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October 25, 2024
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Spirit Airlines stock jumps 15% after struggling budget carrier said it will sell planes, cut jobs

Spirit Airlines baggage tags are seen near a check-in counter at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on April 10, 2024 in Austin, Texas.  Brandon Bell | Getty Images Spirit Airlines shares surged Friday after the struggling budget carrier said it would cut jobs and sell aircraft. The stock closed the day 16% higher, at $2.79 per share. The […]

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October 25, 2024
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Volkswagen's Scout Motors reveals first EVs as it shifts to include plug-in hybrids

Scout Terra pickup truck and Scout Traveler SUV concepts Scout NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Volkswagen-backed Scout Motors revealed its first electric vehicles Thursday and announced plans for the brand to expand its lineup to include an emerging type of plug-in hybrid electric vehicle in addition to EV models. Scout, a former American vehicle brand from 1961 […]

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October 24, 2024
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Southwest and activist investor Elliott strike deal to keep CEO Bob Jordan, add six new directors

Bob Jordan, CEO of Southwest Airlines, listens to questions from media during Southwest Airlines Investor day at Southwest Airlines Headquarters on September 26, 2024 in Dallas, Texas. Sam Hodde | The Washington Post | Getty Images Southwest Airlines and activist hedge fund Elliott Investment Management struck a deal to avert a proxy fight in exchange […]

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October 21, 2024
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Lucid CEO says Wall Street misinterpreted $1.75 billion capital raise

Lucid Motors CEO Peter Rawlinson poses at the Nasdaq MarketSite as Lucid Motors (Nasdaq: LCID) begins trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange after completing its business combination with Churchill Capital Corp IV in New York City, New York, July 26, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters DETROIT — Investors misinterpreted a public offering on Wednesday by […]

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October 21, 2024
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Boeing machinists to vote on new proposal with 35% raises that could end strike

People hold sings during a strike rally for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) at the Seattle Union Hall in Seattle, Washington, on October 15, 2024. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images Boeing and its machinists’ union have reached a new contract proposal, the union said Saturday, outlining a deal that could end […]

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October 18, 2024
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Stellantis to shutter and sell large testing facility amid cost-cutting efforts

Carlos Tavares, chief executive officer of Stellantis NV, speaks to the media at the Stellantis auto manufacturing plant in Sochaux, France, on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024.  Nathan Laine | Bloomberg | Getty Images DETROIT — Automaker Stellantis plans to shutter and sell its large vehicle proving grounds in Arizona at the end of this year, […]

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October 18, 2024
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Embraer CEO says jet maker studying possibilities for a new aircraft

Embraer CEO Francisco Gomes Neto speaks during the Embraer Media Day 2022 at the aircraft factory in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, May 30, 2022.  Carla Carniel | Reuters Brazilian plane maker Embraer is studying the market and new technology that could warrant it building an all-new jet, CEO Francisco Gomes Neto told CNBC. A […]

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October 18, 2024
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Spirit Airlines extends debt refinancing deadline hours before expiration

A Spirit Airlines aircraft undergoes operations in preparation for departure at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 12, 2024. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Spirit Airlines on Friday said it reached an agreement with its credit card processor to again extended a debt refinancing timeline to December, hours before it was set […]

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October 18, 2024
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Spirit AeroSystems to furlough 700 workers as Boeing machinist strike continues

Airplane fuselages bound for Boeing’s 737 Max production facility await shipment on rail sidings at their top supplier, Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc., in Wichita, Kansas, on Dec. 17, 2019. Nick Oxford | Reuters Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems will furlough some 700 workers as a strike by machinists at the plane maker enters its sixth week, […]