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Boeing Company

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2009

    Boeing Lowers the Boom

    ​The Dreamliner may eventually get its day in the sky, but 500 Boeing employees will definitely get a pink slip, the company announced today. 200 of the layoffs are in the commercial airplane division, and some of those in Puget Sound. What's more, these won't be the last. Writes the P-I's A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2009

    Dreamliner Believes It Can Fly by the End of the Year

    ​Ah, the ol' Dreamliner--the plane that threatened to make Boeing "the GM of the skies". Thus far, it's been half-a-phoenix: All ashes and no rising, with problems ranging from mis-attached wings to wrinkled skin, and several embarrassing grand rollouts (including one narrated by Tom Brokaw) t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    Aren't You a Little Young for That? Boeing's Dreamliner Has a Problem With Wrinkles

    ​And the tragicomic saga of Boeing's long-delayed 787 Dreamliner continues. Already two years past schedule, dealing with lame wings, losing orders, and having wasted a perfectly awesome roll-out narration by Tom Brokaw, the plane now has a stop-work order on its fuselage manufacturing because ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2009

    2 Seattle Journalists Crossing Over to Boeing

     Seattle P-I.com reports and Romenesko notes that the Post-Intelligencer's longtime aerospace reporter James Wallace - who was among those departing when the print edition folded - has gone over to the other side, working for Boeing, the company he once covered. He's becoming managing editor of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2009

    Somewhere Over the Rainbow, The Dreamliner Flies...Meanwhile, Boeing's Still Turning a Good Profit

    If it seems like Boeing's beleaguered Flatliner Dreamliner is never going to take its first flight, that's because it never takes its first flight when it's supposed to. (It has, however, proven capable of some awesome rollouts, including one narrated by Tom Brokaw.) Today, we learn that it may not ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2009

    Gregoire, Boeing and Tax-break Redux

    The not-unexpected Boeing purchase of a South Carolina aircraft company was competing with Michael Jackson's memorial for lead story on local TV this morning. It was, the story went, another indication that Boeing could be pulling up more stakes here and might build a second 787 assembly plant on th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2009

    Boeing and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week

    If our region's biggest employer wants to move anywhere after this week, it's probably Australia: -The long-awaited Dreamliner remains long-awaited, long after we weren't supposed to be awaiting it any longer. As a result, a disappointed airline canceled a $3 billion order. But that's not all. -B ... 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

    June 3, 2009

    All the Boeing News That's Fit to Put in a Blog Post

    While a former Boeing engineer faces the United States' first ever economic espionage trial--for allegedly stealing space program secrets and giving them to China (Beijing, we have a problem!)--the company as a whole lost a big federal case. A US Court of Appeals ruled that the government could canc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2009

    Boeing Loses More Dreamliner Orders

    While it's still waiting for its second unveiling, the Boeing Dreamliner just suffered another order cancellation. This time, it seems, it's the Bank of Scotland that could do without 25 of the dreamy new 787s. At last check, the company had $3 billion in new orders and $5.5 billion in cancellation ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2009

    Today's Economic News

    Natalie DeeIt's not fair: Boeing's new 787 hasn't even gotten the chance to do a second roll-out--this time without the Tom Brokaw narration and worldwide simulcast, etc.--and already people are canceling orders. According to the Seattle Times, Boeing revealed yesterday that it lost 25 orders for th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2009

    What a Difference a Few Days Makes

    In its budget presentation last Monday, the city said that, locally speaking, this recession shouldn't be as bad as the last one. In the nine days since, the Defense Secretary announced a budget that would slash Boeing's defense programs, Boeing announced layoffs (with experts predicting more), and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2009

    Ever Miss Almost Live? You Can Find Almost All of it Here

    A YouTube user named George Buford has uploaded a whopping 272 clips of the local sketch comedy show, so take this as an invitation to waste your morning. A fair amount of the material hasn't aged well, but there are still some gems in there, like Boeing press conference and contract negotiations, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2009

