With Boeing's 787 Dreamliner planes still grounded around the world, analysts are asking how much money the company stands to lose. In the worst case scenario, the company could lose nearly $5 billion in expected revenue, though the eventual outcome will probably be in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
At the helm of the company is C.E.O. James McNerney who came to Boeing in 2005 after plans for the Dreamliner were already in place. Carol Hymowitz has been covering Boeing for Bloomberg News, where she's the editor-at-large.
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What a completely uninsightful guest. Carol Hymowitz offered nothing at all on this topic. She spoke about subcontracting of components of the Dreamliner as if it were something new, when in fact it's been industry practice forever. She called the batteries "lithium "ee-on," which shows she not only doesn't know anything about the batteries but also that she apparently hasn't been in a hardware store in the last ten years. Her shallow writing for Bloomberg Business Week is similarly characterized by armchair research and pat answers, describing anyone who worked at GE as a "Jack Welch protege" and revealing the amazing fact that 3M makes Scotch tape. I'm sure there are better guests than her.
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