Boardrooms love buzzwords.

AI, climate, resilience.

But what do they actually mean for CFOs and execs trying to survive the next earnings call?

That's where the pre-read comes in.

Real experts and real talk.

Subscribe to the pre-read, presented by Workieva.

Here's your morning brief for Tuesday, September 30th. I'm Caitlin McCabe for the Wall Street Journal.

In Washington, the federal government is careening toward a shutdown. Yesterday, congressional

leaders from both parties met with President Trump to try to hash out a deal, but emerged with no

breakthrough.

Republicans are holding firm on their seven-week stopgap bill to keep the government funded,

while Democrats say they won't give their support unless billions of dollars in health care spending is restored. While Republicans have a 53 to 47 majority in the Senate, they don't have

the 60 votes needed to pass a spending bill.

Without a deal, the government will shut down at 12.01 a.m. Eastern Wednesday,

furlowing hundreds of thousands of federal workers and halting key operations.

For Wall Street, that means the all-important jobs report likely won't be released on Friday.

We are exclusively reporting that Boeing is

planning a new narrow-body airplane that would succeed the 737 max. The plans are still taking shape.

However, the new plane could include features such as brand new, more fuel-efficient engines, as well as

ultra-thin wings and a redesigned flight deck. The development of a new single-isle plane marks a long-term bid by Boeing to recover business loss to rival Airbus during its series of safety and quality problems.

Boeing's chief executive officer, Kelly Orpirk, hasn't publicly detailed any plans for a successor to the 737,

saying that he continues to prioritize fixing the

...