    Obama Keeps Lid On Boeing Torture Flights

    Following the lead of no less than the Bush Administration, the Obama administration yesterday moved to protect the secret veil surrounding the use of rendition - a.k.a. torture - flights enabled by a wholly owned Boeing Co. subsidiary based out of Seattle. Though the flights supposedly are to end i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2009

    The News is Bad--But Not That Bad

    Okay, everybody, take a deep breath. The news is bad--but not that bad, at least locally. There was a general sense of panic conveyed by media outlets, including our own, at yesterday's layoff news by both Boeing and Starbucks. But bear in mind that those big layoff figures are national. It was ac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2009

    Bezos Has Fourth Quarter Last Laugh

    In your faces, Boeing, Starbucks, and Microsoft! After all the wretched fourth-quarter reports from those local titans (and the layoffs), Amazon.com just announced its ass-kicking results. From AP and Yahoo!: 4Q profit up 9 percent to $225 million4Q revenue up 18 percent to $6.7 billionToday's share ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2009

    Just When You Think We've Hit Bottom

    Today was a doozy for earnings releases--the quarterly reports companies have to give stockholders to show how well they are, or in this case aren't, doing. Two local behemoths, Starbucks and Boeing, delivered theirs today and it wasn't pretty.

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2009

    Boeing's Rendition Flights Grounded?

    Barack Obama's plans to close the Guantanamo Bay prison camp may also bring an end to the rendition flights secretly undertaken by the government with the help of the Boeing Co. in Seattle. The Gitmo order will reportedly include a directive to the CIA to shut down its clandestine global prisons for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2009

    I'm Beginning to Sense a Trend: Boeing Announces Job Cuts

    This is one ugly news day. Boeing announces that it will cut 4,500 commercial airline jobs.

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2008

    Mulally's $1 Fake-out

     FoMoCo's MulullayAs the CEO of Boeing Commerical Airplanes in Seattle, Alan Mulally, now Ford Motor Co. CEO, knew how to feed at the public trough for his multi-billion-dollar private corporation. He helped steer Boeing and its new 787 production line towards a $3.2 billion, 20-year tax break ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2008

    In Non-Election News: Boeing Just Can't Get a Break

     FoMoCo's MulullayAs the CEO of Boeing Commerical Airplanes in Seattle, Alan Mulally, now Ford Motor Co. CEO, knew how to feed at the public trough for his multi-billion-dollar private corporation. He helped steer Boeing and its new 787 production line towards a $3.2 billion, 20-year tax break ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2008

    Boeing's End Days

     FoMoCo's MulullayAs the CEO of Boeing Commerical Airplanes in Seattle, Alan Mulally, now Ford Motor Co. CEO, knew how to feed at the public trough for his multi-billion-dollar private corporation. He helped steer Boeing and its new 787 production line towards a $3.2 billion, 20-year tax break ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2008

    Boeing's Misconduct

     FoMoCo's MulullayAs the CEO of Boeing Commerical Airplanes in Seattle, Alan Mulally, now Ford Motor Co. CEO, knew how to feed at the public trough for his multi-billion-dollar private corporation. He helped steer Boeing and its new 787 production line towards a $3.2 billion, 20-year tax break ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2008

    Boeing's War Toys

     FoMoCo's MulullayAs the CEO of Boeing Commerical Airplanes in Seattle, Alan Mulally, now Ford Motor Co. CEO, knew how to feed at the public trough for his multi-billion-dollar private corporation. He helped steer Boeing and its new 787 production line towards a $3.2 billion, 20-year tax break ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2008

    Boeing Pal McCain?

