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Dean Irvine, CNN February 19, 2012 -- Updated 0502 GMT (1302 HKT) Rusdi Kirana (R), Lion Air founder, shakes hands with Dinesh Keskar (L) of Boeing at the Singapore Airshow on February 14, 2012. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Smaller deals and agreements a feature of...
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It was about then that he joined a traveling team that practiced at a school gym in the Pleasant Hill neighborhood, not far from where he lived with his grandmother. He wasnt the best player, but he made an impression on the coach. Mike Hardnett, a...
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The event still saw $31 billion worth of deals announced; triple the total of the previous show in 2010. However, two thirds of that was down to Indonesian low-cost airline Lion Air formally sealing its deal for 230 next-generation Boeing 737s, first...
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“We want to see more of this. We need to make it as easy as we can for our companies to create more jobs in America. And that starts with our tax code.” Obama stated that U.S. businesses increased 3.7 million new jobs over the past 23 months, adding,...
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I give up flying business class on Cathay Pacific for a premium coach seat on board Singapore Airlines because SQ is flying a brand new Boeing 777-300ER as supposed to CX’s antiquated Boeing 747-400. My seat is the third one from the right side in the...
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"Factories where people thought they'd retire have left town. Jobs that provided a decent living have been shipped overseas" and will not return, Obama said. "But that doesn't mean we have to settle for a lesser future." He recorded the address while...
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He is the master of double-talk. Why does Boeing let him even do it? I don’t get these people who just let Barry walk all over him Why does Boeing let him even do it? I’m willing to bet that the fact that Boeing’s HQ is located in Chicago has something...
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The president says Congress should reform the tax code and reward manufacturers keeping jobs at home. During Saturday's weekly address from a Boeing manufacturing plant in Seattle, Washington, Obama hailed the company for hiring workers inside the...
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The provisions also would have expired at the end of the month if Congress didn’t act. Speaking at a Boeing Co. production facility in Everett, Washington after the vote, President Barack Obama said Congress “did the right thing.” The president is...
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Today, ULA stands on the shoulders of giants as the Atlas launch vehicle once again has been selected for human spaceflight - this time as the launch vehicle for Boeing's CST-100, Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser and Blue Origin's Space Vehicle under...
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Extended unemployment benefits for people who have been out of work for long stretches will continue, though for shorter periods. Obama planned to sign the bill “right away when I get home,” he told an audience at a Boeing plant in Everett, where he...
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On Thursday, Obama will travel to Miami, Florida, to participate in a still undisclosed official event. On Friday, Obama will host Prime Minister Thorning-Schmidt of Denmark for a meeting in the Oval Office. In his weekend video/radio address from the...
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The aerial display - which featured death-defying stunts by fighter pilots (inset) - was a crowd pleaser, as well as the Republic of Singapore Air Force's Boeing F-15 SG Eagle which drew snaking queues. Organisers said they expect some 100,000 people...
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...scored 21 points Friday night, and Berea held on down the stretch for a 79-78 victory...- 1:12 am Caterpillar said Friday that it plans to build a new manufacturing facility in Georgia, a project...- 10:41 pm The Upstate was the 57th most searched real estate...
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Thompson / AP President Barack Obama is framed by runway lights as he walks across the tarmac to Air Force One while departing Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, from Paine Field, in Everett, Wash. Obama called for more steps to help U.S. companies compete overseas.
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“We want to see more of this. We need to make it as easy as we can for our companies to create more jobs in America. And that starts with our tax code.” Obama said U.S. businesses created 3.7 million new jobs over the past 23 months, adding, “Companies...
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"I'm speaking to you this week from the Boeing Plant in Everett, Washington. Boeing has been in this community for half a century. But it's what they're doing here on Saturday that has folks really excited; because at this plant they're building the...
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Landing System localiser structure. It then rammed the airport boundary fence and fell into a gorge. Among recommendations to avoid such accidents was the setting up of an Independent Civil Aviation Safety Board “urgently, in view of rapid growth of...
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EVERETT, WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 17: Boeing Company CEO Jim McNerney speaks before U.S. President Barack Obama gives a speech February 17, 2012 on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner assembly line in Everett, Washington. Obama's visit included a tour of the plant and fundraisers elsewhere in the...
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Singapore Airlines' (SIA) Boeing 747-400 passenger jet with registration 9V-SPQ, one of the three currently in service, is reflected in a puddle at the Singapore Airshow in Singapore February 17, 2012. SIA will operate two commemorative flights between Singapore and Hong Kong on April...
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A singapore Airlines Boeing 747 is displayed at the Singapore Airshow in Singapore on February 17, 2012. Singapore Airlines will operate special commemorative flights between Singapore and Hong Kong on April 6 to mark the retirement of the Boeing 747 after nearly four decades of service.
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US Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft sit on the tarmac at Boeing's production facility at Long Beach Airport as seen from the air over Long Beach, California, February 16, 2012. The company announced last week that a decision to close the plant, or have it remain...
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President Obama tours the Boeing 787 factory with James McNerney, chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of The Boeing Company, right, and Jim Albaugh, chief executive officer of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, left, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012 in Everett, Wash.
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A Lufthansa Boeing B747-400 aircraft is towed on the runway at Frankfurt's airport February 16, 2012. Workers who guide planes in and out of parking slots at Frankfurt airport have widened their plans to strike, which could disrupt more than 1,000 flights at one of Europe's busiest...
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A Lufthansa Boeing B747-400 aircraft is towed on the runway at Frankfurt's airport February 16, 2012. Workers who guide planes in and out of parking slots at Frankfurt airport widened their plans to strike, which could disrupt more than 1,000 flights at one of Europe's busiest airports.
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A Boeing F-15SG Eagle fighter jet is displayed at the Singapore Airshow in Singapore on February 14, 2012. Some 900 exhibiting companies from over 50 countries including 60 of the top 100 global aerospace companies participated in the event.
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This photo dated July 28, 2011 shows Alan Joyce, CEO of Qantas Airways, framed by the jet turbine of Qantas' newest aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, at Sydney International Airport. Joyce faced an angry backlash on February 13, 2012 after saying a fleet grounding he ordered in 2011 was...
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