[ad_1] United Airlines is buying 100 Boeing 787 Dreamliners with the option to purchase 100 more new jets that will fly its longest routes and replace less fuel-efficient, decades-old planes. The massive order is a big boost for Boeing from one of its largest customers and comes as United has returned to …
Read More »Boeing airplane deliveries picked up in November
[ad_1] Boeing’s last 747 aircraft, #1574, at its factory in Everett, Washington. Leslie Josephs | CNBC Boeing‘s aircraft deliveries picked up last month with airlines getting more 737 Max and 787 Dreamliner planes. The manufacturer handed over 48 planes last month, up from 35 in October, with carriers United, American …
Read More »EU reaches agreement on ‘first of its kind’ carbon border levy
[ad_1] The EU wants to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by the year 2030, compared to 1990. Justhavealook | E+ | Getty Images Plans for the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism took a significant step forward Tuesday morning after a provisional deal between the Council of …
Read More »Boeing’s last 747 rolls out of factory after a more than 50-year production run
[ad_1] Boeing’s last 747 aircraft, #1574, at its factory in Everett, Washington. Leslie Josephs | CNBC EVERETT, Wash. − Boeing‘s final 747 rolled out of the company’s cavernous factory north of Seattle Tuesday night as airlines’ push for more fuel-efficient planes ends the more than half-century production run of the …
Read More »How the U.S. became a global corn superpower
[ad_1] The United States has just about 90 million planted acres of corn, and there’s a reason people refer to the crop as yellow gold. In 2021, U.S. corn was worth over $86 billion, according to calculations from FarmDoc and the United States Department of Agriculture. According to the USDA, the …
Read More »Boeing’s aircraft deliveries slipped in October on 737 fuselage flaw
[ad_1] A Boeing 737 MAX 8 sits outside the hangar during a media tour of the Boeing 737 MAX at the Boeing plant in Renton, Washington. Matt Mcknight | Reuters Boeing‘s aircraft deliveries in October fell from a month earlier after a fuselage flaw in its bestselling 737 Maxes delayed …
Read More »From Teslas to BMWs, cars are piling up on land and sea at German port
[ad_1] Krisztian Bocsi | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Port of Bremerhaven, the main roll on/roll off port in Germany and one of the largest automobile hubs in the world, is experiencing gridlock. The combination of the lack of drivers to move containers and cars out of the port and …
Read More »Rich countries alone cannot close funding gap for climate change
[ad_1] Public aid and funding from governments of developed countries alone won’t be enough to close the funding gap on climate change initiatives in developing countries, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva told CNBC. More private investments are needed to help developing countries to meet their climate change targets, said the managing …
Read More »Travel has edge over shopping this holiday season amid inflation
[ad_1] Retailers have a new threat this holiday season: wanderlust. Americans are returning to the skies, filling hotels, swarming theme parks — and they’re showing a willingness to spend more of their money on trips. That is setting up the fiercest holiday season battle for consumers’ wallets since before the Covid pandemic, with …
Read More »Boeing (BA) earnings Q3 2022
[ad_1] A Boeing 737 MAX 10 airliner pauses while taxiing on the flight line before its first flight at Renton Municipal Airport on June 18, 2021 in Renton, Washington. Stephen Brashear | Getty Images Boeing reported a $3.3 billion quarterly loss Wednesday as charges in its defense unit countered strides …
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