Saturday, February 27, 2010

PImail (Business Stories) for 2/27/2010

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Machinists don't want to "build them both"
Boeing union machinists Friday declined to support a new campaign pushing the Air Force to buy aerial refueling tankers from both Boeing and a competing Northrop Grumman-EADS team.

Full text of McGinn's letter to Ballmer re: 520 Bridge
Along with his news conference Tuesday, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn sent Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer a letter in response to the company's "c'mon already" stance on the state Route 520 floating bridge.

Carrier visit to Brazil seen as prop to push Boeing buy
The USS Carl Vinson, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, arrives at Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Feb. 26, 2010, coming from Haiti. The Carl Vinson carries Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighters. (VANDERLEI ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images) Click for photo gallery.

Microsoftie's daughter, 16, skis in Winter Olympics
Courtesy of MicrosoftMicrosoft employee Danny Lange, left, and daughter Yina Moe-Lange pose for the camera. Moe-Lange skied for the Danish team in the 2010 Winter Olympics. Click to enlargeNot many people around the Seattle area know of one local Olympian, Yina Moe-Lange. Perhaps because she's actually skiing for Denmark. Or perhaps because she has finished near the rear of the pack.

Ford's Mulally, late of Boeing, rocks Seattle
Former Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and Chief Executive Alan Mulally took to a Seattle stage to AC/DC's "Back in Black" Friday and then rocked the house about as much as a corporate executive can rock a corporate crowd.

 

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