737 Max May Stay Grounded into 2020; Why Does Boeing CEO Muilenburg Still Have a Job?
Boeing remains mired in its 737 Max mess.
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Gregory Travis and Marshall Auerback: Anatomy of a Disaster – Why Boeing Should Never Make Another Airplane, Again
Is Boeing itself on a crash course?
Read more...How Deep Is Boeing’s Hole?
A favorite saying of famed short seller David Einhorn is, “No matter how bad it looks, it’s worse.”. This appears particularly true of Boeing these days.
Read more...SEC to Relax Audit Requirements for Small Companies, Thus Facilitating Future Accounting Fraud
SEC proposes relaxing internal control attestation requirements for companies with annual revenues of less than $100 million.
Read more...The Next US Recession Is Likely to Be Around the Corner
Business economists argue that the length of an expansion is a good indicator of when a recession will hit.
Read more...Yes, the Tech Giants Are a Big Problem—But the Untamed Finance Industry Could Still Blow Up the Economy
Why finance, broadly defined, is still a hazard to the US economy.
Read more...Ralph Nader Calls Out Boeing for 737 MAX Lack of Airworthiness, Stock Buybacks, and Demands Muilenburg Resign
Nader: “There is no need to wait for some long-drawn out, redundant inquiry. Management was criminally negligent, 346 lives of passengers and crew were lost.”
Read more...The Effectiveness of the Global Financial Safety Net Depends on the Tools and Shocks
This column evaluates the effectiveness of the use of IMF support and foreign reserves in globally driven crises
Read more...Boeing’s 737 Max Debacle: The Result of a Dangerously Pro-Automation Design Philosophy?
A deep dive on the 737 Max fiasco.
Read more...Climate Research Must Change to Help Communities Plan for the Future
Climate scientist Robert Koop argues for national investment in universities analogous to that of long-standing cooperative extension programs but applied to scientific climate risk management.
Read more...Boeing Doubles Down on 737 Max, Rejects Need for Simulator Training
Boeing is compounding its bad decisions on the 737 Max.
Read more...Boeing Crapification: Second 737 Max Plane Within Five Months Crashes Just After Takeoff
Another Boeing 737 aircraft crashed minutes after takeoff in Addis Ababa yesterday, killing all 157 passengers on board, in circumstances similar to last October’s Lion Air crash in Indonesia. Consequences for Boeing depend on what the just-recovered voice and data recorders reveal.
Read more...Climate Damages: Uncertain but Ominous, or $51 per Ton of Carbon?
The dark and contested art of pricing carbon emissions.
Read more...Even Endowments Not Beating Vanguard….So What Good Are Those High Fee Private Equity and Hedge Funds?
Even endowments, the supposed best of best among diversified investors, are finding that their old alternative investment mojo isn’t working these days.
Read more...Stumped by the Stock Market Slump? Start by Picturing a Used Car Dealership
Trading stocks can be a lot like buying a used car.
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