Hewlett-Packard Company (HPQ), Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ): Why Today’s Dow Justifies Ignoring the Fed

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The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA)‘s also losing out today, with shares down 0.9%. Despite the fall, the company announced strong news from the Paris Air Show when it said it had received customer commitments to purchase 102 of its 787-10 long-body Dreamliner aircraft in deals that could amount to $29 billion. For shareholders, the optimism surrounding the 787 after this year’s earlier grounding is an assurance that The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA)’s flagship plane is on the right course.

Fellow aerospace player United Technologies Company (NYSE:UTX) can’t boast such good news, however. United Technologies Company (NYSE:UTX)’s stock has fallen 1% after a U.S. district judge ordered the firm to pay $473 million for contract manipulation to win Air Force contracts back in the 1980s. A historical problem like this obviously won’t affect UTC’s business in a meaningful way going forward, but it’s a financial penalty that will hurt regardless of its non-effect on the company’s image.

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