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29 Mar

Boeing Faces Justice Dept. Review Over Max 9 Incident

Associated media - Related media The Justice Department review was reported earlier by Bloomberg. The episode in January reignited the intense scrutiny and criticism that Boeing faced after crashes in Indonesia in late 2018 and Ethiopia in early 2019 killed a combined 346 people. The Max 8 and Max 9 were banned from flying globally days after the second crash. Since the jetliners started flying again in late 2020, they have carried out several million flights worldwide. The weight of the crisis appeared to be lifting before the January incident. A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board suggested…

29 Mar

Ficohsa reafirma su empeño con la lucha contra la corrupción

Michele MoralesSocial Responsibility

En un mundo donde la corrupción sigue siendo un flagelo que afecta el desarrollo y la calidad de vida de las personas, Ficohsa, como empresa líder en el sector financiero, reafirma su compromiso con la ética, la transparencia y las buenas prácticas de gobierno.En este sentido, en fechas recientes, Ficohsa participó en la Declaratoria Anticorrupción respaldada por la Fundación Hondureña para la Responsabilidad Social Empresarial (FUNDAHRSE). Este proyecto tiene como propósito reforzar el compromiso de las empresas privadas en la batalla contra la corrupción, impulsando la adopción de medidas preventivas y fomentando una cultura basada en la honestidad y la…

28 Mar

A’s Will Finally Turn Out the Lights on Pro Sports in Oakland

Michele MoralesSocial Responsibility

Linked media - Associated media Still, the Athletics continued to be competitive, reinventing themselves by shrewdly using data to assess undervalued skills, a process that became known as “Moneyball,” after the best-selling book. The A’s have not reached the World Series since 1990, but they’ve been in the playoffs 11 times since 2000 — more than the Mets and the San Francisco Giants, and just as often as the Boston Red Sox. Attendance had lingered in the lower third, though drum-pounding fans in right field causing a nightly ruckus added a degree of atmosphere. But when the team began its…

28 Mar

FAA Gives Boeing 90 Days to Develop Plan to Address Quality-Control Issues

Michele MoralesInvestments and Business

Related media - Associated media The meeting on Tuesday, which took place at the F.A.A.’s headquarters in Washington, came two weeks after Mr. Whitaker toured Boeing’s 737 plant in Renton, Wash. During his visit, Mr. Whitaker spoke with Boeing engineers and mechanics to try to get a better sense of the safety culture at the factory. The F.A.A. said after his visit that Mr. Whitaker planned to discuss what he saw during his visit when he met with Boeing executives in Washington. On Monday, the F.A.A. released a report by a panel of experts that found that Boeing’s safety culture…

27 Mar

Some Things Are More Important Than History

Michele MoralesSocial Responsibility

Connected media - Related media He didn’t care that it was a no-hitter. He just wanted the Yankees to win. More than five hours after we arrived at Yankee Stadium, my 9-year-old son, Wes, had waited in line for an hour in a rainstorm, collected his coveted (replica) 1998 Yankees World Series ring, talked me into buying him a T-shirt, visited the Gluten Free Grill twice, mourned the season-ending injury to Jasson Domínguez, cheered Aaron Judge so loudly that his voice was getting hoarse and brushed off every single mention I made that Corbin Burnes, the starter for the Milwaukee…