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...For Spirit, it would spell the end of a strange, two-decade journey. Spirit depends on Boeing. Boeing also depends on Spirit. Integration between the two is understandably tight....
...Robert Stallard, analyst at Vertical Research Partners, said bringing Spirit back in-house would be “great for Spirit, not so great for Boeing”....
...“Spirit’s biggest programme is 737, so what is bad for 737 is bad for Spirit — no way around that,” said Sash Tusa, analyst at Agency Partners....
...Even if Boeing takes Spirit back in-house, there is no certainty that Airbus will buy the Belfast plant. “Spirit is an existential supplier to Boeing....
...It took between two and four clicks to find bag fee information on the websites of American, Delta and United, but more than 10 for Spirit and Frontier....
...Shares of Boeing and Spirit closed with declines of 8 per cent and 11 per cent, respectively. But it may not be as easy to blame Spirit as Boeing bulls would hope....
...In order for a team from Spirit to replace the rivets, the door plug was opened in September, according to the report....
...Ryanair has also raised the number of engineers on the production line of Spirit AeroSystems, one of Boeing’s largest suppliers, from four to eight....
...Boeing shares fell 8 per cent on Monday to $229 while those of Spirit AeroSystems dropped 11.1 per cent to $28.20....
...Spirit is a defendant in a securities lawsuit, refiled last month, that accuses the company of hiding quality lapses from investors....
...The two cases last year and the Alaska incident all have Spirit in common — the Wichita, Kansas-based company builds the Max fuselages, including the door plug that fell off the plane....
...Spirit can affect its customer in another way....
...Shares in Kweichow Moutai, one of China’s most valuable businesses and whose premium spirit is sold for about $200 a half-litre bottle, jumped 6 per cent on Wednesday after it raised distributor prices for...
...And in the spirit of the season, we will leave readers with the words of fictional Macy’s employee Mr Shellhammer: . . . maybe [they’re] only a little crazy, like painters or composers or . . . or some...
...Amid New Orleans festivities, rainmakers wonder if the party is over for Delaware Delaware, Inc. may be the enterprise now under the most intense activist threat....
...In other words, holding bonds to maturity has an opportunity cost. Bonds are still a different asset class from stocks, likely with some diversification benefit to holding both....
...Spirit’s stock dropped more than 17 per cent....
...Hindenburg cites a recent filing as showing 60 per cent of his IEP holdings are on hock....
...But following a shareholder meeting on Wednesday, the Spirit-Frontier agreement was terminated, which left Spirit “disappointed”, said Spirit chief executive Ted Christie....
...Yet, in reality, each offer for Spirit faces a decent chance of rejection by the US competition authorities....
...Mac Gardner, Spirit’s chair, said in a statement on Monday....
...By trusting our team and supporting them with flexibility, they return the favour with excellent work, a great attitude and team spirit....
...US competition authorities will have to weigh pros and cons in the same way in deciding whether to allow Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines to join forces....
...Under the terms of the agreement on Monday, Spirit shareholders will receive 1.9126 shares of Frontier plus $2.13 in cash per Spirit share....
...Social media-driven sentiment for their underlying holdings certainly seems to be back, however....
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