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Airbus protests furiously over Poland’s handling of chopper deal

  Paris / AFP Airbus on Tuesday angrily lashed out against the Polish government’s handling of a failed helicopter deal which has caused diplomatic tensions between Paris and Warsaw. “Never have we been treated by any government customer the way this government has treated us,” Airbus chief executive Tom Enders said in a statement. The sharp criticism comes days after ...

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Historic Solar Impulse team planning drone

  Geneva / AFP Circling the globe in an aircraft that used no fuel would be enough for some to rest on their laurels, but the pilots of Solar Impulse 2 spoke of their new project. “An unmanned version of Solar Impulse,” aviator and engineer Andre Borschberg told reporters when asked what groundbreaking mission the Swiss-based team was tackling next. ...

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Toys ‘R’ Us may get an IPO if it’s good this Christmas

  Bloomberg It is setting up to be a very merry Christmas for Toys “R” Us. Two quarters of strong sales will likely be followed by the brightest holiday season in years for the struggling toy retailer, which has spent more than a decade under private equity ownership. During that time it has mostly been cutting costs, closing stores — ...

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