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Flying Air Taxis Cleared for Approach as Urban Mobility Eyes the Skies of 2024
Transportation // January 24, 2022

Funny how with regular cars we call it “ridesharing” whereas up in the sky the word “taxi” still describes new copter-like vehicles meant to take for-hire mobility into the clouds. Advanced air mobility (AAM) company Wisk Aero, a joint venture formed in 2019 between Boeing...

Boeing Subsidies Dispute Prompts EU To Impose Tariffs On $4B In US Goods
International // November 09, 2020

The European Union is hitting U.S. companies with tariffs on up to $4 billion worth of goods, according to a CNBC report on Monday (Nov. 9). The European Union won the right to impose the tariffs on U.S. goods in retaliation against subsidies for planemaker...

SEC Looks Into Supply Chain Finance At Coca-Cola, Boeing
B2B Payments // August 27, 2020

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is asking Coca-Cola, Boeing and other blue-chip companies how they implement supply chain finance, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported. In June, the SEC sent letters to those blue-chip companies asking about the popular financing agreement, in which...

How To Make It Safe To Fly The Friendly Skies Again
Ecosystems // May 27, 2020

The airline industry has been particularly pummeled by the global pandemic as consumers sheltering in place have, by and large, eschewed both domestic and overseas air travel. U.S. air travel was down 96 percent in April, according to CNN, as the notion of being stuck...

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Boeing Subsidies Dispute Prompts EU To Impose Tariffs On $4B In US Goods

November 09, 2020
The European Union is hitting U.S. companies with tariffs on up to $4 billion worth of goods, according to a CNBC report on Monday (Nov. 9). The European Union won the right to impose the tariffs on U.S. goods in retaliation against subsidies for planemaker Boeing, thus deepening a record trade spat that has already […]

Airlines Worldwide Will Need Billions In Bailout, Group Says

March 18, 2020
The global airline industry, struggling as the world is on lockdown with the spreading coronavirus, is increasingly turning to governments for financial aid. Without it, many of the airlines fear...

Gov’t: US Manufacturing Spend Dips As US Consumer Spending Rises

February 16, 2020
A warm January led to utilities dropping 4 percent for the month as Americans reduced their reliance on heat, according to The Wall Street Journal. Overall, industrial production, which is...

2020 Economy Off To A Slow Start

February 14, 2020
Both factory output and a key measurement statistic for retail sales were down in January, signaling a slow start to the economy this year, according to a report by Bloomberg....