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On The Move: Amazon.com, Boeing
On The Move: Amazon.com, BoeingForbes.com1 min - Jul 25, 2007(90 sec.) Plus, heavy trading in Colgate-Palmolive, Countrywide Financial.

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 08:55:51 PDT
Germany, France consider golden share to protect Airbus interests
Germany, France consider golden share to protect Airbus interests.

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Airbus top management team confirmed
Airbus top management team confirmed…

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:16:33 GMT

Fired engineer calls 787's plastic fuselage unsafe
A former senior aerospace engineer at Boeing’s Phantom Works research unit fired last year under disputed circumstances is going public with concerns that the new 787 Dreamliner is unsafe. Forty-six-year veteran Vince Weldon contends that in a crash landing that would be survivable in a metal airplane the new jet’s innovative composite plastic materials will shatter too easily and burn with toxic fumes.

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EST
Senate to call Boeing’s 2009 raygun nuke-zap bluff?
The Register: We’ll see your $0.5bn, and raise you a laser jumbo
Senators are planning to cut budgets for the space interceptor portion of the controversial US missile defence programme, according to reports. However, it appears that a complementary scheme to blast enemy ICBMs shortly after takeoff using a giant …

Airline sacrifices goats to appease sky god by MSNBC
Airline sacrifices goats to appease sky god by MSNBCKATHMANDU - Officials at Nepal\’s state-run airline have sacrificed two goats to appease Akash Bhairab, the Hindu sky god, following technical problems with one of its Boeing 757 aircraft, the carrier said Tuesday….Read the full post from RichardDawkins.net : The Latest Updates
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Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:33:29 EDT