Text size Three figures to start your day: Core Consumer Price Index rose 0.6% in July It is the fastest monthly increase since 1991. The CPI follows a course of consumer goods and is a frequently cited measure of inflation in the US. The core CPI excludes liquid food and …
Read More »Boeing 747s still use floppy disks to get software updates
It’s been about 12 million years since most of us last used a floppy disk, but apparently ancient technology still plays a critical role in delivering software updates to Boeing’s 747-400 aircraft. The discovery comes with courtesy from cybersecurity company Pen Test Partners and was initially detected by The register. …
Read More »Boeing Is the largest contributor to the Dow today. Here’s why.
Text size Shares in commercial airline Boeing shares were up 5% Monday afternoon, adding 57 points to the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s 330 points gain, making it the largest single participant in the Dow index. The reason for this is the Boeing stock market (ticker: BA) is obviously Covid-related. The …
Read More »Amazon, Apple, Boeing, Starbucks, Visa and other actions to see this week
Text size It is the busiest week of the second quarter earnings season, with 171 S&P 500 companies slated to report. Things start slowly on Monday, before 3M, Advanced Micro Devices, eBay, McDonald’s, Pfizer, Starbucks and Visa reported on Tuesday. On Wednesday, Boeing, Facebook, General Electric, PayPal Holdings, Qualcomm and …
Read More »Honeywell Beat Earnings. What their numbers mean for the industrial economy.
Text size Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images Honeywell’s earnings, reported Friday morning, beat Wall Street estimates for the pandemic-hit second quarter. That’s good news for Honeywell, but the company is a huge and distant industrial conglomerate. Your earnings are a useful read for many companies in many industries. …
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