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Boeing cash gain dulls pain from $5.5b Dreamliner costs

  Bloomberg Boeing Co. generated cash for the first time since early 2019 as rising 737 Max deliveries helped bolster company finances against mounting 787 Dreamliner losses. Wall Street was caught by surprise by the $494 million in fourth-quarter free cash flow, disclosed in an earnings statement Wednesday. Analysts had expected an outflow of about $1 billion. Boeing has also ...

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Walmart boycott calls mount in Canada on Quebec vaccine rule

  Bloomberg A new vaccine requirement for Walmart locations in Quebec has prompted calls for a boycott among some Twitter users. The protests from those opposed to Covid vaccinations, known as anti-vaxxers, follow the Canadian province’s move to bar unvaccinated patrons from entering government-run stores and large retailers — part of efforts to persuade more people to get immunized. Walmart ...

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New York fights back after mask mandate shot down by judge

  Bloomberg New York is appealing a ruling by a Long Island judge that its mask mandate for schools and other public places is an illegal end run around the state constitution. The mask-wearing rule was issued December 10 by the state’s health commissioner at the urging of Governor Kathy Hochul, around the start of the omicron surge of the ...

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