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Joseph Weber

Joseph Weber

Joseph Weber is chief of correspondents for BusinessWeek, based in Chicago. He also serves as Chicago bureau manager. Weber joined BusinessWeek in June 1987 as a correspondent in Dallas. He served as Philadelphia bureau manager from January 1988 until August 1997. He then managed Canadian coverage from Toronto until December 1999. Among his awards are an Excellence in Financial Journalism Award from the New York State Society of CPAs, two Peter Lisagor Awards from the Headline Club of Chicago, and a Distinguished Editorial Achievement Award from McGraw-Hill. Weber is a graduate of Rutgers University and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

Recent Articles by Joseph Weber

July 22, 2009

Boeing Says It Has a 787 Dreamliner Fix

Executives of Boeing (BA) say they know how to fix the structural problem that sidelined the much delayed 787 Dreamliner's planned first flight last month. But they ...

July 7, 2009

Boeing Buys a Vought Aircraft Plant

Editor's Note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported when Vought fired a 787 project executive and the date of an analyst's site visit. Both occurred ...

June 23, 2009

Boeing's 787 Delay Stokes Airbus Rivalry

Boeing's (BA) fresh delay for its long-awaited Dreamliner—its sixth in two years—could not come at a worse time for the Chicago planemaker. Customers are complaining ...

June 18, 2009

Forget Gold. Nickel Is a Better Long-Term Bet

Investors fearing inflation ought to buy gold, right? Actually, they may be better off with lowly nickel. As the economy has perked up, nickel prices rose from less ...

June 17, 2009

Metals: Nickel's Shining Hour

If you are nervous about inflation, you want to buy gold, right? Actually, you might be better off with another, far less glamorous metal: nickel. As the economy has ...

June 11, 2009

Companies Willing to Take Risks in a Recession

"The time to buy," said Baron Rothschild, "is when there's blood in the streets." These days it's hard enough for many managers to keep their businesses afloat, much ...

June 11, 2009

UTI Is Growing Despite Wall Street

Wall Street isn't always kind to outfits that try to expand in tough times. Universal Technical Institute (UTI), a Phoenix company that trains thousands of car, ...

May 14, 2009

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March 23, 2009

Liddy on AIG's Long Road Ahead

Edward M. Liddy, the would-be rescuer of American International Group (AIG) who has become a target of wrath over Wall Street excesses and the ravages of the ...

March 18, 2009

AIG Bonuses: Liddy Proposes a Half-Measure

Edward Liddy, chief executive officer of American International Group (AIG), sought to blunt the outpouring of criticism over $165 million paid in retention bonuses at...