A niece, Erika Harrison, is an attorney in Charleston. As for his city's prospects for the 777X deal, he downplayed them, saying he didn't know if the current Boeing C-17 cargo plane manufacturing site, which will close in 2015, has enough room for the …

What is clear, though, is that Boeing is rapidly running out of fighter jet contracts to lose — and that's not good news for the company's $16 billion Military Aircraft business. With Lockheed Martin locking up the high end of the fifth-generation …

Cathay Pacific Airways, Asia's biggest international carrier, will order 21 Boeing 777X-9X jets valued at US$7.5 billion, betting on the newest twin-aisle offering from the US plane maker to modernise its fleet. Cathay said it expected to take delivery …

[HONG KONG] Boeing Co landed the first buyer in Asia for the new 777X jet with a US$7.5 billion sale to Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd, widening the customer base for a plane pivotal to staying ahead of Airbus SAS in the long-haul market. "Cathay's order …

The late 2000s will generally not be remembered as a good time for boat businesses. That's because the real estate market that began crumbling in 2007 dried up the net worth of many would-be boat owners and caused boat sales to plunge. Many who …

In November, machinists at the Everett, Washington plant where Boeing's 777 jet is built voted 2 to 1 against the company's initial offer. Under that eight year contract, production of Boeing's next jet – the 777X – would have remained in Washington state.

Brazil awarded a $4.5 billion contract to Saab AB to replace its aging fleet of fighter jets, a surprise coup for the Swedish company after news of US spying on Brazilians helped derail Boeing's chances for the deal. The contract, negotiated over the …

Without new orders, both programs, based in St. Louis, Missouri, could fold in several years, effectively putting Boeing out of the fighter-jet business until a next-generation plane is developed, a decade or more in the future. The closures would …

Brazil had been struggling for years to decide which company to choose for a $4-billion-plus fighter jet contract, one of the world's most sought-after defence deals and one that would help define the country's strategic alliances for decades to come.