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☆ Tesla, Alphabet or GM? A breakdown of the autonomous driving battle and how to trade it
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( Michael Khouw | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +12 min

Autonomous driving is at a pivotal juncture, with several companies vying for leadership in a sector that promises to revolutionize transportation. While Tesla (TSLA) has dominated the autonomous vehicle headlines with its Full Self-Driving (FSD) system, it may not be the best autonomous driving investment. Waymo: A leader in the autonomous race Waymo, a subsidiary of Alphabet , has long been a frontrunner in the autonomous driving sector. Tesla's FSD software relies primarily on optical cameras, supported by advanced AI algorithms to interpret the road environment. The value autonomous driving adds to stock Currently, Alphabet, GM, and Tesla are not generating meaningful revenue from autonomous driving or robotics technology.

Persons: GM's, Google's Waymo, Waymo, Tesla's, Cruise, Mary Barra, Elon Musk, Tesla, AVs, GM's supercruise, TSLA, Price, Mary Barra's Organizations: General Motors, PACE, Hyundai, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety, Cruise, Cruise's, National, Traffic Safety Administration, Ford, Elon, GM's, Tesla, GM, CNBC, NBC UNIVERSAL Locations: Phoenix, Los Angeles, AVs

☆ Warren Buffett is selling down his stocks. Here are his top 5 holdings
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Warren Buffett turned heads as he dumped another big portion of his Apple stake, and here's where his top holdings stood at the end of the third quarter. Berkshire Hathaway disclosed in its earnings report that approximately 70% of its equity portfolio was concentrated in just five stocks — Apple, Bank of America , Coca-Cola , American Express and Chevron . Since mid-July, Berkshire has reaped more than $10 billion from selling its longtime Bank of America investment. The Omaha-based conglomerate's Chevron holding was untouched last quarter, worth $17.5 billion at the end of September. Its longtime holding Coca-Cola was also held steady last quarter, worth $28.7 billion.

Persons: Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, Buffett Organizations: Apple, Berkshire, Bank of America, American Express, Chevron, America Express Locations: Omaha, Berkshire

☆ Natilus Horizon plane’s innovative shape promises greener flights and added comfort
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Jacopo Prisco | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Spurred by increasing global demand for air travel, aviation emissions have been rising faster than those from rail, road, or shipping in recent decades. The Natilus Horizon passenger plane aims to reduce emissions by 50%, and increase payload by 40%, due to its blended-wing body shape. Matyushev says the blended wing body design originated in the 1990s from McDonnell Douglas, a major American aerospace manufacturer that merged with Boeing in 1997. Boeing never commercialized a blended wing plane, but studied the concept and produced an unmanned prototype, the X-48. “One of the challenges with the blended wing body design is stability and control,” he explains.

Persons: JetZero, Natilus, ”, Aleksey Matyushev, Matyushev, McDonnell Douglas, —, “, you’re, Gary Crichlow, Max, ” Natilus, Crichlow Organizations: CNN, Aviation, SAF, Airbus, Boeing, Max, Aviation News Limited Locations: California, San Diego, Kona, American, Natilus, JetZero

☆ Alphabet needs more clarity on how capex will translate to revenue, says Needham's Laura Martin
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailAlphabet needs more clarity on how capex will translate to revenue, says Needham's Laura MartinLaura Martin, Needham analyst, joins CNBC's 'Money Movers' to discuss tech earnings, thoughts on whether regulators should break up Alphabet, and more.

Persons: Needham's Laura Martin Laura Martin, Needham

☆ JetBlue founder says struggling airlines need to ditch barebones planes and give flyers more choices
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Budget airlines like Spirit, Frontier, and Southwest are struggling to turn a profit. The still-in-service airlines Neeleman founded, like JetBlue Airways, Azul Brazilian Airlines, Canada's WestJet, and Breeze Airways, largely follow this idea. Historically, these strategies have been absent from the likes of Spirit, Frontier, and Southwest, which have stuck to all-economy aircraft with little choice. Southwest Airlines boats an open-seating policy where seats are first-co,me first-serve. Low-cost airlines should continue to ditch barebones planesSouthwest shouldn't be the only one to move away from historical norms.

