Boeing announced today a $5.6 billion pre-tax charge in its second quarter for costs related to its B737 MAX problems. This followed the earlier $1 billion charge in its first quarter, and is based on […]
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This year, Amazon’s Prime Day Promotion is spanning two days – Monday and Tuesday. It includes the usual range of “loss leaders” (most of which have already disappeared) just like a Black Friday at Walmart,
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Good morning Our summer in Seattle is proving rather disappointing currently, to the point of instead of running the a/c, I’ve even had the heaters on intermittently. I hope your summer is better than mine,
Amazon continues to release more and more of their Alexa Echo units, and if you’re like us, you’re continuing to add them throughout your homes and offices. It requires a fair measure of confidence to
Good morning I hope your July 4 was great, and if your day was enlivened by the California ‘quake, the extra “celebration” didn’t cause any damage or disruption. I’d commented last week about what I
Bright colorful modern style tartans for sale in a store. The geometrically regular colors of typical and distinctive tartan patterns are an unmistakeable indicator of Scotland and all things Scottish. But that hasn’t always been
Good morning With 4 July staring us in the face, I can’t help noticing a change in things. Somehow, we’ve gone from signs joyously advertising fireworks for sale in the run up to 4 July
Amazon’s new Echo Show 5. You can see its wedge shape, large bezel, and the optional (unnecessary) stand. The new Echo Show 5 is Amazon’s most moderate priced fusion of a screen placed onto an
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Good morning Happy 100th anniversary this week to trans-Atlantic air travel. Most people don’t even know it was John Alcock and Arthur Brown, two British fliers, who completed the first trans-Atlantic flight, traveling east from
I was first puzzled why the Amazon service rep I had connected to was demanding a series of answers to verify my account, because the call had already been pre-validated, and then increasingly concerned that
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Good morning Our redesign continues today with some more tweaking in the newsletter and now rolled out to all newsletter versions – the Express, the Daily, and the Weekly versions. Note that some people are
This clearly shows the difference in actual screen size/coverage between the new Series 4 & 5 and the earlier series of Apple Watches. If you are now reaching the decision that perhaps you’d get value
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