
Boeing [BA] on Wednesday posted dramatically wider losses in its fourth quarter and full year on a bevy of charges, mainly related to its commercial aircraft programs, but the defense segment partially offset declines elsewhere. Most of the approximately $8 billion in charges stemmed from the 777X widebody passenger aircraft program, which took a $6.5 billion hit due to changes to market demand and timing of deliveries, changes in production rates and initial accounting quantities, and delays due to design…