The pandemic has given many of us a new appreciation for things we took for granted before Covid-19: time with friends and family, a night out at a restaurant, travel … and yes, even indoor air quality. Despite my being a columnist covering the industrial sector, I didn’t spend much time…

It’s been one terrible year, but it’s worth taking a moment to appreciate how corporate America has risen to the challenges of the moment — especially when it comes to manufacturing and transporting essentials like vaccines. Supply chains have been tested in ways they never have been before and,…

How tight is Boeing Co. on cash? The planemaker is reportedly parting with a luxury mega-yacht it had kept around to wine and dine potential clients. Boeing sold the 130-foot sea cruiser to an unidentified California property developer for $13 million, according to the Puget Sound Business…

When it comes to Boeing Co.’s 737 Max, things can always get worse. On Thursday, American Airlines Group Inc. and Southwest Airlines Co. added to a chorus of order deferrals and cutbacks for the embattled jet, which has been grounded for more than 18 months following two fatal crashes. American…

Try as it might, General Electric Co. can’t escape its past. The latest reminder came on Tuesday when the embattled industrial giant said it had received a “Wells notice” from staff at the Securities and Exchange Commission — a warning that the regulator may pursue civil action over the potential…

After months of political wrangling and public pleas, US airlines are in serious jeopardy of going empty-handed when it comes to additional government aid. Politicians from both sides of the aisle have voiced support for extending government grants to safeguard jobs, but with less than a week to go…

Industrial companies, they’re just like us! That is to say, they’re stuck between cautious optimism that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is behind us as far as the economy is concerned and a mountain of worry about the unpredictable future. After a slew of updates in the past two weeks,…

Earnings season is upon us once again, and it’s going to be a particularly ugly one for manufacturers. While recent data offer reason to believe the pain from pandemic-related lockdowns moderated significantly in June, the sector is still likely to see some of the worst profit and sales declines…

With about 10 million Americans filing for unemployment benefits in the past two weeks, restaurants and gyms now shuttered and more than half of the world’s aircraft fleet parked, it feels like the economy as we know it has come to a complete stop. But the underlying plumbing is largely still…