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Boeing vs. Airbus, fake parking tickets, China’s solar power: Business news roundup

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Parking tickets are the latest vector for scammers to empty out bank accounts from New York to Southern California. Calgary became the latest North American city to address the growing trend of fake tickets on Tuesday. The Canadian city’s parking authority advised drivers to destroy fake tickets that are cropping on windshields and not to attempt to pay those fines.

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US President Joe Biden speaks as he welcomes the Texas Rangers to celebrate their 2023 World Series championship in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 8, 2024.
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The White House announced Tuesday $150 million in new federal funding for research targeting the development of tumor-removal technologies.

The funding will be awarded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) to eight research institutions across the country. President Joe Biden established the agency in 2022.

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business new tamfitronics   A door-sized section near the rear of the Boeing 737-9 MAX plane blew off 10 minutes after Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 took off from Portland, Oregon on January 5 on its way to Ontario, California.

A door-sized section near the rear of the Boeing 737-9 MAX plane blew off 10 minutes after Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 took off from Portland, Oregon on January 5 on its way to Ontario, California.
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business new tamfitronics Solar panels and wind turbines in China's Hebei Province

Solar panels and wind turbines in China’s Hebei Province
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China is lapping the United States when it comes the development of its solar power industry. Semafor reports that the world’s second-largest economy added more sun-driven energy capacity last year than the U.S. has, period.

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Airbus planes at the International Aerospace Exhibition
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Remember being told that the internet would make our lives easier? I’m going to put on my Maury Povich mask to say the lie detector test determined that was a lie. Now we’re all infinitely connected and constantly contactable by virtually anyone, and deceitful folks can intentionally sensationalize things online to exploit popularity. If you’ve seen the recent viral footage of “pregnant” cars with giant inflated bubbles in China, then you’ve likely fallen prey to a sensationalized fallacy.

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Medicare patients could save $1.5 billion on 10 prescription drugs

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday the lowered prices of the first 10 prescription drugs that underwent Medicare negotiations

M&M maker Mars is acquiring Pop-Tarts maker Kellanova in one of the biggest deals of the year

The sweet-and-salty deal is set to enhance M&M maker Mars’ global snacking portfolio and combine two well-established companies with complementary brands

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NASA is worried the Boeing Starliner could ‘spin out’ and hit the International Space Station

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Boeing (BA) launched its Starliner spacecraft into orbit on June 5. The plan was for the craft and its crew to dock with the International Space Station for eight days and then return to Earth safely. That didn’t quite happen, and the craft has now been stuck in space for more than 60 days and NASA is now worried that it could spiral out of control and hit the space station.

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The Starliner craft and its crew of Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been stranded in space after leaks were detected on the spaceship’s thrusters. Engineers back on Earth have been working to find a fix for the issue for weeks and rescue plans for Wilmore and Williams have been drawn up that could see them stay in orbit until next year.

However, another problem is looming over the doomed craft. Experts are now concerned that any attempt to bring the craft back to Earth before the thrusters are fixed could result in it spinning out of control and hitting the ISS, reports Business Insider. As the site reports:

Sources previously told Ars Technica that there is concern within the agency that if the right combination of thrusters fail when Starliner undocks from the space station, the craft could spin out of control and collide with the ISS.

“If you are undocking from the space station and you lose more than a certain number of your thrusters, there’s a chance that you might be stuck drifting and or even crash into the Space Station,” Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer at the Harvard & Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, told Business Insider.

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Butch Wilmore (L) and Suni Williams (R) have been stuck in space for more than 60 days.
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NASA has not officially commented on the fears that the craft could hit the beloved space station, but BI added that the agency used the word “uncertainty” almost 20 times during its last briefing on the fiasco.

Fiasco is a pretty good way to describe Boeing’s (BA) first foray into space travel, which was plagued with delays before its launch to the ISS and has been met with questions over where Boeing’s attention lies with its space-going missions. All these questions mean that NASA is now pushing back any decision on what to do with the stranded spacecraft.

NASA has now committed to a final decision on what to do with the craft by the end of August, reports Futurism. The agency is considering testing the capsule to see if it is ready for a return flight, or its backup is to bring Wilmore and Williams back to Terra Firma on a SpaceX mission that will launch in September and return in February 2025.