Persons: David Neeleman, —, David Neeleman —, Thomas Pallini, haven't, Neeleman, that's, Barry Biffle, They're, we've, WestJet, Scott Kirby, doesn't, Kevin Carter, Breeze Organizations: Service, JetBlue —, Breeze Airways, Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, Street, Frontier, Neeleman, JetBlue Airways, Azul Brazilian Airlines, JetBlue, Southwest Airlines, Morris Air, Spirit, Airbus Locations: Southwest, Frontier, Breeze

☆ Apple's China headache isn't going away anytime soon
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Greater China is a key market for Apple, with new AI features expected to roll out in April. It also rolled out its highly-anticipated Apple Intelligence software in the US in English on Monday. While consumers may be buying the newest iPhones in Greater China, they'll have to wait until April for Apple Intelligence to launch in Chinese, however. However, competition is stiff, and Apple Intelligence still needs time to prove itself. It'll take months to know for certain if AI can move the needle for Apple in Greater China.

Persons: Apple, —, Tim Cook, Jacob Bourne, It'll Organizations: Apple, Baidu, Service, Apple Intelligence, Huawei, Xiaomi, Business, Wedbush Securities Locations: Greater China, China, EMARKETER

☆ Progressives gear up for their first big fight if Harris wins: Protecting Lina Khan
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Alex-Seitz-Wald-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Alex Seitz-Wald | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

With Republicans favored to win the Senate, Harris may have few opportunities to pursue an ambitious legislative agenda, shifting the Democratic ideological fight to key personnel decisions. “It’d be a strategic blunder for Harris to pick an ugly fight over Lina Khan’s future when there’s already strong consensus among Democrats. Moderate senators like Bob Casey and Jackie Rosen are actively campaigning on the FTC’s work to lower prices,” said a Senate Democratic aide, who was granted anonymity to discuss a sensitive subject. Removing her would not only infuriate the left but it could provoke a confirmation fight with Senate Republicans over her replacement. Some in the progressive movement believe Harris should simply leave her there without going through confirmation again in the Senate if need be.

Persons: WASHINGTON, Kamala Harris tacks, Lina Khan, Harris, ”, Dan Geldon, Sen, Elizabeth Warren, “, ” Geldon, Mark Cuban, Gary Gensler, Barry Diller, Reid Hoffman, Hoffman, ” “, Adam Green, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Ron Klain, Khan, Danielle Deiseroth, MAGA, Lina Khan’s, there’s, Bob Casey, Jackie Rosen, Alexandria Ocasio, Bernie Sanders, “ Khan, Jeff Hauser, he’s, Ohio Democratic Sen, Sherrod Brown, Geldon, General Merrick Garland, Donald Trump, Michael Dorf, Neil Buchanan, Ezra Levin, Biden, we’d, ” Levin Organizations: Federal Trade, Biden, Republicans, NBC, Securities, Exchange, Billionaire Democratic, Democratic Party, Democratic, Facebook, Progress, Trump, Will, Progressives, SEC, Crypto, Ohio Democratic, Banking Committee, Cuban, Monday, Trump Republicans, Republican Locations: Alexandria, Cortez, Ohio, Harris ’, Washington

☆ Temu to be investigated by EU tech regulators over sale of illegal products
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Chinese online retailer Temu will be investigated on whether it may have breached EU tech rules against the sale of illegal products, EU tech regulators said on Thursday, in a move which could lead to hefty fines for the company. Temu, which has 92 million users in the 27-country European Union, is a unit of Chinese ecommerce giant PDD Holdings . The EU tech enforcer will also investigate whether Temu is complying with the DSA obligation to provide researchers access to its publicly accessible data. Particularly in ensuring that products sold on their platform meet EU standards and do not harm consumers," EU antitrust and tech chief Margrethe Vestager said in a statement. Temu could face a fine of as much as 6% of its global turnover if found guilty of breaching the DSA.

