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Boeing’s safety revamp is overdue but welcome

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Boeing Co. has a long way to go to rebuild its tarnished reputation on safety, but it’s moving in the right direction. The planemaker named Beth Pasztor — a 34-year Boeing veteran with a background in engineering and compliance — as the head of a new organisation focused on the safety of its products and services. The appointment is in ...

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Losing Apple battle might help win tech tax war

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Apple Inc. is squaring up with tech’s European bete noire, MargretheVestager, over its historical tax arrangements in Ireland at a court hearing this week. If the iPhone maker wins, Vestager may be able to use the defeat to her benefit. Back in 2016, EU Competition Commissioner Vestager imposed a 13 billion-euro ($14.4 billion) bill on Apple for unpaid taxes in ...

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Stock havens cost more just when investors need them

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Bloomberg Some of the highest valuations in years can’t keep exchange-traded fund investors from hunkering down in the safest pockets of the US equity market. As the S&P 500 Index began October with its third week of losses, utilities ETFs took in $726 million, the most of any industry, data compiled by Bloomberg show. Investors had already piled into defensive ...

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