Boeing machinists end strike, approve labor contract with 38% wage hikes

Boeing machinists end strike, approve labor contract with 38% wage hikes

Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 751, embrace at a union hall after learning that union members voted to approve a new contract proposal from Boeing in... Read more »
Why flights to Europe are the cheapest they’ve been in years

Why flights to Europe are the cheapest they’ve been in years

A tourist takes a photo as the Acropolis’ Propylaea are seen in the background, in Athens, Greece, on June 28, 2024. Elias Marcou | Reuters Flights between the U.S. and Europe have... Read more »
How Disney turns over its parks between Halloween and winter holidays

How Disney turns over its parks between Halloween and winter holidays

A staple of Disney’s theme park’s celebrations, the giant Mickey pumpkin statue towers over guests on Main Street. Disney It’s time for Disney parks to swap pumpkins for poinsettias. In the thick... Read more »
Spirit Airlines stock jumps as carrier plans to sell planes, cut jobs

Spirit Airlines stock jumps as carrier plans to sell planes, cut jobs

Spirit Airlines baggage tags are seen near a check-in counter at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on April 10, 2024 in Austin, Texas.  Brandon Bell | Getty Images Spirit Airlines shares surged Friday after the... Read more »
Boeing factory strike crosses 1-month mark as pressure mounts on CEO

Boeing factory strike crosses 1-month mark as pressure mounts on CEO

Boeing Machinists union members picket outside a Boeing factory on September 13, 2024 in Renton, Washington.  Stephen Brashear | Getty Images It’s been just over a month since more than 30,000 Boeing... Read more »
Boeing to cut 17,000 jobs as losses deepen during factory strike

Boeing to cut 17,000 jobs as losses deepen during factory strike

Boeing 737 MAX airliners are pictured at the company’s factory in Renton, Washington, on Sept. 12, 2024. Stephen Brashear | AP Boeing will cut 10% of its workforce, or about 17,000 people,... Read more »
Hiring a questionable contractor may come with risks, experts say

Hiring a questionable contractor may come with risks, experts say

Visoot Uthairam | Moment | Getty Images Home repairs and renovations are expensive. To lower costs, 1 in 3 homeowners are willing to hire a contractor with holes in their resume.  About... Read more »
Gender inequality flagged in pop culture

Gender inequality flagged in pop culture

Damircudic | E+ | Getty Images Women have been making significant strides in their education and careers and working as much, if not more, than their male counterparts. Today, women who are... Read more »
Classic car sales stall in Monterey as new generation takes charge

Classic car sales stall in Monterey as new generation takes charge

A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox.... Read more »
Southwest raises Q3 forecast, announces .5 billion buyback

Southwest raises Q3 forecast, announces $2.5 billion buyback

A Southwest Airlines plane takes off from Hollywood Burbank Airport as another Southwest plane taxis on July 25, 2024 in Burbank, California.  Mario Tama | Getty Images DALLAS — Southwest Airlines raised... Read more »
Boeing sweetens labor proposal in ‘best and final’ offer

Boeing sweetens labor proposal in ‘best and final’ offer

Striking Boeing workers hold rally at the Boeing Portland Facility on September 19, 2024, in Portland, Oregon.  Jordan Gale | AFP | Getty Images Boeing on Monday sweetened its contract offer and... Read more »
Machinists prepare for lengthy stoppage

Machinists prepare for lengthy stoppage

Boeing factory workers gather on a picket line during the first day of a strike near the entrance of a production facility in Renton, Washington, U.S., September 13, 2024.  Matt Mills Mcknight... Read more »
Boeing’s defense unit chief Colbert is departing, CEO says

Boeing’s defense unit chief Colbert is departing, CEO says

Former CEO for Boeing’s defense, space and security subdivision Ted Colbert speaks during a press conference in Dubai on Nov. 16, 2019. Karim Sahib | AFP | Getty Images The head of... Read more »
Alaska-Hawaiian airline merger clears DOT review

Alaska-Hawaiian airline merger clears DOT review

Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines can go through with their planned merger, but they must maintain the value of their airline reward systems and preserve several key routes, the U.S. Department of... Read more »
Passport-free travel in Singapore is here, but not where you may think

Passport-free travel in Singapore is here, but not where you may think

Singapore made global headlines last year when the government announced that biometric processing will replace travel document verifications at Changi Airport in the first half of 2024. But the city-state is going... Read more »
Disney parks are its top money maker; it’s spending to keep it that way

Disney parks are its top money maker; it’s spending to keep it that way

Visitors wearing emblematic Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse ears walk in front of the Sleeping Beauty-inspired castle at Disneyland Paris, Oct. 16, 2023. Ian Langsdon | Afp | Getty Images Three years... Read more »
Where and how the wealthy travel is changing

Where and how the wealthy travel is changing

Heli-skiing on virgin snow in Antarctica for a cool $2.2 million. A polar bear safari in an “off-limits” area of Norway’s Svalbard for $300,000. How about tracking snow leopards in the Himalayas... Read more »
Boeing CEO Calhoun took home M last year ahead of 737 Max crisis

Boeing CEO Calhoun took home $5M last year ahead of 737 Max crisis

Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., before meeting with a group of senators on Jan. 24, 2024. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images Outgoing... Read more »
Alaska Airlines says Boeing paid it 0 million for 737 Max 9 grounding

Alaska Airlines says Boeing paid it $160 million for 737 Max 9 grounding

The fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Boeing 737-9 MAX, which was forced to make an emergency landing with a gap in the fuselage, is seen during its investigation by... Read more »