Persons: Margrethe Vestager Organizations: EU, European Commission, Digital Services, Union, PDD Holdings, DSA Locations: EU

☆ Eli Lilly stock tumbles 10% after drug giant misses estimates and slashes profit guidance
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Annika Kim Constantino | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Eli Lilly on Wednesday fell short of profit and revenue expectations for the third quarter, weighed down by disappointing sales of its blockbuster weight loss drug Zepbound and diabetes treatment Mounjaro, and slashed its full-year adjusted profit guidance. Eli Lilly now expects full-year adjusted earnings of between $13.02 and $13.52 per share, down from previous guidance of $16.10 to $16.60 per share. Eli Lilly also lowered the high-end of its revenue outlook for the year and now expects sales of between $45.4 billion and $46 billion. The weekly injection raked in $1.26 billion in sales for the period, below the $1.76 billion that analysts expected, according to StreetAccount. As of Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration's drug database said all doses of Zepbound and Mounjaro are available in the U.S. after extended shortages.

Persons: Eli Lilly, Mounjaro, Eli Lilly's Organizations: Novo Nordisk, LSEG, Food Locations: U.S

☆ Super Micro shares plunge 35% as auditor resigns after raising concerns months earlier
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Rohan Goswami | In Rohangoswamicnbc | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

EY had been hired to audit Super Micro for the first time for the 2024 fiscal year, the company said. Super Micro makes computers that companies use as servers for websites, data storage and other applications, including AI algorithms. Shares of Super Micro, which joined the S&P 500 in March, surged 246% in 2023. EY's concerns were raised prior to a short-seller report that took aim at Super Micro's financial controls and accounting practices. The company hired law firm Cooley and a forensic accounting firm to review Super Micro's internal controls.

Persons: Ernst & Young, Charles Laing, EY, Cooley, Young Organizations: Nvidia, AMD, Intel, Securities and Exchange Commission, Super Micro, Ernst

☆ China lost 36% of its billionaires to years of economic troubles and crackdowns
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Hannah Abraham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

According to Hurun's 2024 rich list, China lost 432 billionaires since the high of 1,185 in 2021. Hurun, a private research group that has tracked Chinese billionaires since 1999, said the total peaked in 2021 with 1,185 billionaires, a figure which fell to 753, a decline of 432, or 36% of the total. It comes as some of China's superrich choose to lie low or leave the country, finding covert ways to take their money with them. "The stories of the individuals on the Hurun China Rich List tell the story of the Chinese economy," said Rupert Hoogewerf, Hurun's Chairman and Chief Researcher. AdvertisementThat led, among other things, to regulatory crackdowns on tech platform companies and campaigns against China's rich entrepreneurs.

Persons: —, crackdowns, China's superrich, Zhang Yiming, Bytedance, Yiming, Zhong Shanshan, Rupert Hoogewerf, Robin Zeng, Li, Kerry Brown, Xi, Jack Ma, Alibaba, Brown, Joel Gallo, China shouldn't, it's Organizations: Service, Reuters, King's College London, Ant Group, & Partners, Bloomberg, New York University Shanghai, Communist Locations: China, Taiwan, Greater China

☆ JetBlue founder and low-cost airline veteran explains how struggling airlines need to adapt to survive right now
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Budget airlines like Spirit, Frontier, and Southwest are struggling to turn a profit. Low-cost veteran David Neeleman told BI that Spirit and Frontier should merge to survive. The still-in-service airlines Neeleman founded, like JetBlue Airways, Azul Brazilian Airlines, Canada's WestJet, and Breeze Airways, largely follow this idea. Historically, these strategies have been absent from the likes of Spirit, Frontier, and Southwest, which have stuck to all-economy aircraft with little choice. Southwest Airlines boats an open-seating policy where seats are first-co,me first-serve.

☆ Oasis is canceling reunion tour tickets sold by resellers
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( John Towfighi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Oasis is canceling around 50,000 tickets for its British tour dates that were resold on secondary websites like StubHub and Viagogo. The band’s tour promoters are canceling tickets resold through unofficial secondary sites to stop price gouging, a spokesperson for Live Nation and SJM, the Oasis tour promoters, told CNN. CNN saw ticket prices as high as $7,294 for the Oasis tour on Viagogo, a secondary market for ticket sales. Canceled tickets will be made available for face value on Ticketmaster, which is owned by Live Nation and considered the designated site for Oasis tickets. The North American leg of the Oasis tour begins on August 24, 2025, at Rogers Stadium in Toronto, Ontario.

