Dan Hartley of Burien, a longtime Boeing Co. worker lauded for his no-nonsense activism while leading the union for engineers and technicians, died March 10 on his 70th birthday of complications from a heart attack. As president of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace in the early 1990s, Hartley often had sharp words for Boeing Co. management. That didn’t bother Boeing Commercial Airplanes President Alan Mulally, who said he admired Hartley. “Dan really was one of my heroes,” Mulally said. “He was an engineer’s engineer.”
Microsoft Corp. plans to lower the price of its Xbox video game player to $149 in early April, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The $30 price cut is part of an effort to compete with rival Sony’s PlayStation 2, the industry leader. Microsoft also is considering selling a limited-edition Xbox equipped with Microsoft’s popular Halo shooting game for $169, the Journal said, citing sources familiar with the company’s plans. Microsoft has been fiercely competing with Sony and Nintendo Co.’s GameCube since 2001, when the software maker made its first foray into the game console business by launching Xbox.
Jurors ended their first full day of deliberations Friday in the trial of two former top executives accused of looting $600 million from Tyco International Inc. without reaching a verdict. State Justice Michael Obus gave background on the term “criminal intent” in response to a question raised by the panel on Thursday, shortly after deliberations began. He also answered several other requests, including explanation of the term “good faith.” Jurors will resume deliberations on Monday. Dennis Kozlowski, Tyco’s former chief executive officer, and Mark Swartz, former chief financial officer, are charged with a total of 32 counts of grand larceny, falsifying business records and violating state business laws. They each could face up to 30 years in prison if convicted.
The Coca-Cola Co. said Friday it is withdrawing its Dasani bottled water from sale in Britain after finding that samples contained higher than permitted levels of the chemical bromate. A Coca-Cola spokesman said the voluntary withdrawal was a precautionary measure. Only Britain was affected. Britain’s Food Standards Agency said there was no immediate risk to public health and described Coca-Cola’s decision to stop selling Dasani in Britain as “sensible.”
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