Chicago-based Boeing Co. is involved in the design, development, manufacture, sale, and support of commercial jetliners, military aircraft, satellites, missile defense systems, and space flight. Above, the Boeing Globemaster III, a military transport aircraft.
(Karoly Arvai/ Reuters)
MARKET MOVERS
Boeing’s gain is tops in the Dow index
Chicago-based Boeing Co. is involved in the design, development, manufacture, sale, and support of commercial jetliners, military aircraft, satellites, missile defense systems, and space flight. Above, the Boeing Globemaster III, a military transport aircraft.
(Karoly Arvai/ Reuters)
Boeing Co. shares took off yesterday, posting the biggest gain in the Dow average. The second-biggest builder of commercial jets won a $1.16 billion US military contract to support the C-17 Globemaster program, the Pentagon said. And Canadian airline WestJet has ordered 14 more Boeing Next-Generation 737-700s, bringing to 54 the number scheduled for delivery, Boeing said.
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