (EADS) and Northrop Grumman won the $35 billion contract to make air-to-air refueling tankers for the Air Force.
Border InsecurityOnly by bringing people onto the books, being realistic about the supply of visas, and letting people in through ports of entry will the country restore order to the broken system.
Northrop and EADS Win Refueling Tanker DealIn a surprising reversal for the Boeing Company, the Pentagon awarded a multibillion-dollar contract to Northrop Grumman and the European parent of Airbus.
U.S. Airlines Put Off Buying New PlanesThe nation's fleet of commercial planes is aging as carriers put off buying more comfortable and fuel-efficient jets.
Pentagon's record contract: a recording errorWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Defense Department said on Thursday it was awarding what might have been its richest-ever single contract at $24 billion (11.7 billion pounds), but it erred by a factor of 1,000.
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