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Reuters • Dan Catchpole

Boeing completes $4.7B acquisition of Spirit AeroSystems, reshaping global wing and fuselage supply chain

Reuters reports: Boeing said on Monday it has closed its $4.7 billion takeover of Spirit AeroSystems , reacquiring the bulk of the world's largest independent wing and fuselage maker.

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Cranky Flier

Southwest’s Year of Change: Elliott Management and the Airline’s Overhaul

By Cranky Flier: To say this has been a year of change for Southwest would be a notable understatement. Partially under its own initiative and largely under the influence of its activist investor Elliott Management, the airline has been furiously working to get out of the dark place where former CEO Gary Kelly left it.

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