Persons: scalpers, —, Taylor Swift, hasn’t, Liam, Noel Gallagher, SJM, Twickets, Viagogo Organizations: Live, Oasis, CNN, Coldplay, Oasis’s, Ireland, Ticketmaster, Live Nation, Rogers Locations: Washington, Cardiff , Manchester, London, Edinburgh, Dublin, Toronto , Ontario, Chicago, East Rutherford , New Jersey, Los Angeles, Mexico City

(AP) — The federal government is handing out $2.4 billion in railroad grants to help pay for 122 projects nationwide with more than half of the money going to smaller railroads. The grants announced Tuesday by the Federal Railroad Administration will go to projects across 41 states and Washington, D.C. Last year, the administration handed out $1.4 billion in these rail grants. But the majority of the money — nearly $1.3 billion — will go to 81 projects at smaller short line railroads across the country. Chuck Baker, president of the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association trade group, said the grants will help those smaller railroads significantly.

Persons: Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Louis, Chuck Baker, Baker Organizations: Federal Railroad Administration, Regulators, CSX, Amtrak, Union Pacific, Regional Railroad Association, FRA, Associated Press Locations: OMAHA, Neb, Washington, Norfolk Southern, East Palestine , Ohio, Hudson, Albany, Rensselaer , New York, Illinois, Norfolk, Springfield, Chicago, St, California’s Orange County, Michigan, Milwaukee, America, U.S

☆ Chinese IPOs in the U.S. and Hong Kong are set to increase next year, analysts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Evelyn Cheng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

China News Service | China News Service | Getty ImagesBEIJING — Chinese IPOs in the U.S. and Hong Kong are set to increase next year, analysts said, as some high-profile listings outside the mainland this year raise investor optimism over profitable exits. Last week, Horizon Robotics — a Chinese artificial intelligence and auto chip developer — and state-owned bottled water company CR Beverage went public in Hong Kong. The firm noted that Chinese delivery giant SF Express is planning for a Hong Kong IPO next month, while Chinese automaker Chery aims for one next year. Still, the overall pace of Hong Kong IPOs this year is slightly slower than expected, George Chan, global IPO leader at EY, told CNBC in an interview earlier this month. Hong Kong, then New York

Persons: Pony.ai, Didi, Marcia Ellis, Morrison Foerster, George Chan, Chan Organizations: Nasdaq, China News Service, Getty, U.S, Hong Kong Stock Exchange, CR Beverage, Renaissance, Hong, Chery, CNBC, IPOs Locations: BEIJING, U.S, Hong Kong, China, New York, Mainland China, New

☆ Wise's billionaire CEO fined £350,000 by UK regulators over failure to report tax issue
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

In this article WISE-GB Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNTKristo Kaarmann, CEO and co-founder of Wise. Eoin Noonan | Sportsfile | Getty ImagesLONDON — Kristo Käärmann, the billionaire CEO of money transfer firm Wise , was slapped with a £350,000 ($454 million) fine by financial regulators in the U.K for failing to report an issue with his tax filings. "We continue to build a product and a company that will serve our customers and owners for the decades to come," Käärmann added. The chair of Wise, David Wells, said that the company's board of directors "continues to take Wise's regulatory obligations very seriously." In a note Monday, analysts at British investment bank Peel Hunt boosted their expectations for Wise's full-year profit before tax by 15%.

Persons: Kaarmann, Wise, Eoin Noonan, Sportsfile, Käärmann, Taavet Hinrikus, Forbes, Therese Chambers, David Wells, Peel Hunt, Gautam Pillai, Barun Singh Organizations: WISE, Getty, Financial, Authority, FCA, Customs, Peel Locations: Estonian

☆ Microsoft calls out Google for running 'shadow campaigns' in Europe to influence regulators
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Microsoft took the unusual step on Monday of publicly criticizing longtime rival Google for running "shadow campaigns" in Europe designed to discredit the software giant with regulators. "This week an astroturf group organized by Google is launching," Microsoft lawyer Rima Alaily wrote. "We've been very public about our concerns with Microsoft's cloud licensing, a Google cloud spokesperson said in an email. Google funded the Coalition for Fair Software Licensing that last year asked the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to investigate Microsoft, Alaily wrote. WATCH: Google Cloud exec says Microsoft is in violation of EU antitrust laws

Persons: Rima Alaily, Alaily, Microsoft's, didn't Organizations: Microsoft, Google, Justice Department, Group, Open Cloud Coalition, DGA, European Commission, Amazon Web Services, Amazon, Coalition for, Software, U.S . Federal Trade Commission, Cloud Infrastructure Services Locations: Europe, U.S, Monday's

