Economists cautioned the decline may be due to winter storms and technical factors.
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Insight: How production pressures plunged Boeing into yet another crisis
Snags have triggered soul-searching about quality controls and plunged Boeing into its second safety crisis in five years.
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The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell slightly more than expected last week.
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Tesla sent out a single-line query for each job after canceling some employees’ biannual performance reviews.
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Executives at the WEF say they are grappling with how to turn early demos into money-makers.
Read More AI buzzes Davos, but CEOs wrestle with how to make it payHewlett Packard Enterprise nears $13 billion deal to buy Juniper Networks – source
HP is in talks to buy Juniper Networks in a deal valuing the network gear maker at about $13 billion.
Read More Hewlett Packard Enterprise nears $13 billion deal to buy Juniper Networks – source