Ryan Beene
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Wind Turbines Taller Than the Statue of Liberty Are Falling Over
Breakdowns of towers and blades have bedeviled manufacturers in the US and Europe. → Read More
Southwest Airlines’ silver lining: Memories of blunders fade fast
Customer-service fiascos like Southwest’s spark a harsh backlash and prompt corporate leaders to promise changes. But blunders often are soon forgotten. → Read More
Southwest Air Memos Showed Growing Alarm on Eve of Epic Winter Storm
As a winter storm bore down on a broad swath of the US, a staffing crisis was brewing for Southwest Airlines Co. in Denver. Chris Johnson, the carrier’s vice president of ground operations, declared a “state of operational emergency” at the airport after “an unusually high number” of employee absences, according to a Dec. 21 message to ramp workers seen by Bloomberg News. → Read More
The Propeller Is Making a Comeback in The Pursuit of Greener Air Travel
The propeller is central to a radical new engine design as the aviation industry tries to innovate its way out of fossil-fuel dependence. → Read More
Buoyed by Ukraine war, defense stocks escape worst of market slump
Lockheed Martin and other defense contractors have benefited as the war in Ukraine and China’s military ambitions foster support for military spending. → Read More
What’s So Tough About Getting Air Taxis Certified for Flight?
Unproven tech, including batteries, electric motors, and propulsion systems, will complicate the process. → Read More
How GE’s Larry Culp Found a Way Out of the Mess Jack Welch Made
The first CEO to come from outside the company is dividing the faded icon to conquer its troubled past. → Read More
Takata’s Ticking Time Bomb Is Still on the Road
Despite the massive global recall, millions of its faulty air bags remain in cars—especially in countries with weak vehicle reporting systems. → Read More
GE Always Promoted From Within. Now It’s Hiring From the Outside
CEO Larry Culp, the first outsider to run the 129-year-old company, has pursued external hires for key leadership positions. → Read More
Biden to Tap Ex-Senator for NASA Boss as Moon Mission Approaches
President Joe Biden intends to nominate former Senator Bill Nelson to lead NASA, the White House said Friday, as the agency prepares for a series of missions that aim to return U.S. astronauts to the moon. → Read More
GE Is Finally Trading Its Bankers’ Stripes for a Hard Hat
With the $30 billion sale of the largest remaining business of once-dominant GE Capital, the company bets that green power generation and aviation will be more financially stable. → Read More
Biden’s green push gives Detroit the cover to go electric
General Motors Co. Chief Executive Officer Mary Barra just stomped on the electric-vehicle accelerator pedal. Call it the Biden effect. → Read More
DOJ Blasted for Probing Carmakers a Day After Angry Trump Tweets
House Democrats criticized the Justice Department Wednesday after one of its career attorneys testified an antitrust investigation was launched into automakers that agreed to meet California’s strict tailpipe emissions rules the day after President Donald Trump fumed about the arrangement on Twitter. → Read More
Treasury Watchdog Is Auditing Airline Aid to Smaller Carriers
The Treasury Department’s internal watchdog is auditing a $32 billion package of aid earmarked to support employees at passenger airlines, cargo carriers and related contractors included in the $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package. → Read More
U.S. Virus Contracts Top $7 Billion, Aiding Some Winners’ Stocks
The federal government has awarded $7.2 billion in contracts to fight the coronavirus pandemic, including one that would pay a little-known Massachusetts biotech firm more than its reported revenue for the last three years combined. → Read More
Trump officials dial back plan to gut Obama’s auto mileage rules
A draft of the final rule includes several changes that could make it easier to defend in court and more palatable to some automakers. → Read More
Boeing employees mocked Lion Air's calls for more 737 Max training before crash
Indonesia’s Lion Air wanted simulator training for its pilots before they flew the 737 Max, but was talked out of it by Boeing, sources say. → Read More
Self-driving Uber in fatal crash wasn’t programmed to spot pedestrians in roadway
Uber Technologies Inc.’s self-driving test car that struck and killed a pedestrian last year wasn’t programmed to recognize and react to jaywalkers. → Read More
Trump administration shifts course on weakening auto standards
The government plans to require carmakers to modestly boost fuel economy and pare tailpipe emissions after 2020, a reversal from its proposal to freeze requirements through 2026. → Read More
U.S. Urges Immediate Cease-Fire in Syria as It Sanctions Turkey
(Bloomberg) -- The Trump administration called for “an immediate cease-fire” in Syria on Monday as it announced sanctions in response to the military offensive launched by Turkey last week.Vice President Mike Pence said he would lead a delegation to Turkey at President Donald Trump’s request in an effort → Read More