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16 MarWhat Matters

Did Airbus really win last year's skirmish over airplane orders? Excluding cancellations and conversions, the European airplane maker claimed that it booked 1,111 firm orders, 82 more than Boeing.

Volume: 14 - Number: 1

Leading Index Title:

Special Topic Title: California

Authors:

  • Dick Conway
  • Doug Pedersen

16 SepMake That One Dip

If history is a guide, bet on a double-dip recession for the nation, since four of the last six recessions have had two downturns. And new government numbers, revealing that the 2001 recession was deeper and longer than first thought and that the recovery may be stalling, appear to have raised the odds.

Volume: 10 - Number: 3

Leading Index Title:

Special Topic Title: The 1990's

Authors:

  • Dick Conway
  • Doug Pedersen

16 FebA Word from Boeing

The word was not good. Last December Boeing announced that, because of Asian economic woes and the slowing growth of world air travel, it would reduce airplane production from 620 this year to 490 next year and slash company employment by 48,000, 20,000 more than previously planned.

Volume: 7 - Number: 1

Leading Index Title:

Special Topic Title: Multipliers

Authors:

  • Dick Conway
  • Doug Pedersen