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JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes and Spirit Airlines CEO Ted Christie break down blockbuster airline deal
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email CNBC’s Phil LeBeau sits down with JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes and Spirit Airlines CEO Ted Christie to discuss JetBlue’s move to buy Spirit after the discount carrier decided to end its merger plans with Frontier Airlines. The pair of CEOs explain how […]
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JetBlue agrees to buy Spirit in $3.8 billion deal to create fifth-largest U.S. airline
LaGuardia International Airport Terminal A for JetBlue and Spirit Airlines in New York. Leslie Josephs | CNBC JetBlue Airways reached a deal to buy Spirit Airlines, hours after the discount carrier scrapped plans to merge with Frontier Airlines. The New York-based carrier said it will pay $33.50 a share in cash for Spirit in a […]
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Spirit terminates merger agreement with Frontier that was marred by JetBlue’s rival bid
A Frontier Airlines airplane taxis past a Spirit Airlines aircraft at Indianapolis International Airport in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Monday, Feb. 7, 2022. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Spirit Airlines terminated its merger agreement with Frontier Airlines on Wednesday, months after rival suitor JetBlue Airways’ all-cash bid threw the planned tie-up into disarray. Shareholders […]
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Ford Motor will report its second-quarter results after the bell
Ford CEO Jim Farley at the company’s Dearborn, Michigan, plant where it’s building the electric F-150 Lightning on April 26, 2022. CNBC | Michael Wayland Ford Motor Company will report its second-quarter earnings shortly after the U.S. markets close today. Here’s what Wall Street is expecting. Adjusted earnings per share: $0.45, according to Refinitiv estimates. […]
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The space economy grew at fastest rate in years to $469 billion in 2021, report says
People watch from Canaveral National Seashore as a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Feb. 3, 2022. The rocket is carrying 49 Starlink internet satellites for a broadband network. Paul Hennessy | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images The global space economy grew […]
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Boeing takes additional charge for Starliner astronaut capsule, bringing cost overruns to near $700 million
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is seen before docking with the International Space Station on May 20, 2022 during the uncrewed OFT-2 mission. NASA Boeing disclosed a charge of $93 million in the second quarter for its Starliner astronaut capsule program, bringing the program’s overrun costs to nearly $700 million. The aerospace giant said the latest charge […]
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Spirit shareholders to finally vote on Frontier deal clouded by rival JetBlue bid
A Frontier Airlines plane near a Spirit Airlines plane at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on May 16, 2022 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Spirit Airlines shareholders are scheduled to finally vote on a planned tie-up with Frontier Airlines on Wednesday, a deal that has been on the rocks following a […]
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Boeing sticks to 2022 cash flow forecast, prepares for Dreamliner deliveries to resume
An aerial view of Boeing 777X and Boeing 737 MAX 10 airplanes parked at King County International Airport-Boeing Field, in Seattle, Washington, June 1, 2022. Lindsey Wasson | Reuters Boeing on Wednesday stuck by its forecast to return to free cash flow in this year as it prepares to resume deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner planes after manufacturing flaws […]
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General Motors earnings are out – Here are the numbers
GM CEO Mary Barra talks with media prior to the start of the 2017 General Motors Company Annual Meeting of Stockholders Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at GM Global Headquarters in Detroit, Michigan. Photo by John F. Martin for GM General Motors reported its second-quarter earnings before the U.S. markets open on Tuesday. Here are the […]
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Tesla is under scrutiny by the federal agency that enforces workplace civil rights laws
Signage is displayed on the Tesla Inc. assembly plant in Fremont, California, on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images A federal agency responsible for enforcing civil rights laws against workplace discrimination issued a cause finding against electric vehicle makers Tesla in June, according to a financial filing out Monday. […]
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