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Oct 2024
11m 19s

Strikes threaten Boeing’s bottom line

Financial Times
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Big bank bosses join a growing list of prominent financiers expected to skip COP29 next month, and Spain proposes a new mechanism to help harmonise the EU’s capital and credit markets. Plus, activist investor Starboard Value has built a $1bn position in struggling drugmaker Pfizer, and tens of thousands of striking machinists are threatening Boeing’s recovery. 


Mentioned in this podcast:

“You only go to the party if everyone is going”: finance bosses shun COP29 

Spain to propose mini-coalitions to break EU capital markets stalemate

Activist investor Starboard builds $1bn stake in drugmaker Pfizer   

‘They’re just mad’: Boeing strikers prepare for long haul


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