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Rockwell Collins Inc. (NYSE: COL) is trading lower after the defense firm said on Friday morning that is lowering its guidance for fiscal year 2013. The blame is over unprecedented uncertainty around...
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American Airlines, whose parent AMR is in Chapter 11, will use that status, a staple of the industry, to send layoff notices to 11,000 workers. The people who receive the notices can take comfort...
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Senior members of the U.K. government have told the Sunday Telegraph that the EADS “merger” with BAE could be challenged in Parliament. The deal is already controversial because it might...
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In a blow to GE’s (NYSE: GE) huge jet engine division, The National Transportation Safety Board issued two urgent safety recommendations to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ...
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This proposed merger between EADS and BAE is going to be more than complicated. Frankly, we also wonder about the legality of such a merger and wonder how other defense and aerospace firms will not...
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A number of airlines are trying to take back their booking business from travel websites like Priceline.com Inc. (NASDAQ: PCLN), Orbitz Worldwide Inc. (NYSE: OWW), Expedia Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE),...
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German automaker Daimler plans to sell about half its 15% stake in European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co. (EADS) to German bank KfW Bankengruppen by the end of this year. Daimler controls more...
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Boeing cockpitThe demand for new civilian passenger and freight aircraft in the 2012-2031 time frame promises to double the existing fleet at a cost of about $4 trillion over the 20-year period. The...
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AMRBankrupt AMR Corp. and US Airways Group Inc. (NYSE: LCC) have announced that the two companies have entered a nondisclosure agreement (NDA), under which the companies have agreed to exchange...
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Passenger travel actually posted a 3.4% year-over-year gain in July, but that gain was much lower than the 6.3% increase in June and the 6.5% increase in the first six months of 2012. July freight...
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The use of cellphones during a passenger airline flight interferes with cockpit instruments. That means that the phones might cause a plane to crash, or at least that is what carriers probably want...
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AMRIt is almost hard to believe, but AMR Corporation (NASDAQOTH: AAMRQ.PK) has proven to be profitable in the month of July. AMR has made an SEC Filing which discloses its Monthly Operating Report...
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In a new report from the Congressional Research Service, written by Richard F. Grimmett and Paul K. Kerr, the agency said that U.S. arms exports reached $66.3 billion, according to an account in...
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Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) is leading the Dow Jones Industrial Average lower this morning after its shares are being hit due to an order cancellation by Australia’s Qantas Airways. The order was...
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What austerity measures affecting military spending? That is what Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE: OSK) may be asking. The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded the Oshkosh Defense unit a contract...
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