by | Mar 1, 2011 | Towing
The company has landed a lucrative flu-vaccine contract with the U.S. government. It’s worth $97 million over the first three years, and it can be extended for an additional two years, for a total contract value of $179.1 milli…
by | Mar 1, 2011 | Towing
Cathay Pacific CEO Tony Tyler says when airlines last raised fares in 2008, most travelers kept on flying. But as Mideast upheavals send oil prices skyward and airlines hike fares again, the impact on the bottom line could be q…
by | Feb 27, 2011 | Towing
This week we turn the calendar page, and that change brings with it a raft of economic data. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke will deliver his semiannual monetary policy testimony before Congress, while Wall Street waits on more earn…
by | Feb 25, 2011 | Towing
Aerospace is an intensely nationalist business. But not only do aircraft makers get tied up in international political dogfights, such battle lines are drawn between states as well. Witness the just-completed competition betwee…
by | Feb 23, 2011 | Towing
At the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting, investors rejected a proposal by the Central Laborers’ Pension Fund, which called for Apple’s board of directors to establish guidelines for adopting and disclosing a written CEO s…