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Starliner launched on June 5
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Once a decision on the safe return of the astronauts is madethe next question will be whether or not Boeing can be trusted with space flight once again. As Futurism adds:

To put it lightly, Boeing’s first crewed test flight of its Starliner has been, at best, a fiasco. NASA is clearly playing it safe by buying itself more and more time. The agency and its contractor have poured billions of dollars into the spacecraft’s development and likely will do everything in their might to make it work, despite the risks involved.

When asked if this could be Boeing’s last Starliner flight, Bowersox only had a vague answer.

“All I can say is that our intent is to keep pressing to have two providers,” he said, referring to SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft, which was developed under the same Commercial Crew program as Starliner. “We got very good companies and we wanna develop two strong and capable spacecraft.”

The issues surrounding Starliner have been the latest in a long list of bad press that American aerospace company Boeing has faced so far this year. In January, one of the company’s 737 Max aircrafts blew open mid-air when a door plug failed and questions have repeatedly been raised about production and quality control at Boeing. This reached a head last month when Boeing was convicted as a felon over its handling of the 737 Max fiasco.

A version of this article originally appeared on Jalopnik.

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Boeing is stuck in space, Volkswagen’s rough ride, and American Airlines’ woes: Business news roundup

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A company is rolling out ammo vending machines in grocery stores across the U.S., with six already in operation.

American Rounds installed its first Automated Ammo Retail Machine (AARM) in a Fresh Value grocery store in Pell City, Alabama in November, it told Quartz. It has since installed four in Oklahoma and one in Texas, with plans for more in Texas and Colorado.

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A mass brawl broke out midair on Ryanair flight to London on July 3.
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A mass brawl involving two families on a July 3 flight forced the pilots to make an emergency landing just 36 minutes after takeoff.

“It was like the flight from hell. And it all escalated from that one passenger wanting to change seats,” an unnamed passenger told The U.S. Sun.

It occurred on an evening London-bound Ryanair flight from Agadir, Morocco. Passengers on the flight told the Sun it started when a man in his 20s asked a woman to swap seats so he could sit next to his family. The woman refused to change seats since she already sitting with her daughter. The man then began to threaten her.

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The possible closure of an Audi plant and a 3.8% drop in second-quarter sales (driven mostly by China) have put Volkswagen in a bit of a tough spot right now.

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The Starliner launch
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Boeing and NASA still aren’t sure when they’ll bring the CST-100 Starliner home. In a news conference Wednesday, NASA said it’s targeting a return at the end of the month, but it hasn’t yet committed to a hard date. Testing that should help explain a persistent problem is expected to wrap up later this week, at which point the mission will have more clarity about an ending.

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An American Airlines plane
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American Airlines is facing a number of challenges right now. Business-class flyers are upset with it. Its flight attendants are inching closer to a strike. Its stock is down nearly 18% for the year. “Where we stand right now, we know we dug ourselves a hole,” CEO Robert Isom said at a recent investment conference. Though American remains one of the most-liked airlines in the country, it has some work ahead of itself.

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business new tamfitronics Quaker Oats issued a recall of its granola bars and cereals in December 2023.

Quaker Oats issued a recall of its granola bars and cereals in December 2023.
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Salmonella may have been present over the past four years in an Illinois factory that was responsible for a major recall of Quaker Oats products late last year, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revealed in warning letter it sent to Quaker Oat’s parent company PepsiCo in June.

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An Arby’s restaurant in Miami, Florida.
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Sandwich giant Arby’s is getting into the meal deal wars with a $9 bundle.

The promotion, dubbed the “Shake Up Your Burger Meal,” includes a deluxe burger, a choice of curly or crinkle medium fries, and a regular shake. Shake flavors include Chocolate, Orange Cream, Jamocha, or Vanilla. The deal is available for a limited time.

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Spotify rolled out comments on podcasts

The new feature expands on Q&A and polls, which the platform introduced in 2021

Samsung’s new Galaxy Ring will provide users with AI-powered health insights

Samsung just launched the Galaxy Ring, an AI-powered competitor to Oura smart rings