Monthly Archives: January 2018

Boeing profit blows past estimates with help from US tax cut

Boeing shares jumped as earnings rose on surging deliveries of the 737, the planemaker’s largest source of profit, and an unexpectedly large one-time gain from U.S. tax cuts. The company pocketed a tax boost of $1.74 a share in the … Continue reading

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NTSB says undetected metal flaw led to dangerous jet engine failure and fire

The aviation industry needs improved engine-inspection methods to avoid missing a type of flaw in metal parts that caused a near-catastrophic breakup of a jet engine on a Boeing 767 in 2016, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Tuesday. … Continue reading

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Wendell Castle, who created art out of furniture, dies at 85

Wendell Castle was an artist known as the father of art furniture whose masterworks were exhibited in pre-eminent museums around the United States. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Friedman Benda and Wendell Castle Wendell Castle, an artist known as the father … Continue reading

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A CFO’s Quest for ‘The Price Is Right’

At large companies, many CFOs are only peripherally involved in pricing decisions. It’s often different at smaller firms, where finance chiefs tend to wear more hats. But even there, it’s probably quite rare for pricing to be the CFO’s primary … Continue reading

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Winter Festival all week in Lambertville and New Hope | Warr | NJ.com

Food, beer, music, exhibits, tours, ice sculpting, gallery crawling, family fun, puppet theater, Karaoke, and shopping extravaganzas are attracting visitors from far and near this week. And did I mention food? The 21st annual Winter Festival in Lambertville and New … Continue reading

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747 makes last bittersweet flight for a US commercial airline

MARANA, Arizona — There may be no airliner as recognizable as the Boeing 747, the world’s first jumbo jet, with its iconic hump of an upper deck. For aviation fans, the introduction of the “Queen of the Skies” was a … Continue reading

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The Trippy, High-Speed World of Drone Racing

When I visited Jordan, Zach, and Travis in Fort Collins, they were living in a ranch house in a development of similar houses not far from open prairie. I arrived at about 11 A.M., so as not to find them … Continue reading

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