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Boeing drops automation system used to build 777 jets

The company began to build 777 fuselages in 2015 in an upright orientation, with robots drilling holes and installing fasteners, an initiative known as fuselage automated upright build (FAUB). Boeing had faced delays last year when the FAUB machine was tried out on existing versions of the 777. Instead, the company will switch to “flex tracks” – an automated method to drill the holes along the circumference of the airplane that are then fastened manually. …read more […]

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Hackers demand $5M in bitcoin from Mexico’s national oil company Pemex

Hackers have demanded 565 bitcoins, currently worth about $5 million, from Mexico’s national oil company Pemex in a cyberattack. The hack, detected on Sunday by Pemex, has forced the company to shut down its computers across Mexico, Reuters reported Wednesday.The post Hackers demand $5M in bitcoin from Mexico’s national oil company Pemex appeared first on The Block. …read more […]

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Alibaba goes paperless for $13.4 billion listing in a first for Hong Kong: source

Alibaba Group will carry out Hong Kong’s first paper-less stock market listing with its $13.4 billion share sale, according to a source with knowledge of the matter, ending the long-held tradition of Hong Kong investors queuing in bank branches to place stock orders.

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Alibaba goes paperless for $13.4 bln listing in a first for Hong Kong – source

Alibaba Group will carry out Hong Kong’s first paper-less stock market listing with its $13.4 billion share sale, according to a source with knowledge of the matter, ending the long-held tradition of Hong Kong investors queuing in bank branches to place stock orders. The decision to fully automate the retail subscription component of the deal comes as Hong Kong is gripped by increasingly violent civil unrest. Alibaba does not plan to print a paper copy of its 661-page prospectus, lodged with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Wednesday night. …read more […]

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European shares slip, Daimler drags on Germany

European shares dipped lower in early trade on Thursday, as a drop in Daimler shares and lackluster economic data from Asia as well as Europe, checked any gains from a handful of positive corporate updates. Daimler slumped more than 3% after the German carmaker said tougher emissions rules will hit earnings in 2020 and 2021, forcing it to seek more than 1 billion euros in personnel cuts at Mercedes-Benz Cars by end of 2022. Earlier, data showed Germany’s output grew 0.1% in the third quarter compared with the previous three months, defying investors expectation that Europe’s economic powerhouse …read more […]

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China’s Investment Growth Slows to a Record Low

(Bloomberg) — Explore what’s moving the global economy in the new season of the Stephanomics podcast. Subscribe via Apple Podcast, Spotify or Pocket Cast.The engines of China’s economy are spluttering, with exports falling, factory output slowing, investment growth at a record low and consumption coming off the boil.Industrial output rose 4.7% from a year earlier, versus a median estimate of 5.4%, data showed Thursday.Retail sales expanded 7.2%, compared to a projected 7.8% increase.Fixed-asset investment slowed to 5.2% in the first ten months. That was the lowest reading in comparable data back to 1998.The soft data underscored the need for a …read more […]