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  • Blogs

    January 17, 2012

    Final Score for 2011: Airbus, 1,419 New Orders; Boeing, 805 New Orders

    For the fourth consecutive year, Airbus has won the new-orders battle with Boeing. The European jet maker believes its success over its American rival can be largely attributed to strong demand for its revamped single-aisle plane.

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2011

    Is Boeing Heading from Second Place to First Loser?

    image sourceThe 737 is dead! Long live the 737!​Imagine this scenario: Sometime in the mid-1990's, the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox managed to muscle out or swallow up every other team in Major League Baseball, and since then have played every game of every season, from spring train ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    WTO: Boeing Received Some $24 Billion in Illegal Subsidies From U.S. Government

    ​The latest ruling in the Europe/America-gives-illegal-money-to-its-principal-aircraft-manufacturer saga has been handed down. And the score stands at 1-1.

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2011

    NYT: U.S. Diplomats Work Like "Marketing Agents" For Boeing

    ​The holidays are over. But the November 28 WikiLeaks diplomatic cable dump is the gift that keeps on giving. The latest present was unwrapped by The New York Times in a story published Sunday. It seems that when it comes to multibillion-dollar commercial and military airplane deals, U.S. gove ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2010

    Today in Sex: Setting Sail on a Boat Named "Tits"

    ​As the ongoing court case of Prince Jefri Bolkiah versus his financial advisors drags on, it's becoming clear that Countess Luann deLesseps was correct: Money can't, in fact, buy you class. The intricacies of the legal shenanigans are kind of beside the point here--the little brother of the S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2010

    Airbus to Make See-Through Planes; Your Move, Boeing

    ​European plane-maker Airbus recently asked its engineers to lock themselves in a room, eat their weight in peyote and dream up the Aircraft of the Future. What they came up with were morphing seats that conform to a person's shape, holographic projections that can change a private cabin into ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    Patty Murray v. Richard Shelby: Brawl of the Week

    ​Patty Murray has resumed a fight she picked last December with the state of Alabama over who should get to build 179 tankers for the Air Force. Murray joined Gov. Chris Gregoire in Everett this week, to trumpeting Boeing as the best company to build the planes. According to the company, th ... More >>

  • Diversions

    December 2, 2009

    Shouldn't Mac McGinn Use a Hometown Product?

    ​Patty Murray has resumed a fight she picked last December with the state of Alabama over who should get to build 179 tankers for the Air Force. Murray joined Gov. Chris Gregoire in Everett this week, to trumpeting Boeing as the best company to build the planes. According to the company, th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 27, 2009

    Dubai Debt Threatens Boeing

    Dubai, the very picture of modesty and moderation, feels the credit crunch.​Have global economy. Have global economic problems. Boeing's recent move to South Carolina may have saved the jet-maker a couple bucks on non-union labor. But it looks like that money might be needed immediately now t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2009

    Irish Bookies Bet on Boeing Dreamliner to Fly First

    Tony the Bookie will gladly take action on Boeing. After all, business is business.​God bless the Irish. More specifically, god bless the Irish who think that nothing is too weird to wager on. Paddy Power, the country's largest bookmaker, is now taking bets on which airline will be the first ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2009

    Bad News for Boeing, Vol. XIV

    ​Last week Boeing filed for building permits in South Carolina, with Gov. Chris Gregoire seemingly resigned to the fact that Dreamliner production may eventually fly east. Now today comes a one-two punch of more bad news. Just as demand is decreasing for its 747, so too is the cost to make it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2009

    What's "Justice" Got to Do With the Boeing/Airbus Tanker Battle?

    Hey, he got more!​In case you didn't know, Boeing and Airbus are battling to win a tanker contract from the US government. Boeing's supporters, like Patty Murray, are crying foul over the subsidies Airbus gets from European countries--subsidies deemed illegal in a preliminary ruling by the Wor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2009

    It's Force-Feeding Time, and Someone's (Not) Hungry for Some More Boeing Planes

    How you like them transport planes, birdie?​The Air Force said it already has enough Boeing C-17s. The Pentagon said it didn't want anymore C-17s. (These are not entities known for their fiscal restraint, mind you.) So what did Congress do? Give them some more C-17s! Thus, the military/industr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2009

    Where Do Old Boeing Jets Go?, Revisited

    ​Sometimes they take a while to enter the marketplace, but once Boeing jets leave, they're put to all sorts of uses you might never imagine. Previously, we learned they're used as luxury homes and hotels, as well as boats and restaurants. Today, we learn that they're also recycled into beer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2009

    Boeing News Roundup: Jim Cramer Says Buy!

