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Wall Street Breakfast

Boeing grounds test fleet

Wall Street Breakfast

Seeking Alpha

Business News, News, Business, Investing

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Boeing (BA) grounds 777X test fleet after finding cracks in engine mounting structure. (00:24) Tax firm Andersen Global evaluating IPO - WSJ. (01:28) Workhorse (WKHS) raises doubts about ability to continue as going concern. (02:23)

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0:00.0

Welcome to See King Alpha's Wall Street breakfast, where we cover the top news for investors every morning.

0:08.0

Good morning. Today is Tuesday, August 20th, I'm Julie Morgan.

0:13.0

Boeing 777X presents a problem.

0:16.6

Anderson Global is evaluating an IPO,

0:20.0

and it's unclear if Workhorse will be able to stay afloat.

0:24.7

Boeing is grounding its 777X test fleet

0:28.6

after an inspection found cracks in a key engine mounting structure.

0:33.0

Air Current reported on Monday that Boeing has orders for 540 of the new aircraft

0:39.0

that it plans to start delivering in 2025,

0:42.0

and the impact of the latest problem on the plane's launch date is not

0:46.4

known. The issue marks the latest setback to Boeing's effort to certify its largest jetliner,

0:52.4

which already is about five years behind schedule.

0:55.6

After finally starting flight tests with U.S regulators on board last month,

1:00.8

Boeing described the part as a structural component between the engine and the airplane.

1:06.5

Earlier on Monday, the Federal Aviation Administration issued an airworthiness directive requiring inspections of Boeing's 787 dreamliners in response to an incident in March when a Latham Airlines jet took a sudden nose dive after a cockpit seat reportedly moved, injuring more than 50 passengers.

1:27.0

Legal and tax services firm Anderson Global is evaluating an initial public offering for its U.S. business.

1:35.7

Nearly all the accounting firm's 264 participating partners voted to support a potential

1:41.7

IPO earlier this month,

1:43.4

according to a Wall Street Journal report on Monday.

1:46.3

The CEO of Anderson told partners that the company is targeting an IPO

1:51.0

for late next year, according to the report.

1:54.0

The CEO is also evaluating an investment from a private equity firm or private family-owned company.

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