On this episode of the Business Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guests include “Rocket Ron” Epstein, PhD, of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Richard Aboulafia of the Teal Group consultancy and Sash Tusa of Agency Partners.
Topics:
— Implications of deepening rift between Beijing and Washington in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic as Taiwan Semiconductor announces plans to open a factory in Arizona
— Reports that FAA may require passengers at a dozen major airports to undergo temperature checks before boarding flights
— Analysis of Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun’s comment that a leading US airline will go out of business later this year
— Airbus and Boeing cost-cutting efforts and whether they go far enough
— Bankruptcy announcement by Colombia’s Avianca, the world’s second oldest airline
— India’s MMRCA program and whether Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd’s Tejas light combat aircraft is the right answer for the Indian Air Force
— Impact of the Seattle Times’ Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting on the Boeing 737 Max
