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Wall Street pegs Boeing's 737 MAX bill at more than $25 billion

The company has already booked $9 billion in costs related to the grounding, including $5.6 billion as compensation for airline customers and $3.6 billion in charges to cover additional production costs. Jefferies analyst Sheila Kahyaoglu said Boeing may now need to boost its compensation package for customers by another $10 billion and revise its cost estimate related to the 737 MAX’s production by an additional $5.4 billion. “Our estimates assume 737 MAX deliveries restart in Q3 2020,” Kahyaoglu said, lowering the brokerage’s price target on the stock to $390 from $420. …read more […]

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Airbus hits record highs, 737 MAX buyers fall on latest Boeing news

PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) – Airbus’ shares hit record highs on Wednesday, after U.S. arch rival Boeing warned of further delay in returning its grounded 737 MAX airliner to service, while Boeing customers and suppliers fell on the news. Boeing said on Tuesday that it did not expect to win approval for the 737 MAX to return to service until mid-year. Airbus was up by 1.85% at 138.9 euros at 1215 GMT, the top performer on France’s benchmark CAC-40 index after hitting a record high 139.32. …read more […]