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Business/Financial

Boeing Cautiously Moving Forward To Develop Blog Presence, Spokesman Says

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Thursday, November 5th, 2009

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By Geoff Fein Despite an embarrassing false-start recently into the blogosphere, Boeing [BA] is continuing to look at ways to upgrade its presence on the Internet including the use of social media, a company official said. Boeing has launched several websites dealing with a variety of topics including the C-17, the KC-747 tanker, and Ground Based Midcourse Defense, Dan Beck, a Boeing a spokesman, told Defense Daily yesterday. Beck said Boeing is moving toward implementing a blog in the coming…

Army

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Congress

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