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As a Boeing's machinist continue to strike,

how bad can the company's finances get?

And U.S. officials say they're facing an unprecedented level of threats this election season.

It's really this sort of boiling cauldron of different threats and justice department officials haven't

seen anything quite like it.

Plus, Russia provided targeting data for Hootie assault on global shipping.

It's Thursday, October 24th.

I'm Tracy Hunt for the Wall Street Journal.

This is a PM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories that move the

world today.

Let's start with Boeing. The Jetmaker's new chief executive Kelly Ortberg has many active fronts in his battle to reset the company. He has to address the

continuing labor strikes by Boeing's largest union, re-establish a culture of

accountability, fix ongoing problems at the Defense Division division and figure out how to build

innovative plane models again. And now he has to worry about the company's

deteriorating balance sheet. Joining us to discuss Boeing's problems is heard on the street columnist John Sindhreu.

So John, how bad does Boeing's balance sheet look right now?

Well, it depends on how you look at it really if you're looking at

assets it's not so bad like they have a lot of cash they burn 2 billion in cash

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