US STOCKS-Indexes bounce on profits, energy gains

(Reuters) - NEW YORK, July 25 - U.S. stocks rose in volatile
trading on Wednesday as a 3-percent rise in oil prices lifted
energy shares while strong profits from Boeing Co. ,
countered market concerns about merger financing.




Boeing shares jumped to a record high and led advancers on
the Dow, while Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc. paced
the Nasdaq with a 24-percent rise after tripling its profit.


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Boeing reports profit, raises outlook, shares up

(Reuters) - Boeing, which vies with Airbus for the title of world's biggest plane maker and is the Pentagon's No. 2 supplier, reported quarterly profit of $1.1 billion, or $1.35 per share, compared with a loss of $160 million, or 21 cents per share, in the year-ago quarter.




Revenue rose 14 percent to $17 billion.


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Boeing year orders up to 580, trailing Airbus

(Reuters) - German low-cost airline Air Berlin said at the weekend it would buy 25 787s, while Kuwait's Aviation Lease and Finance Co. said it would buy 10 more 787s, on top of its existing order for 12.




Boeing now has 677 firm orders for its lightweight, fuel-efficient 787, with Australia's Qantas Airways poised to order a further 20, according to remarks by the airline's chief executive at a Boeing event last week.


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GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks climb with Boeing, oil hits 11-month high

(Reuters) - NEW YORK, July 9 - U.S. stocks rose on Monday,
helped by a gain in the shares of jet maker Boeing Co. ,
as investors hoped for better-than-expected profit reports and
a stronger economy even as oil prices hit an 11-month high.




Many markets were still being driven by Friday's U.S.
payrolls data, which showed robust jobs growth and fueled the
belief that the Federal Reserve will not be inclined to cut
interest rates this year.


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Italian Stocks Rise, Led by Finmeccanica, Fiat; Banca Italease Drops

(Bloomberg) -- Italian stocks advanced for a second
session, led by Finmeccanica SpA after Chairman Pier Francesco
Guarguaglini told daily Il Giornale that he expects additional
sales for as much as 650 million euros ($885 million) a year from
Boeing's new 787 airliner.

Fiat SpA and Telecom Italia SpA also gained. Banca Italease
SpA shares extended last week's slide.


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Airbus, GE dispute could delay A350 plane: paper

(Reuters) - The reported dispute comes as Boeing unveiled its new lightweight, carbon composite 787 Dreamliner aircraft on Sunday. The mid-sized long-range aircraft has already attracted more than $100 billion in orders and would compete with the yet to be built A350 XWB , which has GE's UK rival Rolls-Royce as the only current engine supplier.




GE officials told the WSJ they will not build a new engine that competes with the one they supply for the 777 but the company has offered Airbus a version of the new GEnx engine which it is creating for the Dreamliner.


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FACTBOX-A few facts on Boeing's 787 Dreamliner

(Reuters) - It is Boeing's most successful plane launch ever, with more than 600 orders before the plane has even left the ground. Here are a few facts on the 787:




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RPT-AIRSHOW-Boeing shifts green pressure onto engine makers

(Reuters) - PARIS, June 17 - The head of Boeing Co.'s
commercial aircraft unit on Sunday backed a call by rival
Airbus to work closely on producing more environmentally
friendly planes, but said real progress was the responsibility
of jet engine makers, rather than plane builders.




"The questions you ask are more appropriately addressed by
the engine guys than the airframe guys," the chief executive of
Boeing's commercial plane unit said, when pressed on green
issues at a briefing with reporters in Paris on Sunday. "We're
pushing the engine guys as hard as anyone else."


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US Air close on Boeing vs Airbus decision: CFO

(Reuters) - Boeing last year won back the title of biggest-selling planemaker from Airbus, due largely to sales of its 787.




US Airways, the No. 7 U.S. airline, in terms of revenue, is still negotiating with both companies, Derek Kerr said on a Webcast of a transportation conference sponsored by Merrill Lynch.


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US STOCKS-Indexes rise as U.S. bond yields retreat

(Reuters) - NEW YORK, June 13 - U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday
as a pullback in benchmark bond yields triggered a rebound in
interest-rate-sensitive shares including banks, utilities and
home builders.




Data signaling strength in U.S. consumer spending also
reassured investors, lifting shares of big manufacturers such
as plane maker Boeing Co. and those of consumer-oriented
companies such as Altria Group .


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Boeing Shares Rise After Banc of America Analyst Says 787 May Boost Profit

(Bloomberg) -- Boeing Co. shares had their biggest
gain in a month after Banc of America Securities LLC raised its
share-price forecast and said the new 787 Dreamliner may boost
earnings.

``If the 787 can stay on track, we think stronger earnings
and multiple expansion will drive the stock higher,'' wrote
analyst Robert Stallard, who has a ``buy'' rating on the stock.
Boeing is the world's second-largest commercial-plane maker after
Airbus SAS.


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U.S. Stock-Index Futures Retreat; Network Appliance, Toll Brothers Decline

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock-index futures rose after a
report on durable goods reinforced expectations that a rebound in
manufacturing will stimulate economic growth.

Boeing Co., the world's second-largest commercial aircraft
maker, and Honeywell International Inc., the biggest maker of
airplane controls, led gains.


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