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Boeing Posts Strong Earnings On Operating Performance, Lower Expenses

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Thursday, April 24th, 2008

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By Calvin Biesecker Driven by strong operating performance at its commercial aircraft and defense divisions combined with lower compensation and pension expenses, Boeing [BA] yesterday posted strong first quarter net income that hammered consensus estimates. The strong earnings results were paced by the Commercial Airplanes division, which boosted operating earnings 39 percent to $983 million and expanded margins 270 basis points to 12 percent. Sales rose a solid 8 percent to $8.2 billion on higher aircraft and service sales, which…

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