Alan Rappeport reports from New York that after several delays, the new 787 Dreamliner will flight by the end of the year and that the company expects to produce 10 aircraft a month by 2013.According to Rappeport, Boeing has currently more than 800 orders from Dreamliners but several airlines have cancelled because of delays.Boeing said its new schedule reflected the time required to reinforce the side-body of the aircraft and the extra time needed to reduce test-flight risk.
Elokuu 2009
Boeing Dreamliner to fly this year
How to resolve the green paradox
Hans-Werner Sinn, from FT, warns that European countries efforts to implement green policies in their economies are having a distressful effect: they achieve the opposite of what policymakers intend: "the global extraction of coal, gas and oil shoots up instead of sinking.", because efforts to reduce efforts to reduce carbon emissions in the future "have the effect of accelerating climate change now."
Nokia moves forward in payments market
According to David Gelles in San Francisco, Nokia announced on Wednesday that it was entering the mobile payments market, a move that is part of its new services-based strategy, and a bid to compete in the emerging market for the "mobile phone wallet".
This is one of Nokia's plans to renew its business objectives. Next year, for example, in a programme called Nokia Money, users of some Nokia phones will be able to pay bills, make purchases and send money to other people.
Iceland shows the dangers ahead for us all
Robert Wade, from Financial Times, reports that alter its whole banking system collapsed last October Iceland may be an indicator of the dangers that await European economy.
People in American and European countries, says Wade, should enjoy good economic news while they last, because they might no last long
In Iceland, when "the government brought in the International Monetary Fund in late 2008 the IMF prescribed deferring the pain for a year. Now the pain is coming."
Recession boosts budget retailers
Acording to Financial Times, recession has helped budget retailers grow, as more british middle-class shoppers go for bargains and cast aside their prejudices.
Pounland, Wilkinson and 99p, general merchandise discount stores, will increase their value up to more than £4bn by 2012, according to a report released today by PwC. In 2008 the market was worth a little less than £3bn.
Services hold key to Nokia’s future
Nokia is aiming to have 300m users of its services, such as music and maps, but the total stood at 53.9m last Friday, according to Financial Times (FT), and adds the aim represents the most important transformation of the company since it became the world's largest mobile phonemaker in the late 1990s.
Gazprom: another step ahead towards becoming Europe's largest gas storage facility
According to Financial Times, Gazprom, the Russian energy group, has reached an agreement to makes use of a gas storage facility en the Netherlands, developed by a branch of Taqa, the Abu Dhabi enegy company.
This is another step for Gazprom export division in its race to become Europe's largest gas storage facility before it goes into commercial use in 2013
Beijing leads vanguard of car technology revolution
According to information published by the Financial Times, Beijing is planning to leapfrog a new generation of automotive technology to lead green car revolution by means of investing electric and other alternative technology to exploit Chinese cash, brains and central planning to hump ahead of older makers in the brave new world of environmentally friendly cars.China becoming the leader of next generation of green cars depends much on the government and the subsequent infrastructure
Europe needs present and future Chinese investment
Analysis
China Eastern returns to profit
China Eastern Airlines benefited from Chinese economy recovery and returned to profitability in the first half of the year.
One of the country's big three carriers, announced its plan to acquire rival Shanghai Airlines last month. Chairman Liu Shaoyong said he expected China would boost the aviation market this year.
The company benefited from profit from fuel option contracts in the first six months of this year after a rise in oil price.
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