The Boeing Co. has unveiled the first cargo loader built to transport large 787 Dreamliner parts to Everett. The loader, the longest in the world at 118 feet 1 inch, was designed and built by a Canadian contractor. Boeing will use it to load three specially modified 747-400s, which will allow Boeing to fly major components of the 787 from global manufacturers to the final assembly plant in Everett. The first loader, and a second to be completed this month, will be delivered by ship to parts plants in Japan and Italy.
SonoSite to create iPod doctor videos
SonoSite Inc, the Bothell-based maker of hand-carried ultrasound machines, said it is making iPod-compatible training videos available to doctors and clinicians. The company is showing off its products and services, including the new training videos designed for use on video iPods, at the World Congress on Ultrasound in Emergency and Critical Care Medicine in New York this week.
UAW officials pledge to aid automakers
With Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Corp. facing market share declines and financial troubles, United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger told the union’s convention Monday that it’s time for new thinking. In a speech to about 1,300 members at the UAW’s 34th convention in Las Vegas, Gettelfinger seemed to be preparing the union for a different relationship with the troubled domestic automakers as they face challenging times. “Like it or not, these challenges aren’t the kind that can be ridden out,” he said. “They demand new and farsighted solutions – and we must be an integral part of developing these solutions.”
Federal officials probe Monster.com
The parent of job search site Monster.com was subpoenaed on Monday by the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York over the timing of stock options grants to executives. Earlier in the day, Monster Worldwide Inc. had announced it opened an internal investigation of all its stock option grants. The company often granted options dated before steep rises in its share price, a report published on Monday said.
Cars attendance hurts Disney stock
Shares of The Walt Disney Co. dipped slightly Monday, then rebounded, reflecting lower than expected ticket sales during the opening weekend of the Pixar animated film “Cars.” Shares closed down 43 cents, or 1.5 percent, to $28.90 on the New York Stock Exchange, but had dropped as low as 85 cents, or 3 percent, earlier in the day.
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