Microsoft decides it is a different business
Here’s a quiz: which large US corporation calls itself a “devices and services” company? a) Boeing b) General Electric c) Apple d) MicrosoftContinue reading »
View ArticleFT column: A bad workman blames his suppliers
No corporate activity is as dispiriting, as futile, or, unfortunately, as common as blame-shifting. The tawdry process is familiar to anyone who has worked in business. However, the temptation to lay...
View ArticleFT column: End of the jumbo jet era approaches
With its sale of composite, fuel-efficient A350 jets to Japan Airlines this week, Airbus entered a market that Boeing has, until now, controlled. It also proved Boeing’s point. The era of the grand...
View ArticleTwo engines good, four engines bad for airlines
The news that Emirates Airline is planning to buy as many as 100 of Boeing’s new fuel-efficient version of the 777 is a further sign of the demand for long-range twin-engined passenger aircraft....
View ArticleMicrosoft, Ford and Mulally’s “to be or not to be” moment
Mustang Mulally: the Ford CEO, in a 2015 Ford Mustang (Getty Images) Alan Mulally has a reputation for being decisive, so his declaration that he has “no plans to do anything other than serve Ford” –...
View ArticleFT column: The price of innovation is too high in aerospace
The longest line at the Farnborough International Airshow this week was for a model aircraft. In the absence of the F-35 Lightning, the colossally expensive and accident-prone stealth fighter that was...
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