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Mar 12, 2019

Will the U.S. ground Boeing?

China and the European Union are keeping Boeing 737 Max 8 planes out of the sky, but what about the U.S.? Plus, unintended consequences of a no-deal Brexit and the ’80s software that’s helping run America’s cities.

At Boeing's Renton, Washington, factory, 737 Max airplanes are still coming off assembly lines at a record rate.
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