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Plane parts falling from the sky. Is Boeing to blame?

It’s never helpful for the aviation community when fiery debris falls from the sky onto a large US city. But some perspective is warranted on this weekend’s incident involving a United Airlines Holdings Inc-operated Boeing Co 777 jet. This isn’t on par with the crisis that engulfed another Boeing plane, the 737 Max, after two fatal crashes led to its ...

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Do Kohl’s activists have a point?

Many investors have left department stores for dead. But a coalition of activists sees potential in one such retailer — Kohl’s Corp. — as it overhauls its board. A group consisting of Macellum, Ancora, Legion Partners and 4010 Capital said that it aims to install a slate of nine new directors at the struggling retailer, attributing years of weak sales ...

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EU leaders’ Covid-19 vaccine diplomacy fails

It was encouraging to see G7 leaders including France’s Emmanuel Macron, Germany’s Angela Merkel and the UK’s Boris Johnson all on the same page when it came to Covid-19 vaccines last week. With the US back in the fold of global health cooperation as a member of the 92-country Covax initiative, they all agreed to help distribute doses around the ...

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