| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : MAY 3, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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| COVER STORY
Forecast for Boeing: Partly Sunny THE BRIGHT SIDE -- First-quarter profits rose to $469 mil., from $50 mil. in '98 -- Asia is bouncing back -- Cost-cutting moves are bearing fruit -- Production of 747s is on schedule -- Earnings in '99 are expected to rise 52% THE DARK SIDE -- The first will be the strongest quarter in '99 -- Summer labor negotiations could be rough -- Airbus is making strides at high and low end -- Boeing's 717 is not selling well -- Company plans to make 480 planes in 2000, vs. 620 this year _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
![]() A Wiser Bull? COVER IMAGE: A Wiser Bull? TABLE: The Market Turns From Glamour To Grit CHART: Cyclicals Trump the S&P 500...Industry Comes Back...As Do Financials and Small Caps The Highfliers: From Vertigo to ``Only Very Volatile'' CHART: The Wild Ride for Net Stocks Commentary: Consider This: A Tech Slump May Spark a Hard Landing Boeing Breathes Easier TABLE: Forecast for Boeing: Partly Sunny TABLE: Profit Woes? Not This Time ONLINE ORIGINAL: How a Market Shift Could Realign the Mutual-Fund Stars INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online | |||||||