News Analysis Bracing for a Bailout Backlash – New York Times
March 16, 2009 by adam wassahlen
 New York Times | News Analysis Bracing for a Bailout Backlash New York Times, United States They pointed out that in his speech to Congress, Mr. Obama denounced corporations that “use taxpayer money to pad their paychecks or buy fancy drapes or disappear on a private jet.” “The president has been very clear about this,” Mr. Axelrod said. ... |
Former Eclipse Customers Jump Into Bidding Fray – Aero-News Network
March 16, 2009 by adam wassahlen
Former Eclipse Customers Jump Into Bidding Fray Aero-News Network, FL Eclipse Jet LLC was formed by the leaders of the Ad Hoc Customer Committee and Steering Committee, formed in December 2008. Mike Press -- a retired USAF colonel who took delivery of the fourth production Eclipse 500, and runs a private company to ... Groups Get Ready To Bid On Eclipse Aviation's Assets |
New Debates Over Church, State, School and Charters – Gotham Gazette
March 16, 2009 by adam wassahlen
 Gotham Gazette | New Debates Over Church, State, School and Charters Gotham Gazette, NY The city has been a major booster of charters, but this marked the first time it proposed taking an existing private school and making it a charter. Appearing with Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, Bloomberg couched his plan partly as a way to keep ... |
A rash of private jets amid want – The Guardian – Nigeria
March 15, 2009 by adam wassahlen
A rash of private jets amid want The Guardian - Nigeria, Nigeria While the stock market is down and people's savings have been wiped out, a few Nigerians are still living life to the fullest, flying around in private jets. Money, indeed talks. While it has said goodbye to mostly poor Nigerians, it is screaming ... |
Bracing for a Bailout Backlash – New York Times
March 15, 2009 by adam wassahlen
 Voice of America | Bracing for a Bailout Backlash New York Times, United States They pointed out that in his speech to Congress, Mr. Obama denounced corporations that “use taxpayer money to pad their paychecks or buy fancy drapes or disappear on a private jet.” “The president has been very clear about this,” Mr. Axelrod said. ... Video: Obama on Economy: 'We'll Get Through This' News in Brief, 3-15 |
Grant Thornton on US Aerospace Component M&A, 2008 – Defense Industry Daily
March 15, 2009 by adam wassahlen
Grant Thornton on US Aerospace Component M&A, 2008 Defense Industry Daily, MD Despite a weakening global economy with a slowdown in air transport, a scaling back by airlines of orders and extending delivery dates, and pressures in the business jet market, the AIA expects commercial sales to increase 7% in 2009. ... |
A luxury we shouldn't enable – Boston Globe
March 15, 2009 by adam wassahlen
A luxury we shouldn't enable Boston Globe, United States Why should federal stimulus funds go to benefit corporate jet travel? Warren Buffett said that "when I fly my private jet, I use hundreds of gallons of jet fuel but I'm not taxed at a higher rate. Flying in a private jet is usually unnecessary, ... |
Bill Davidson avoided the limelight, not responsibility – Detroit Free Press
March 15, 2009 by adam wassahlen
 Baltimore Sun | Bill Davidson avoided the limelight, not responsibility Detroit Free Press, United States To do what he did, you need vision, an eye for the clouds, and he had that when he bought the Pistons in 1974, and he had it when he built the Palace in 1988, and he even had it when he gave his team wings -- a private jet -- before anyone else. ... Terry Foster Detroit Pistons owner William Davidson eulogized by Olmert Pistons Owner Bill Davidson Dies at 86 |
For tabloid media, a turn to populist anger at corporate America – International Herald Tribune
March 15, 2009 by adam wassahlen
For tabloid media, a turn to populist anger at corporate America International Herald Tribune, France Tracking the private jets, lavish junkets and other trappings of what the ABC correspondent Brian Ross calls ‘‘corporate royalty’’ are now full-time jobs for reporters at television news programs. In addition to the ‘‘Follow the Money’’ segments on CBS ... |
China grounds debt-laden East Star Airlines – Reuters
March 15, 2009 by adam wassahlen
 Straits Times | China grounds debt-laden East Star Airlines Reuters Slumping air traffic due to slowing domestic demand has made it hard for China's small private airlines to compete with state-owned Air China, China Eastern (600115.SS) and China Southern (600029.SS). Since December, China Eastern and China Southern ... East Star Airlines Suspends Flights - China Regulator Private airline suspends operation because of financial problems East Star suspends flights |