     FoMoCo's MulullayAs the CEO of Boeing Commerical Airplanes in Seattle, Alan Mulally, now Ford Motor Co. CEO, knew how to feed at the public trough for his multi-billion-dollar private corporation. He helped steer Boeing and its new 787 production line towards a $3.2 billion, 20-year tax break ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2008

    Boeing Wins Tanker Protest

     FoMoCo's MulullayAs the CEO of Boeing Commerical Airplanes in Seattle, Alan Mulally, now Ford Motor Co. CEO, knew how to feed at the public trough for his multi-billion-dollar private corporation. He helped steer Boeing and its new 787 production line towards a $3.2 billion, 20-year tax break ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2008

    Citizens Against Government Waste to Boeing: Up Yours

     FoMoCo's MulullayAs the CEO of Boeing Commerical Airplanes in Seattle, Alan Mulally, now Ford Motor Co. CEO, knew how to feed at the public trough for his multi-billion-dollar private corporation. He helped steer Boeing and its new 787 production line towards a $3.2 billion, 20-year tax break ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2008

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

     FoMoCo's MulullayAs the CEO of Boeing Commerical Airplanes in Seattle, Alan Mulally, now Ford Motor Co. CEO, knew how to feed at the public trough for his multi-billion-dollar private corporation. He helped steer Boeing and its new 787 production line towards a $3.2 billion, 20-year tax break ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2008

    Boeing's Echo Effect

     FoMoCo's MulullayAs the CEO of Boeing Commerical Airplanes in Seattle, Alan Mulally, now Ford Motor Co. CEO, knew how to feed at the public trough for his multi-billion-dollar private corporation. He helped steer Boeing and its new 787 production line towards a $3.2 billion, 20-year tax break ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2008

    Afternoon Edition: More Random than Ever

     FoMoCo's MulullayAs the CEO of Boeing Commerical Airplanes in Seattle, Alan Mulally, now Ford Motor Co. CEO, knew how to feed at the public trough for his multi-billion-dollar private corporation. He helped steer Boeing and its new 787 production line towards a $3.2 billion, 20-year tax break ... 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.

  • News

    March 19, 2008

    Is Airbus’ Bird Too Big?

    The Air Force’s size obsession has already cost Boeing billions. Will taxpayers have to shoulder an equally large burden?

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2008

    Afternoon Edition: And the Secret of the Harry Potter, Vol. VIII

    The Air Force’s size obsession has already cost Boeing billions. Will taxpayers have to shoulder an equally large burden?

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2008

    Boeing Files Protest: Airbus Pick 'Flawed'

    The Air Force’s size obsession has already cost Boeing billions. Will taxpayers have to shoulder an equally large burden?

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2008

    Playing at Politics

    The Air Force’s size obsession has already cost Boeing billions. Will taxpayers have to shoulder an equally large burden?

  • News

    October 31, 2007

    Boeing's War Chest; DUI Defense for the Stars

    Selections of daily reporting on our news blog, the Daily Weekly.

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2007

    War is, Hell, Profitable

    Selections of daily reporting on our news blog, the Daily Weekly.

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2007

    Boeing Fiasco?

    Selections of daily reporting on our news blog, the Daily Weekly.

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2007

    Hung From A Pole

    Selections of daily reporting on our news blog, the Daily Weekly.

  • News

    June 14, 2006

    Boeing Busts An Accused Leaker

    Also: 10-alarm fire-levy spending, and Tent City 4 is evicted.

  • News

    November 16, 2005

    Port of Seattle, Boeing, Quote

    Also: 10-alarm fire-levy spending, and Tent City 4 is evicted.

  • Food

    August 17, 2005

    For Love

    Also: 10-alarm fire-levy spending, and Tent City 4 is evicted.

  • News

    June 15, 2005

    Boeing, County Politics, City Politics, Quote

    Also: 10-alarm fire-levy spending, and Tent City 4 is evicted.

  • News

    June 8, 2005

    787 Hiring Outsourced

    A foreign-owned firm gets a state contract.

  • News

    March 16, 2005

    Public Exposure

    Don't let Olympia make it easier to keep the public's business secret.

  • News

    March 9, 2005

    Health Care, The Economy, Boeing

    Don't let Olympia make it easier to keep the public's business secret.

  • 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

    Racket Science

    Lockheed says in a civil suit that Boeing's competitive behavior constitutes racketeering. Is a criminal probe next?

  • News

    October 13, 2004

    Strippergate and Starbucks

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

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