☆ Boeing's new CEO is taking on the ultimate management test
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-26 | by ( Tim Paradis | Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Boeing's still-new CEO, Kelly Ortberg, faces urgent challenges, including a worker strike. Ortberg is focusing on communication, trust, and future innovation at Boeing to get the company on the right path. Ortberg, in a letter released to employees along with the company's third-quarter results, said Boeing's customers want — and need — the company to succeed. "With the right focus and culture, we can be an iconic company and aerospace leader once again," he wrote. "When you feel that the CEO is with you, and the CEO is feeling your pain, it makes it more tolerable and provides hope for the future," Franklin said.

Persons: Boeing's, Kelly Ortberg, Ortberg, —, we've, Bill George, George, he's, Rosalind Franklin, Boyden, Franklin, Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, who's, Mary Barra, Alan Mulally, Sonnenfeld, haven't, Richard Aboulafia, they're, Aboulafia Organizations: Boeing, Service, Harvard Business School, Yale School of Management, Yale's, Leadership, General Motors, Ford, GM Locations: Seattle

☆ Boeing had a tough 24 hours, but with CEO Kelly Ortberg's turnaround plan, analysts remain hopeful
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-24 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

CEO Kelly Ortberg has vowed to turn around the company and laid out a four-point plan. CEO Kelly Ortberg vowed to "return Boeing to its former legacy" and said the company would focus on changing its culture. However, restoring the traditional defined-benefit pension plan — replaced with a 401(k) in 2014 negotiations — has been a key issue for many on the picket lines. Bank of America analysts estimated that restoring this pension plan would cost up to $400 million annually. Boeing's production has been limited as it faces supply-chain constraints and renewed scrutiny from regulators in the wake of January's Alaska Airlines blowout.

Persons: Kelly Ortberg, —, Manuel Valdes, William Blair, Peter McNally, China's, McNally, Morningstar's Nicolas Owens, Ortberg Organizations: Boeing, Service, CNBC, Wall Street, Labor, Seattle Times, Bank of America, Anderson Economic Group, AP, Alaska Airlines, Airbus Locations: Seattle, Pacific Northwest

☆ US court blocks handbag maker Tapestry’s $8.5 billion acquisition of rival Capri
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-24 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

A US judge blocked the pending $8.5 billion merger of US handbag and accessories maker Tapestry and Capri on Thursday, a victory for the US Federal Trade Commission in an industry where merger challenges are rare. Tapestry fought those claims, saying the deal was spurred by an intensely competitive US handbag industry and was needed to fight back against European players like Gucci, which are increasingly grabbing market share. The ruling in effect permanently blocks the proposed deal, Tapestry’s lawyers said in court documents. Those brands are: Tapestry’s Coach, Kate Spade and Stuart Weitzman; and Capri’s Versace, Jimmy Choo and Michael Kors. The ruling follows approval of the merger by regulators in Japan and the European Union earlier this year.

Persons: Tapestry, Gucci, Biden, Kate Spade, Stuart Weitzman, Capri’s Versace, Jimmy Choo, Michael Kors, Jennifer Rochon Organizations: US Federal Trade Commission, FTC, Capri, European Union Locations: Capri, New York, Japan

☆ McDonald's and Boeing: The two stocks Wall Street will keep an eye on Wednesday
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-23 | by ( Frank Holland | In Frank-Holland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

(This is a wrap-up of the key money moving discussions on CNBC's "Worldwide Exchange" exclusive for PRO subscribers. Worldwide Exchange airs at 5 a.m. Investors on Wednesday were focused on big news involving two Dow Jones Industrial Average components: Boeing and McDonald's. The current bull market and how much more stocks can continue to rally was also on investors' minds. McDonald's E. coli outbreak, Boeing earnings McDonald's shares were lower and the primary drag on Dow futures after an E-coli outbreak linked to Quarter Pounders that has killed one person and lead to dozens being hospitalized.

