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Boeing Co. (BA) is in the Manufacturing Industry
- Revenue
- Dec 31 2007
- $66.3B
- Profit
- Dec 31 2007
- $4.0B
- Market Cap
- Oct 14 2008
- $33.3B
Latest News and Analysis
Volatility Hedge: Short Boeing, Long on National City
Andrew Snyder submits: Market volatility is through the roof. Smart traders can take advantage of the action and turn it into a profit opportunity. Boeing BA and National City NCC offer a shot at huge profits. There is an old adage on Wall Street that says as...
Time to Buy Boeing?
Stone Fox Capital submits: Another day, another drubbing for Boeing BA. BA is now down 47% from its 52 week high due to plane delays, machinist strike, and a weak overall market. All of this is good news for somebody wanting a high yielding stock. BA has been buying back...
Boeing Invests to Keep C-17 Line Running
By Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boeing Co BA has invested hundreds of millions of dollars to keep its C-17 production line running, in the hope that Congress will fund 15 more C-17 transport planes in a war spending bill for fiscal 2009,...
The Test of Wills at Boeing
Michael Shedlock submits: Going on strike just as the global economy is headed into a recession is simply not a good idea. But that is exactly what happened Boeing BA. Sept. 6 Bloomberg -- Boeing Co.'s machinists went on strike today, seeking improved pay and job security as...
Boeing Braces for Potentially Long Workers' Strike
William Patalon III submits: Just one day after The Boeing Co. BA was notified that a multi-billion dollar U.S. Air Force tanker competition has been put on hold, the embattled aerospace firm said it was steeling itself for a long strike by its hourly work force. Boeing’s commercial aircraft...
Boeing Strike Seems More Like Corporate Terrorism
Stephanie Grimmett submits: If only Boeing BA were Brazilian. In 1995, oil workers at Brazil’s state-controlled Petrobras PBR decided to go on strike (because the government was reorganizing the company in advance of partial privatization, which has only made union workers more money). After unsuccessful negotiations and a drastic...
Stocks to Watch On Monday, Sept. 8
Mike Havrilla submits: The End for Fannie and Freddie Shareholders? A government takeover of Fannie Mae FNM and Freddie Mac FRE could be announced as early as today, with shareholders of the common stock facing the grim prospect of having their equity completely erased along with other major executive changes...
Defense Spending and the Presidential Election
Scott Sacknoff SPADE Investor submits: Although the summer got off to a rough, volatile start, overall the markets drifted in the standard, quiet, sideways pattern typically exhibited as a large percentage of Wall Street goes on vacation or enjoys the summer months. The defense sector was no different...
An Appeal for Sanity: Boeing's Impending Strike
Steven Hansen submits: Workers do not strike every day, they cannot do that the way they function in the capitalist economy. The way they have to live by selling their labor power makes that impossible. – Ernest Mandel According to Bloomberg, Boeing BA and the International Association of Machinists and...
Boeing: Excellent Contrarian Investment Option After a 40% Drop in Stock Price
Chad Brand submits: The decline in shares of Boeing BA has been significant over the last year. The stock has fallen 40% from $107 to $64 as high oil prices force most domestic airlines into heavy losses. The market appears to be acting as though Boeing's only customers are...
Boeing Threatens to Pull Out of $35 Billion Air Force Competition
William Patalon III submits: The Boeing Co. BA doesn’t believe it can win the controversial competition for a $35 billion U.S Air Force tanker contract without a six-month extension, and now has threatened to pull out of the competition altogether. The Chicago-based Boeing said it wants the extension to...
Boeing Drags Its Heels on Air Force Bid
Ockham Research submits: The USAF tanker contract bidding process added yet another wrinkle Friday as Boeing BA asked for an extended deadline before it submits a bid to the Department of Defense. As we have posted previously, the contract was originally awarded to Northrop Grumman NOC, but after an...
Boeing May Withdraw from $35 Billion Air Force Contract Contest
Money Morning submits: After months of legal and political wrangling to reopen bids for a $35 billion U.S. Air Force tanker contract, U.S. aerospace firm The Boeing Co. BA is considering entering a “no bid” plea versus the joint-venture bid of rivals Northrop Grumman Corp. NOC and Europe’s EADS...
The Boeing Company: Positive Gains Around the Corner
John Pantic submits: The aviation industry has been struggling over the last year with the major American airlines down as much as 70% in value. The high price in oil combined with the weakening US economy which has led to a slow down in passenger numbers has continued to provide...
The Bear Market in Aerospace & Defense
Scott Sacknoff SPADE Investor submits: Since the SPADE Defense Index [Amex: DXS] peaked in October 2007, the aerospace and defense sector has been stuck in bear market territory for the past several months. It is a situation that has had more to do with broader stock market issues and...
One for the record books.(Boeing)(Cathay Pacific, Emirates and Qantas )(Brief Article)
A record year for large transport orders ended with a flurry, with November and December probably ranking as the busiest months in the history of civil transport. Beginning around the start of the Dubai Air Show in mid-November and over the next 30 A...
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Although I have studied the battle for Iwo Jima since a pre-teen, my first view of the island was still a surprise. The pilot of the Continental Airlines Boeing 737 took us low and slow, doing figure eights around the island so both sides of the airplane could look it...
British Airways announces Atlanta-London flights to land at Heathrow Airport in 2009
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD British Airways has announced that next year, starting on Sunday 29 March 2009, its flights from Atlanta will be landing at London's Heathrow Airport. The Open Skies agreement between the USA and the European Union, signed last March, has made...
American Airlines to filter inappropriate content from its Gogo inflight Internet system
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD American Airlines has reported that, in response to feedback from its customers and employees, it is finalising plans to ensure pornographic material is filtered out of the Gogo inflight Internet service. American launched Gogo on 20 August for a trial...
Transaero commences new Imperial Class on long haul routes
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Transaero Airlines has announced the introduction of its new Imperial Class, which is available on its long haul routes in Boeing 777s and 747-400 aircraft. The airline stated that tickets are already on sale for these flights, which now have...
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- Incorporated: 1916
- CEO: Mr. W. James McNerney Jr.
Boeing is engaged in the design, development, manufacturing, sale and support of commercial jetliners, military aircraft, satellites, missile defense, human space flight and launch systems and services. As of Dec 31 2007, Co.'s business segments included: Commercial Airplanes; Boeing Capital Corporation; and Precision Engagement and Mobility Systems, Network and Space Systems, and Support Systems, which collectively were known as Integrated Defense Systems. Co.'s Other segment classification principally includes the activities of Engineering, Operations and Technology, a research and development organization focused on technologies, improved processes and the production of new products.
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Boeing Co. Company Info
Board of Directors
Mr. W. James McNerney Jr.
Chairman
Mr. John F. McDonnell
Mr. Mike S. Zafirovski
Mr. Kenneth M. Duberstein
Lead Director
Mr. John H. Biggs
Mr. John E. Bryson
Mr. Arthur D. Collins Jr.
Ms. Linda Z. Cook
Mr. William M. Daley
General James L. Jones
Mr. Edward M. Liddy
Contact Information
100 North Riverside
Chicago, IL
312 544-2000
NAICS Code
Aircraft Manufacturing: 336411
