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Obama's Picks and the Ideology of No Ideology

Norman Solomon | Posted 11.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: USA Today, Robert Reich, Economic Crisis, Economy, Constellation Energy, Boeing, David Brooks, Judge Judy, New Yrok Times, PBS "Washington Week", Timothy Geithner, Corporate Power, Mark Weisbrot, Barack Obama, Lawrence Summers, National Mining Association, Ideology, Politics News

On Friday, columnist David Brooks informed readers that Barack Obama's picks "are not ideological." The incoming president's key economic adviser...

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Memo to Detroit: Change Now or Die

Steve Parker | Posted 11.15.2008 | Business

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Most Americans think you have brought this disaster upon yourselves, with inferior, irrelevant products the past 35 years.

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Chicago Firms Spend Record Sums On Lobbyists

Crain's Chicago Business | Paul Merrion | Posted 11.14.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Boeing, Chicago Companies, Chicago Lobbying Firms, John Podesta, Chicago Firms Lobbying Spending, Chicago Business, Chicago Lobbyists, Barack Obama, Chicago News

Chicago firms are racking up more spending than ever on Washington lobbyists this year, as Congress and the Bush administration grapple with a far-rea...

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Boeing Workers End Strike, Return To Work

AP | RORY MARSHALL | Posted 11.03.2008 | Business

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SEATTLE — Boeing Co. production workers began returning Sunday night to the factories where they build jetliners, one day after they voted to en...

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Biofuel Jets: No Longer A Flight of Fancy

Green Inc. | Kate Galbraith | Posted 10.28.2008 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, Biofuels, Alternative Energy, Boeing, Renewable Energy, Environment, Airplanes, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Green Technology, Green News

Will aircraft one day run on fuel made from algae or grass? It seems like a flight of fancy, but with Europe planning to cap greenhouse gas emissions ...

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THE LATEST: $25 BILLION FOR DETROIT; PRODUCTION CHEVY VOLT PLUG-IN HYBRID UNVEILED

Steve Parker | Posted 09.18.2008 | Green

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Today's Detroit News newspaper reports that, because big investment banks such as Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase own huge amounts of GM and Ford cor...

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McCain's Anti-Boeing Lobbyists Cost Jobs, Dems Say

Washington Independent | Posted 09.10.2008 | Politics

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At 12:01 a.m. Pacific time Saturday, 27,000 Boeing Co. machinists, protesting a lack of job security, went on strike. A lengthy walkout would halt the...

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Boeing Machinists Strike Continues Cautiously In Company's Success

New Yotk Times | Micheline Maynard | Posted 09.10.2008 | Business

Read More: International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Strike, Boeing, Boeing Machinists, Boeing Strike, IAM, Business News

The machinists' union walkout against the Boeing Company does not appear to fit the usual script for a modern-day labor showdown. In struggling indu...

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Boeing Machinists Strike For Second Time In Three Years

AP | MANUEL VALDES | Posted 09.06.2008 | Business

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EVERETT, Wash. — Striking Boeing Co. production workers hunkered down Saturday for what could be along, bruising battle with costly repercussion...

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Boeing, machinists talks fail; Union to strike

AP | MANUEL VALDES | Posted 09.05.2008 | Business

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SEATTLE — Despite a 48-hour contract extension, negotiations between Boeing Co. and Machinists union officials failed Friday and the union said ...

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Boeing, union in 48-hour contract overtime talks

AP | TIM KLASS | Posted 09.04.2008 | Business

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SEATTLE — Representatives from Boeing Co. and the machinists union met with a federal mediator Thursday as the clock ticked on an unusual two-da...

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Boeing Threatens To Quit $40B Marathon Military Bid Process For Tanker

Wall Street Journal | August Cole and J. Lynn Lunsford | Posted 08.22.2008 | Business

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Boeing Co. said it is inclined to bail out of its effort to win a $40 billion contract to build aerial refueling tankers for the U.S. Air Force unless...

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McCain's Battle Against Boeing Exposes More Lobbyist Connections

Newsweek | Michael Isikoff | Posted 06.22.2008 | Politics

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One of John McCain's most celebrated achievements in recent years was his crusade to block a Pentagon contract with Boeing for a new fleet of midair r...

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Friday Talking Points [36] -- End The Media's Pro-McCain Bias! Now!!

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.20.2008 | Media

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McCain has joked that the media is "his base" of support. It was a funny line, but there is a truth at its core: the media has been hard on Obama but unbelievably light on McCain. And this has to stop. Now.

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Bad News for McCain: Government Re-opens Bidding on Boeing-Airbus Controversy

David Donnelly | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Airbus, Lobbyists, Boeing, Mccain, Air Force, Corruption, Campaign Money Watch, Campaign Finance, Politics News

McCain, whose history with Boeing led to the Air Force scuttling an earlier award on this contract, intervened twice with the Air Force to help Airbus' bid.

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Auditors Echo Call For U.S. Air Force To Re-Test Boeing, Northrupp Grumann Tankers

Reuters | Jim Wolf | Posted 06.18.2008 | Business

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U.S. auditors urged the Air Force Wednesday to rerun its marathon, $35 billion competition for refueling aircraft, upholding a protest by losing bidde...

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The Legacy of TWA Flight 800

Robert Davey | Posted 05.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jet Fuel, Faa, TWA Flight 800, Explosions, Boeing, Terrorism, Federal Aviation Administration, Regulation, Airplanes, Fbi, Ntsb, Qaddafi, Disasters, FAA Safety, Crash, Politics News

Whether the FAA has the nerve to impose a new expense of hundreds of thousands of dollars per aircraft remains to be seen. Whether the rule is necessary is another question.

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China establishes company to make its own jumbo jets

AP | Posted 05.11.2008 | Business

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BEIJING — China has established a homegrown company to make passenger jumbo jets, state media reported Sunday _ a step forward in the country's ...

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Boeing Delays 787 Debut For Third Time

AP | DAVE CARPENTER | Posted 04.09.2008 | Business

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CHICAGO — Boeing Co. pushed back its oft-delayed 787 jetliner by another six months Wednesday, postponing the jet's debut in commercial service ...

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Give The News Impartially? FAIR Report Highlights Conflicts of Interest

Janine Jackson | Posted 03.26.2008 | Media

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We should also have a right to expect that the news we get is produced in a climate where journalistic priorities are paramount.

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Boeing To Protest Air Tanker Contract

The Politico | Posted 03.10.2008 | Business

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Boeing plans to file a protest with the Government Accountability Office on Tuesday, contesting the Air Force's decision to award a $35 billion air ta...

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Angry Boeing Supporters In Congress Targeting McCain

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 03.08.2008 | Business

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WASHINGTON — Angry Boeing supporters are vowing revenge against Republican presidential candidate John McCain over Chicago-based Boeing's loss o...

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Boeing Weighing Protest Of Air Force Tanker Deal

Reuters | Jim Wolf | Posted 03.07.2008 | Business

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Boeing Co (BA.N) said on Friday it would seriously consider challenging a U.S. Air Force snub that gave a $35 billion aerial-refueling program to a t...

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Air Force Tanker Deal Leaves Congress In Turmoil

Reuters | Kevin Drawbaugh | Posted 02.29.2008 | Business

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A U.S. Air Force decision awarding a $35 billion aircraft contract to a team including the European parent of Airbus landed like a bomb in Congress o...

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Will Boeing's 787 Be Safe From Hackers?

AP | ELIZABETH M. GILLESPIE | Posted 01.09.2008 | Business

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Before Boeing Co.'s new 787 jetliner gets the green light to fly passengers, the aircraft maker will have to prove that offering Internet access in th...

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