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The world's largest aerospace and defense company, Boeing has annual sales of $61.5 billion and 150,000 employees in 70 countries, including several hundred at its Chicago headquarters. Founder William Boeing starting building airplanes from a hangar in the Seattle area in 1916, and the bulk of Boeing's commercial airplane manufacturing remains clustered near Puget Sound. While European rival Airbus SAS gambled on a super-jumbo jet earlier this decade, Boeing correctly anticipated that airlines valued range and fuel-efficiency over aircraft size. The resulting product, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, has garnered more than $100 billion in sales, although the company has suffered some production s...
The world's largest aerospace and defense company, Boeing has annual sales of $61.5 billion and 150,000 employees in 70 countries, including several hundred at its Chicago headquarters. Founder William Boeing starting building airplanes from a hangar in the Seattle area in 1916, and the bulk of Boeing's commercial airplane manufacturing remains clustered near Puget Sound. While European rival Airbus SAS gambled on a super-jumbo jet earlier this decade, Boeing correctly anticipated that airlines valued range and fuel-efficiency over aircraft size. The resulting product, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, has garnered more than $100 billion in sales, although the company has suffered some production stumbles. The Dreamliner's first flight is set for late 2008.
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Obituary: Ruth Ann Morgan
LANCASTER — Ruth Ann Todd Morgan, 69, died May 20, 2012. She was preceded in death by her father, W.F. “Bill” Todd, and mother Ora Lee Gibson Todd. Born Nov. 25 1942, in Garrard County, she was a graduate of Lancaster High School and... -
NASA hails SpaceX launch as 'a new era' for spaceflight
In a pivotal moment for private spaceflight, a towering white rocket lifted a cone-shaped capsule into space early Tuesday on a mission to the International Space Station. SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket carried the unmanned Dragon capsule into space after a 3:...
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SpaceX rocket blasts Dragon into space in historic launch
CAPE CANAVERAL – The SpaceX Dragon capsule is on its way to a rendezvous with the International Space Station and possibly heralding a new era of space transportation. At 3:44 a.m. Tuesday, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket blasted off at last from Cape...
Tags: Kennedy Space Center, Science and Technology, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Pacific Ocean, Economy, Business and Finance
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Summit ends without giving Chicago a black eye
Once again, the whole world was watching. But Chicago didn't devolve into 1968 redux. It wasn't the combustible World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle, either. By that barometer, Chicago's turn as host of the NATO summit could be declared a success....
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SpaceX launches historic mission to space station
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket roared to life before dawn at Cape Canaveral, Fla., today and blasted into space on a column of fire that lit the night sky for miles around. The nine-engine rocket lifted off at 3:44 a.m. EDT carrying a cone-shaped space capsule...
Tags: Science and Technology, Politics, NASA, Space Programs, National Government
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NATO drives Loop workers to sofas, suburbs
Larry Fritz and two colleagues spread their paperwork out across a small, four-seat table in a Panera Bread restaurant in Oak Brook, preparing for an important client meeting amid potato-chip crunching patrons and the occasional gurgle from a nearby...
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SpaceX again ready to blast off after last-second launch abort
Just days after aborting a rocket launch at the last second because of an engine problem, SpaceX is once again set to blast off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., in hopes of becoming the first private company to visit the International Space Station. The...
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Open forum: NATO thoughts
Change of SubjectCIty officials "should be ashamed of themselves" for the conduct of the Chicago Police Department Sunday afternoon, said NATO protest organizer Andy Thayer. I disagree. Chicago police officers bent but didn't break, responded with restraint to the... -
Maryland braces for Memorial Day travelers
State transportation officials hope you'll do a lot of sightseeing this Memorial Day weekend. Just not on the Bay Bridge. Travelers headed to the Eastern Shore for the first time since last summer might be surprised. For one thing, the toll has risen...
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Protester to Chicago: 'Thank you very much'
Tribune staffAs the last crowd of demonstrators in the Loop dwindled, police on bikes pedaled off, receiving cheers from the crowd. Southbound lanes of Michigan Avenue were opened, and protesters headed to the L platform. About 50 of the protesters went to the Blue...Tags: Politics, Willis Tower, Chicago Mayor, Occupy Wall Street, Union Park
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NATO summit enters final day, more protests planned
Tribune reporterA few hundred protesters marched toward Boeing Corp.'s headquarters west of the Loop today chanting, "We're gonna beat back the Boeing attack." They arrived at the building at the Chicago River and began shouting, "Shame on Boeing! Shame on Boeing!"...Tags: G8, Politics, Willis Tower, Union Park, Garry McCarthy
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"Occupy Chicago" march on Boeing H.Q.
Protesters are back on the streets of Chicago for the second and final day of the NATO Summit.
Occupy Chicago marched from Union Park on the near West Side to the corporate headquaters of Boeing Monday morning.
The aircraft maker is a target of the...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, NATO Summit
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