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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Though some of its oil competitors criticized Getty for giving in too easily, President Sidney Petersen signed the consent decree at least partly to avoid long litigation and a public relations black eye. Still hanging over the company are more DOE claims of at least $160 million for other alleged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Getting Getty | 12/17/1979 | See Source »

On Thanksgiving Day in London, officers of Trans World Airlines and Europe's Airbus Industrie smiled, bantered and made a handshake deal. TWA, the last of the major U.S. lines to order an intermediate-range jet fleet for the 1980s, indicated that it would choose the European-made Airbus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Boeing Bonanza | 12/17/1979 | See Source »

Last week TWA got off the Airbus and decided instead to buy ten Boeing 767s at a cost of $500 million, with an option for ten more. TWA had difficulty choosing between the 767 and the A310 because the planes are so much alike: both are snub-nosed, wide-bodied...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Boeing Bonanza | 12/17/1979 | See Source »

In fact, the aerospace industry is the U.S.'s second largest exporter (after agriculture), and sales of commercial jets and spare parts make up $5 billion of the industry's $9 billion contribution to the U.S. balance of payments. Until the mid-70s, U.S. planemakers had about 80...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Boeing Bonanza | 12/17/1979 | See Source »

Still, several factors tipped the balance in Boeing's favor. For TWA, Boeing increased the 767's seating capacity from 198 passengers to 203, the same as the Airbus; agreed to speed up delivery schedules; gave generous financial terms and new guarantees on fuel economy, performance and maintenance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Boeing Bonanza | 12/17/1979 | See Source »

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