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Boeing Crash in India Is First Fatal Incident Involving a 787 Jet: Tragedy threatens to throw plane maker’s fragile recovery into question MM

Boeing stock slides after Air India 787 Dreamliner crashes

AI Overviews hallucinates that Airbus, not Boeing, involved in fatal Air India crash

One of the Dreamliners That Gave a Boeing Manager Nightmares Just Crashed

Whistleblowers always warned that passengers would pay a price for Boeing’s tyrannical corner-cutting, especially with the planes shipped overseas.

Starbucks accelerates new staffing model to all company-owned North American stores

Starbucks has launched its biggest hiring spree in history — aimed at finally tackling  the number one gripe from frustrated customers. 

The recruitment blitz— adding as many as 85,000 workers across its 17,000 US locations — is a bold move aimed at slashing long wait times.

CEO Brian Niccol, speaking to 14,000 store managers at a Las Vegas event on Wednesday, called it 'the biggest human capital investment in connection in the history of Starbucks.' 

Five years ago, Starbucks stores averaged 23 employees. Cost-cutting has since trimmed that number down to 18 to 19 — four to five fewer workers per location.

Howard Schultz says he ‘did a cartwheel' when Starbucks CEO Niccol coined ‘back to Starbucks' strategy

NETFLIX: 78% NO Jay Hoag

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