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• Giant cargo jet over Spokane was a 747-8F

  May 8, 2012 in News, City That gigantic jet flying over Spokane today and yesterday was a Boeing 747-800 being prepped for delivery to Luxembourg. 13

• Boeing employment in Washington highest since 1999

  March 13, 2012 in Region SEATTLE — Boeing’s payroll in Washington has risen to more than 82,000 workers. 2

• Obama visits Boeing plant in Everett

  February 17, 2012 in City EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to take steps to boost U.S. exports as he points to Boeing as a homegrown company helping America’s economy … 23

• Boeing lands largest-ever commercial order

  February 14, 2012 in News, Business Boeing has locked in its biggest order ever with a little-known airline halfway around the world. 7

• Getting There: Leaders work to draw companies to West Plains

  January 16, 2012 in City on Page A1 Local leaders hope that a sprawling new Caterpillar Logistics plant on the West Plains is the first in a series of new business arrivals near the airport. Vacant land surrounding … 19

• Boeing to close Kan. defense plant by end of 2013

  January 4, 2012 in Business, Nation/World Faced with defense budget reductions, the Boeing Co. announced today it will close its defense plant in Wichita by the end of 2013. 2

• Gregoire signs budget patch

  December 21, 2011 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – With advice to the Legislature to show up “tan, rested and ready” in January to finish fixing the state’s budget problems, Gov. Chris Gregoire signed the $480 million … 1

• Fears about Boeing tanker jobs in Kansas resurface

  December 19, 2011 in City Fears about the closure of Boeing Co.’s Wichita plant resurfaced today after a lawmaker’s comments that he had been told that modification work on Air Force refueling tankers will be … 1

• Southwest orders 208 Boeing 737s for $19 billion

  December 13, 2011 in Business, Nation/World Southwest Airlines Co. said today that it ordered 208 new Boeing 737 aircraft with a value of nearly $19 billion.

• Labor board drops high-profile Boeing complaint

  December 9, 2011 in Business, Nation/World The National Labor Relations Board today dropped its high-profile challenge of Boeing’s decision to open a nonunion aircraft manufacturing plant in South Carolina. 4

• Gregoire seeks funds to train engineers, aerospace workers

  December 9, 2011 in City on Page A12 OLYMPIA – Less than a month after asking the Legislature to cut $2 billion from the state’s General Fund budget, Gov. Chris Gregoire is asking it to add about $8 … 1

• Renton chosen for new 737 aircraft production

  December 1, 2011 in Business on Page A8 Ending months of speculation, Boeing on Wednesday announced it will base future production of the new 737 MAX aircraft in Renton, Wash. State and area officials have worked months to … 3

• Boeing will keep 737 MAX production in Renton

  November 30, 2011 in News, Business Boeing, after announcing new contract deals with its Machinists, said it will consolidate all future production of its new 737 MAX airplane in Redmond, ending months of speculation. 30

• County to decide on property tax hike

  November 23, 2011 in City on Page A6 County commissioners considered a tax increase Tuesday and adopted an interim zoning ordinance they hope will lure a Boeing manufacturing plant. The zoning ordinance would raise the height limit in … 1

• Efforts launched to keep Boeing in Washington

  November 16, 2011 in News, City The competition to build Boeing’s next airplane and keep nearly 80,000 jobs in the state is Washington’s contest to lose, Gov. Chris Gregoire and her economic advisers said Wednesday. An … 17

• Boeing dream takes flight

  October 27, 2011 in Business on Page A8 ABOARD ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS FLIGHT 7871 – It’s the plane that is supposed to change the experience of flying. No more stuffy noses, dry throats or severe fatigue. Larger windows … 1

• Feds arrest 36 in drug raid at Pennsylvania Boeing plant

  September 29, 2011 in News, Nation/World PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Federal agents raided a Boeing plant that makes military helicopters in suburban Philadelphia on Thursday and charged more than three dozen people with distributing or trying to … 2

• Union: Documents show Boeing aimed to trump unions

  September 23, 2011 in Business, Nation/World, Region Documents released today by a union in a high-profile labor dispute with Boeing Co. suggested the aerospace giant opened a new plant in South Carolina partly to escape its labor … 11

• House to vote on bill targeting Boeing labor case

  September 15, 2011 in Business, Nation/World House Republicans are poised to express their anger over the government’s politically contentious labor case against Boeing Co. by passing a measure that would curb the National Labor Relation’s enforcement … 18

• Report: Firms spent more on CEO pay than taxes

  September 1, 2011 in Business, Nation/World on Page A8 Twenty-five of the 100 largest U.S. corporations paid their chief executives more than they paid the government in federal income taxes last year, according to a report released Wednesday. The … 11

• Boeing CEO’s remarks raise questions on plant site for 737

  July 28, 2011 in Business on Page A10 SEATTLE – Boeing Co. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jim McNerney jolted listeners on a morning conference call Wednesday when he said the planned revamp of the 737 single-aisle jet …

• India’s growing economy has room for 1,320 new planes

  July 10, 2011 in Business on Page E3 NEW DELHI – Boeing has forecast a $150 billion market for passenger airplanes in India over the next 20 years driven by a booming economy. Indian airlines will need to …

• Judge denies Boeing motion to dismiss labor case

  June 30, 2011 in Business, Nation/World A judge has denied Boeing Co.’s request to dismiss a federal lawsuit that claims the company illegally retaliated against unionized workers by moving some work from Washington state to South … 4

• Obama: Boeing, U.S. companies need freedom to move

  June 29, 2011 in Business, Nation/World President Barack Obama says it would defy common sense for Boeing Co. to have to shut down a new aircraft plant or lay off workers as a result of a … 32

• Aerospace summit set for Seattle

  June 22, 2011 in City on Page A8 Seattle will be the site of a summit for aerospace manufacturers and suppliers next March and a Bellingham company will expand to reconfigure planes for an Austrian airline, Gov. Chris …

• Gregoire, Boeing boss attend Paris Air Show

  June 21, 2011 in City on Page A7 Gov. Chris Gregoire is in Paris this week, talking up Boeing at the biennial air show and talking up Washington as a place for the aerospace giant’s next assembly line. …

• Boeing to crank out 737s

  June 16, 2011 in Business on Page A10 SEATTLE – To meet booming demand for single-aisle jets worldwide, Boeing announced Wednesday that it plans to step up production of its Renton, Wash.,-built 737 to 42 planes per month …

• Boeing boosting 737 production to unprecedented level

  June 15, 2011 in Business To meet booming demand for single-aisle jets worldwide, Boeing announced that it plans to step up production of its 737 jetliner to 42 planes per month by the first half …

• State pushing to retain 737 manufacturing

  June 8, 2011 in News, Business Gov. Chris Gregoire has announced the creation of a team that will begin working to keep Boeing’s 737 manufacturing line in the state. Gregoire says the aerospace giant is due …

• Boeing’s Phantom Ray takes test flight

  May 8, 2011 in Business on Page E3 LOS ANGELES — A sleek, delta-winged robotic jet took to the skies for the first time above the Mojave Desert at Edwards Air Force Base. Boeing Co.’s experimental drone, dubbed … 1

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