Airline CEOs have been outspoken in their frustration with Boeing’s manufacturing problems, which have slowed deliveries of planes that the carriers were counting on.
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Big grocery stores profited from pandemic more than smaller rivals
The report collected information confidentially from retail giants Amazon.com Inc. and Walmart Inc. as well as chains like Kroger Co. for an investigation of grocery supply chain disruptions.
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Justice Department sues Apple, alleging the tech giant illegally monopolized the smartphone market
The case takes direct aim at the digital fortress that Apple Inc. has built around the iPhone and other popular products such as the iPad, Mac and Apple Watch.
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Why Israel is so determined to launch an offensive in Rafah
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel can’t achieve its goal of ‘total victory’ against Hamas without an incursion.
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Trump suggests he’d support a national ban on abortions at around 15 weeks
The Republican former president has taken credit for appointing Supreme Court justices who struck down a federally guaranteed right to abortion, and now suggests a federal ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
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Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, praises ‘very valuable’ potential of Gaza’s ‘waterfront property’
‘It’s a little bit of an unfortunate situation there, but I think from Israel’s perspective, I would do my best to move the people out and then clean it up,’ said Kushner, a former White House adviser to President Donald Trump.
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Federal Reserve leaves interest rate steady, still foresees 3 rate cuts this year
In new quarterly projections they issued, the Fed officials forecast that stronger growth and stubborn inflation would persist this year and next.
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Blinken adds Israel stop to latest Mideast tour as tensions rise over Gaza war
The visit comes amid a flurry of calls, planned trips by U.S. and Israeli officials and public airings of severe disagreements over the state of the conflict and what will happen to Gaza after the war ends.
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Biden impeachment inquiry is at a junction. Republicans are under pressure.
The committee is left without the hard evidence it was seeking of wrongdoing by the president or his son, and may try to send unspecified ‘criminal referrals’ to the Justice Department.
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Boeing sees massive cash drain as 737 Max episode takes toll
The outlook reflects a shift in priorities at Boeing as it grapples with the aftermath of a near-catastrophic fuselage failure on a 737 Max 9 aircraft early this year.