On this episode of the Business Podcast, sponsored by Bell, we discuss the week on world markets with guests “Rocket Ron” Epstein, PhD, of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Richard Aboulafia of the Teal Group consultancy and Sash Tusa of Agency Partners. In segment two we talk to Seth Clark, Head of Project Modzy at Booz Allen Hamilton. And in segment three Teri Schultz, a Brussels-based reporter for National Public Radio and Deutsche Welle and Evelyn Farkas, PhD, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine, Eurasia in the Obama administration who is now with the German Marshall Fund.
Topics:
— Update Boeing’s efforts to return 737 Max to service including statements by Southwest Airlines and American Airlines that they expect their jets to resume carrying passengers in March
— Southwest Airlines interest in a new single-aisle jetliner
— Airbus’ expansion of production facilities in China to include A350
— Spirit AeroSystems’ acquisition of Bombardier’s aerostructures plants in Northern Ireland and Morrocco
— BWXT, Huntington Ingalls Industries, Rolls Royce, Rheinmetall andTriumph Group earnings
— Veterans role in America’s defense and aerospace industry
— Booz Allen Hamilton’s new Modzy artificial intelligence offering
— 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and what’s next for Europe and NATO
