Boeing 737 Max 8 and 9 planes around the world will be grounded for ‘weeks’, according to US March 14, 2019 Boeing’s 737 Max 8 and 9 plane models will remain grounded for a minimum of “weeks,” as the manufacturing giant scrambles to test and install a software upgrade in all of the aircraft affected. Democratic representative Rick Larsen said after a briefing with the Federal Aviation Administrator the software upgrade would take a few weeks [...]
Trump says Federal Aviation Administration will ground Boeing 737-Max 8 planes over safety concerns March 13, 2019 US President Donald Trump has pushed through an "emergency order" to the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) "to ground all 737 Max 8 and the 737 Max 9, and planes associated with that line," after an Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed and killed 157 people. The FAA – and Trump by association – had both come under pressure [...]
Canada bans Boeing crash jet, piling more pressure on ‘dogmatic’ US authorities to follow suit March 13, 2019 Boeing’s misery deepened yet further today as Canadian authorities joined others around the globe in banning its latest jet model from their airspace. The move heaps yet more pressure on US regulators to ban Boeing’s new 737 Max range after it suffered its second fatal crash in five months on Sunday. Read more: Boeing's Ethiopian [...]
ii winter portfolios 2018-19 deliver mega profits March 13, 2019 | City Talk Four months into this six-month strategy and both our winter portfolios are thriving, writes Lee Wild. Finding a trading strategy that works 100 per cent of the time is the Holy Grail of investing. We’re not claiming to have found it here, and seasonal trading is not for everyone, but there is a statistical anomaly backed [...]
Forget Brexit, corporate debt is a bigger issue March 11, 2019 As a few of you might have been told many times already, today is the latest Brexit D-Day for the UK, and for Theresa May in particular. Now, despite the fact that I am – at the moment that you are reading this – down on a chilly College Green in Westminster reporting on the latest [...]
Why brands like Burger King are using internet troll tactics in their marketing campaigns March 10, 2019 Trolls have a bad reputation, deservedly so. In case you’ve been living under the proverbial rock and are unfamiliar with the term, an internet troll is someone who deliberately tries to provokes an argument or reaction online, usually by saying nasty or offensive things. Read more: DEBATE: Was Facebook right to ban Tommy Robinson? Trolling [...]
US employment market ‘faceplanting’ as only 20,000 jobs created in February March 8, 2019 The US economy in February created fewer jobs than in any month since September 2017, leading to suggestions the job market is “faceplanting”. Meanwhile according to the Labor Department’s latest figures, employment at construction sites fell by 31,000 jobs, the biggest drop since December 2013, after increasing by 53,000 jobs in January. Read more: US-China [...]
US-China summit delayed until negotiations to end trade war are finalised March 8, 2019 The summit between US president Donald Trump and Chinese president Xi Jinping will be pushed back beyond the planned end of March date in order to finalise negotiations. No date has yet been agreed but it had originally been pencilled in for 27 March or 28 March in Mar-a-Lago following Xi's planned trip to Europe. [...]
Former Trump campaign boss Paul Manafort jailed for financial crimes March 8, 2019 US President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort has been sentenced to 47 months behind bars for fraud. Manafort was last year convicted of five counts of tax fraud, two counts of bank fraud and one of failing to disclose foreign bank accounts. Read more: Manafort to plead guilty to Mueller investigation charges The [...]
The Democrats have embraced the Trump trend of childish insults and illiterate ideas March 8, 2019 My worse fear has been realised: the 2020 presidential race is upon us. Like many readers, I’m not ready to re-board the political and emotional rollercoaster of 2016. But I cannot deny reality anymore: 2020 is in full-swing. Donald Trump has altered the tone and standards of debate in US politics. Many of his supporters [...]