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Airbus sales chief defiant on A330neo demand as Boeing seals new win

The head of airplane sales at Airbus (AIR.PA) dismissed concerns about a sharp drop in orders for the A330neo jet and predicted European wide-body demand would start to recover this year as rival Boeing extended a series of wins in the lucrative segment. The same airline may expand a leased fleet of A320neos. …read more […]

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Air NZ to lease two Boeing 777s to cover for 787s with Rolls-Royce engine problems

Air New Zealand Ltd will lease two Boeing Co 777s to cover for 787-9s with Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc engines that have maintenance issues, its chief executive said. “Any one point in time we are planning to have between zero to two aircraft that will be cycling off to have aircraft inspections and/or maintenance,” CEO Christopher Luxon told Reuters on the sidelines of an airline industry conference. “Therefore we will have two dry-lease aircraft we can operate so we can restore the schedule and keep our customers moving,” he said on …read more […]

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Boeing in 'Good Place' With 777, Sales Chief Tinseth Says

Jun.03 — Randy Tinseth, Boeing Co’s commercial aircraft marketing vice president, talks about the company’s strategy. He speaks on the sidelines of the International Air Transport Association annual general meeting and World Air Transport Summit with Haidi Lun on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia.” …read more […]

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Boeing Sees Two-Year Wait for World’s Biggest Fighter Jet Deal

It could be another two years before India picks the winner of the world’s biggest combat aircraft order, according to a senior Boeing Co. executive. Boeing is well placed in the race to supply the Indian Air Force with 110 fighter jets, Gene Cunningham, Boeing vice president of global defense sales, told Bloomberg News on Sunday on the sidelines of a security forum in Singapore. …read more […]

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In Mueller Clash, Trump May Define What Presidential Power Means

If Donald Trump prevails in his clash with Special Counsel Robert Mueller, one of his legacies may be to redefine the limits of presidential power — a constitutional concept so amorphous that even his own lawyers’ views on the matter appear to evolve. A private letter from Trump’s legal team to Mueller, written in January, asserted what amounts to an unlimited right to halt federal investigations and issue pardons, concluding that a president cannot obstruct justice. “The true extent of presidential power has not been tested because most presidents have avoided going to the outer extent of that …read more […]

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Microsoft's acquisition of GitHub could be announced as soon as Monday (MSFT)

Microsoft and GitHub have agreed to an acquisition, according to a Bloomberg report. The deal comes amid recent deal talks reported by Business Insider and could be announced as soon as Monday. It’s unclear what the price of the acquisition is, though GitHub was last valued at $2 billion. …read more […]

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Fallon to Parkland students: ‘Don’t let anything stop you’

Principal Ty Thompson underscored the honors to the dead students in a tweet. “Remember those not with us, and celebrate all the successes the Class of 2018 has brought to the community and the world!” Thompson tweeted. In a video of his commencement address, Fallon joked that the students soon “won’t be classmates any more. …read more […]

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Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire Coding Site GitHub

Microsoft Corp. has agreed to acquire GitHub Inc., the code repository company popular with many software developers, and could announce the deal as soon as Monday, according to people familiar with the matter. GitHub preferred selling the company to going public and chose Microsoft partially because it was impressed by Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella, said one of the people, who asked not to be identified discussing private information. GitHub was last valued at $2 billion in 2015. …read more […]

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End of an era? Tea party class of House Republicans fades

The Republican newcomers stunned Washington back in 2010 when they seized the House majority with bold promises to cut taxes and spending and to roll back what many viewed as Barack Obama’s presidential overreach. Eight years later, the House Tea Party Caucus is long gone. Some, including current Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and White House budget director Mick Mulvaney, joined the executive branch. …read more […]