    This probably would've been worth more to the aerospace giant in those days before The Daily Show made Jim Cramer the poster child for irresponsible financial press cheerleading. But for those who think he got a raw deal or just like to keep tabs on him, CNBC's manic market-watcher says a (predicted ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 22, 2008

    No Boeing Bid? Ha

    This probably would've been worth more to the aerospace giant in those days before The Daily Show made Jim Cramer the poster child for irresponsible financial press cheerleading. But for those who think he got a raw deal or just like to keep tabs on him, CNBC's manic market-watcher says a (predicted ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2008

    Citizens Against Government Waste to Boeing: Up Yours

    This probably would've been worth more to the aerospace giant in those days before The Daily Show made Jim Cramer the poster child for irresponsible financial press cheerleading. But for those who think he got a raw deal or just like to keep tabs on him, CNBC's manic market-watcher says a (predicted ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2008

    Boeing: Airbus' Bird Is Too Big, and Too Costly

    This probably would've been worth more to the aerospace giant in those days before The Daily Show made Jim Cramer the poster child for irresponsible financial press cheerleading. But for those who think he got a raw deal or just like to keep tabs on him, CNBC's manic market-watcher says a (predicted ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2008

    Boeing's Echo Effect

    This probably would've been worth more to the aerospace giant in those days before The Daily Show made Jim Cramer the poster child for irresponsible financial press cheerleading. But for those who think he got a raw deal or just like to keep tabs on him, CNBC's manic market-watcher says a (predicted ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2008

    Inslee on Tanker Flap: "Bigger Is Not Always Better"

    This probably would've been worth more to the aerospace giant in those days before The Daily Show made Jim Cramer the poster child for irresponsible financial press cheerleading. But for those who think he got a raw deal or just like to keep tabs on him, CNBC's manic market-watcher says a (predicted ... More >>

  • News

    March 26, 2008

    Lazy B's Other Problem

    Cost increases and delays seem likely for its current U.S. Army project.

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2008

    Boeing's Defense Overruns, Cont.

    Cost increases and delays seem likely for its current U.S. Army project.

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2008

    Boeing Files Protest: Airbus Pick 'Flawed'

    Cost increases and delays seem likely for its current U.S. Army project.

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2008

    Afternoon Edition: Puppy Tossing, Porn Star Justice, and the Forgotten Caucus

    Cost increases and delays seem likely for its current U.S. Army project.

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2008

    Playing at Politics

    Cost increases and delays seem likely for its current U.S. Army project.

  • News

    March 14, 2007

    Hot Wires

    A small classroom of South Seattle immigrants helps fuel a domestic electronics renaissance.

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2006

    Wednesday Telegraph Room

    A small classroom of South Seattle immigrants helps fuel a domestic electronics renaissance.

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2006

    Tuesday Telegraph Room

    A small classroom of South Seattle immigrants helps fuel a domestic electronics renaissance.

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2006

    Wednesday Telegraph Room

    A small classroom of South Seattle immigrants helps fuel a domestic electronics renaissance.

  • News

    June 15, 2005

    Boeing, County Politics, City Politics, Quote

    A small classroom of South Seattle immigrants helps fuel a domestic electronics renaissance.

  • News

    March 9, 2005

    From CEO to Cipher

    Boeing's chief ethicist—the CEO—is fired for having an affair with a D.C.-based vice president.

  • News

    February 16, 2005

    Business, The Police, Media

    Boeing's chief ethicist—the CEO—is fired for having an affair with a D.C.-based vice president.

  • News

    December 1, 2004

    'Embarrassing Don'

    New Air Force e-mails released by Sen. John McCain throw light on the Boeing tanker scandal.

  • News

    December 1, 2004

    'Go Boeing!'

    And other impartial e-mails from the Air Force.

  • News

    October 13, 2004

    Strippergate and Starbucks

    What the Colacurcios could learn from Seattle's leading companies.

  • News

    July 28, 2004

    Airbus America

    The European plane maker wants to build aerial tankers in the U.S. So Washington state is wooing Airbus to locate here, as it did with Boeing, right? Right? Wrong.

  • News

    April 21, 2004

    Plane Pain

    Boeing's ethical challenges aren't a problem for its new business partner, the state. At least not yet.

  • News

    March 17, 2004

    The State's Two-Timing Consultant

    Taxpayers paid Deloitte Consulting $715,000 to help woo Boeing—which just happens to be a $5 million Deloitte client.

  • News

    December 3, 2003

    Bad News Boeing

    Since Phil Condit took over, it's been one thing after another. And the bigger Boeing's grown, the more unmanageable it's become.

  • News

    July 2, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    I think Boeing should go and take their do what we ask or else attitude with them.

  • News

    June 25, 2003

    Let Go of Boeing

    Locke is doing 'whatever it takes' to land the 7E7. But how bad would it be if he failed? Ask Renton.

  • Film

    April 2, 2003

    Phone Booth Really Has the Wrong Number

    Locke is doing 'whatever it takes' to land the 7E7. But how bad would it be if he failed? Ask Renton.

  • News

    November 13, 2002

    This Island Seattle

    Where Dr. Moreau meets Gilligan.

  • News

    August 7, 2002

    The Machinists' Last Chance

    Everyone from the governor on down is worried about Boeing's biggest union.

  • Music

    November 14, 2001

    Days of our nights

    Everyone from the governor on down is worried about Boeing's biggest union.

  • News

    May 2, 2001

    9 Advance excerpts from our 50th anniversary issue

    Everyone from the governor on down is worried about Boeing's biggest union.

  • News

    March 28, 2001

    Thanks for leaving

    Dallas gets Condit, Stonecipher, and an office staff to be named later.

  • News

    March 15, 2000

    "As a resident of First Hill . . . I'm in the process of losing my view of all of Lake Union, which I've enjoyed for the past 10 years—that's capitalism."

    Dallas gets Condit, Stonecipher, and an office staff to be named later.

  • News

    October 20, 1999

    Privacy wars, cont.

    Dallas gets Condit, Stonecipher, and an office staff to be named later.

  • News

    July 7, 1999

    The war over your personal privacy is over. You Lost!

    The top five ways the technological revolution was a war against you.

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