Airbus CEO orders probe on A380 cracks Zeenews Singapore: The head of Airbus said he ordered an internal investigation into how the company allowed wing cracks to develop on its flagship A380 passenger jet, acting to draw a line under weeks of embarrassing publicity for the world's largest planemaker. | Chief Executive Tom Enders reiterated that...
Airbus to investigate A380 cracks Irish Times | The head of Airbus said he ordered an internal investigation into how the company allowed wing cracks to develop on its flagship A380 passenger jet, acting to draw a line under weeks of embarrassing publicity for the world's largest planemaker. | C...
Airbus CEO orders probe on A380 cracks Zeenews Singapore: The head of Airbus said he ordered an internal investigation into how the company allowed wing cracks to develop on its flagship A380 passenger jet, acting to draw a line under weeks of embarrassing publicity for the world's largest planem...
UPDATE 1-Airbus CEO orders probe on A380 cracks The Guardian * World's largest airliner still safe to fly - Enders * Rival Boeing downplays problems with Dreamliner * Airbus applying lessons learned to protect future A350 * Drip-feed of leaks has embarrassed CEO, Airbus By Harry Suhartono and Tim Hepher SINGAP...
The new geography of trade Al Jazeera | It is an article of faith that global trade will be an ever-growing presence in the world. Yet this belief rests on shaky foundations. Global trade depends on cheap, long-distance freight transportation. Freight costs will rise with climate change,...
A New Ceiling From the Factory Floor Journal of Commerce Strong manufacturing growth in the U.S. lifts freight shipments and exports | Hyundai’s car plant in Montgomery, Ala., is running at 110 percent of official capacity. Deere and Caterpillar report double-digit sales increases. U.S. steel product...
Samudera Indonesia Sees Chance to Expand Its Shipping Business Jakarta Globe Shipping company Samudera Indonesia has set aside Rp 800 billion ($89.6 million) to finance business investment, which includes the planned purchase of new ships this year. | Anwarsyah Batubara, Samudera’s finance director, said on Thursday that th...
Indonesia Boosts Exports, Taps Manufacturing Shift Journal of Commerce Southeast Asia country boosted exports 29 percent in 2011 | Indonesian exports in 2011 rose 29 percent year-over-year to $204 billion, as Southeast Asia’s largest economy taps manufacturers' shift of production away from disaster-affected Thail...
Nikkei hits 3-month closing high; Elpida surges Zeenews Tokyo: Japan's Nikkei share average hit its highest closing level in nearly three months on Tuesday on expectations that a Greek debt swap deal will still be reached even after European finance ministers rejected an offer by Greece's private creditors. | Struggling Elpida Memory Inc surged 4.6 percent after a media report that the Japanese chipmake...
When the U.S. Dropped Dirty Bombs on Spain WorldNews.com Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling | Almost fifty-years after the United States dropped "dirty bombs" on Spain, it was finally refreshing to hear guarantees that it will help clean up land contaminated with radio activity. But for the people of Palomares, a fishing village on the Mediterranean coastline of Spain, they remember all too w...