Persons: Sara Senatore, Senatore, Kelly Ortberg, Phil Lebeau, Tony Bancroft, —, Ortberg, Piper, Craig Johnson, Piper Sandler, Johnson Organizations: PRO, Worldwide, Dow Jones, Boeing, Dow, Bank of America, New, CNBC, Gabelli, Aerospace, Defense, Federal Aviation Administration, Max Jets, Piper, Marvell, Scotts Miracle, Gro Locations: Corning, Illumina

☆ New Boeing CEO sets sights on 'leaner' future as quarterly loss tops $6 billion
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-23 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

watch nowQuarterly lossesBoeing reported a more than $6 billion loss for the third quarter, its largest since 2020 when the pandemic halted most aircraft demand and its bestselling airplane was grounded after two crashes. It disclosed charges of more than $5 billion across its commercial and defense units and said it ended the third quarter with $10.5 billion in cash and marketable securities. Its commercial airplane unit's losses swelled to more than $4 billion from a $678 million loss a year before. Ortberg announced the departure of the defense unit's CEO, Ted Colbert, in September. He is expected to face questions on the call about which units or projects the company will consider shedding.

Persons: David Ryder, Kelly Ortberg, Ortberg, CNBC's Squawk, Brian West, Ted Colbert, we've, LSEG, Rockwell Collins, Max, weren't Organizations: Boeing Co, Bloomberg, Getty, Boeing, KC, International, NASA, CNBC, Alaska Airlines Locations: Renton , Washington, US

☆ New Boeing CEO to give clues about company's future, while striking workers vote on new contract
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-22 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

Now, new CEO Kelly Ortberg has the chance to share his vision for the troubled manufacturer, from a potential strike-ending labor agreement to a slimmed-down future. When he takes the mic for his first earnings call as Boeing’s CEO on Wednesday, more than 32,000 striking machinists will start voting on a new, sweetened contract proposal. “I think it’s going to be a tight vote,” Jon Holden, president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 751, told CNBC on Tuesday. Narrowing businessesOrtberg, a longtime aerospace veteran who previously ran Rockwell Collins, took the reins at Boeing in early August. Mending ties with workers, stabilizing supply chainThe results of the union vote will come out hours after the earnings call.

Persons: Kelly Ortberg, “, ” Jon Holden, RTX, Neil Mitchill, Collins, Rockwell Collins, Robert " Kelly, Ortberg, ”, Ken Herbert, Julie Su, Holden, ” Holden, Joe Biden, Biden, —, Phil LeBeau Organizations: Boeing, International Association of Machinists, Aerospace Workers, CNBC, GE Aerospace, AFP, Getty, Air Force One, Workers, Puget, Labor, Spirit, Aerospace Industries Association Locations: underperformance, Seattle, South Carolina

But a group of e-cigarette users are suddenly finding themselves with a little extra cash, thanks to a massive class action settlement involving one of America's tobacco giants. In online forums and on social media this week, users of Juul Labs nicotine products have been posting screenshots of online deposits for hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars that they now have access to. Juul agreed to a settlement in 2022, but the Altria settlement, which was needed to kickstart payouts, was not approved until earlier this year. And it was only this month that claims for the approximately 842,000 eligible Juul customers began to be verified. Vaping remains mired in controversy in the U.S., as e-cigarette companies and federal regulators continue to haggle over the products’ health effects and marketing guardrails.

Persons: Juul, Altria, Vaping Organizations: Food and Drug Administration Locations: Juul, U.S

More than 90 flights from Indian airports have received bomb threats in just over a week, including about 50 on Saturday and Sunday alone, according to local media reports. Bomb threats against airlines are taken especially seriously in India, which was rattled by a series of bombings and hijackings from the 1970s to 1990s. Two days later, the British air force dispatched a fighter jet to intercept an Air India Boeing 777 en route to London. Air India said it would consider legal action against those responsible and was cooperating with the authorities to identify the perpetrators. Police in Mumbai have arrested one person on suspicion of posting bomb threats against at least three flights, Kinjarapu said Wednesday in a post on X.

Persons: Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu, Kinjarapu, Ripudaman Singh Malik, ”, Sidharath Kapur, “, Kapur Organizations: Authorities, Indian Airlines, Air India, Airlines, ”, Air, Air India Express, Air India Boeing, London ., Police Locations: DELHI, India, United States, Kathmandu, Nepal, Delhi, Afghanistan, Toronto, New Delhi, ” Air India, Air India, New York, Mumbai, London, Chicago, Iqaluit

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