The Boeing Cowon a $2.46 billion U.S. defense contract for the production and delivery of 19 P-8A Poseidon long-range anti-submarine warfare and surveillance aircraft and other equipment, the Pentagon said in a statement on Friday.
Wall Street gained ground on Friday in a broad-based rally as investors were heartened by news that Washington would move to temporarily end the longest U.S. government shutdown in history.
Wall Street indexes rose and bond yields followed stocks higher on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced an agreement to end the longest ever U.S. government shutdown and as investors reacted to corporate earnings reports.
U.S. fund managers are continuing their retreat from consumer-related stocks and increasing their defensive bets out of concerns that the U.S. economy is slowing even though government leaders had reached agreement to end the longest shutdown ever.
Wall Street ended higher on Friday after a broad-based rally, with investors heartened by news that Washington would move to temporarily end the longest U.S. government shutdown in history.
MoneyGram International Inc is exploring strategic alternatives, including a sale of the company, a year after a U.S. government panel nixed its $1.2 billion sale to China’s Ant Financial, people familiar with the matter said on Friday.
Two U.S. House Democrats who chair panels overseeing aviation issues warned Friday the ongoing partial government shutdown is jeopardizing aviation safety as air traffic controller staffing shortages forced a temporary halt to flights arriving at a New York airport and delayed hundreds of flights in the country’s northeast.
Hundreds of flights were grounded or delayed at New York-area and Philadelphia airports on Friday as air traffic controllers called in sick hours before President Donald Trump announced an end to the 35-day partial shutdown of the U.S. government.
WestJet Airlines, Canada’s No. 2 carrier, is experiencing delayed and canceled flights and expects “further delays and possible cancellations if more constraints are placed” on the U.S. air traffic system, a spokeswoman said on Friday.
Wall Street indexes rallied and bond yields followed stocks higher on Friday as investors reacted to corporate earnings reports and U.S. President Donald Trump announced an agreement to end the longest ever U.S. government shutdown.
Switzerland on Friday received five bids to replace its aging fighter fleet, from European aerospace group Airbus, France’s Dassault and Sweden’s Saab, as well as Boeing and Lockheed Martin from the United States.
The U.S. government shutdown has handed banks a rare opportunity to tout their nicer side as they prepare for rough treatment under a Democrat-controlled House of Representatives.
Wall Street gained ground on Friday in a broad-based rally as investors were heartened by news that Washington would move to end the longest U.S. government shutdown in history.
CVS Health Corp, a top U.S. manager of pharmacy benefits, has added new migraine drugs from Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and Eli Lilly and Co to its list of covered drugs, excluding a rival treatment from Amgen Inc, a CVS spokeswoman told Reuters on Friday.
Twitter’s lead regulator in the European Union, the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC), said on Friday it was investigating the company for a breach notification received from the social networking site.
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