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Cramer's lightning round: I like P&G over Olaplex

"Mad Money" host Jim Cramer rings the lightning round bell, which means he's giving his answers to callers' stock questions at rapid speed. "Mad Money" host Jim Cramer rings the lightning round bell, which means he's giving his answers to callers' stock questions at rapid speed. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong…

United Airlines plans $100 million expansion of pilot training center

A United Airlines passenger aircraft prepares to leave its gate and taxi to the runway at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, California.Robert Alexander | Getty ImagesUnited Airlines plans to break ground Wednesday on an expansion of its training center in Denver, an initiative aimed at getting thousands of pilots ready to fly passengers as the carrier goes on a hiring spree.The project will cost about $100 million. The new four-story building at its training campus will allow United to add six new…

Boeing lands Starliner capsule, completing a crucial test flight

Boeing's Starliner capsule lands in White Sands, New Mexico on May 25, 2022 to complete the OFT-2 mission.NASA TVBoeing landed its uncrewed Starliner spacecraft in the New Mexico desert on Wednesday, completing a crucial test flight as the company prepares to carry astronauts.Starliner landed at the U.S. Army's White Sands Missile Range, after earlier in the day leaving the International Space Station – concluding the six-day Orbital Flight Test 2, or OFT-2 mission.The mission completed one of its most important test…

Microsoft partners with Kawasaki for industrial metaverse

Microsoft's HoloLens 2.Andrew Evers | CNBCYou may not be ready to jump into the metaverse for fun, but it could be coming to work sooner than you think.Microsoft announced Tuesday that Kawasaki is a new customer for the tech giant's so-called "industrial metaverse" ⁠— a fancy way of saying factory floor workers will wear a HoloLens headset to help with production, repairs and managing supply chains. It will use the headsets to help build robots.HoloLens, first launched in 2016, lets the wearer experience augmented…

Boeing’s Starliner OFT-2 launch update: What’s at stake

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing's Starliner spacecraft aboard is seen as it is rolled out to the launchpad for the OFT-2 mission scheduled to lift off on May 19, 2022.Joel Kowsky | NASABoeing is set to make another attempt to reach the International Space Station with its Starliner capsule Thursday, nearly 2 1/2 years after the company's first mission fell short.Boeing has been developing its Starliner spacecraft under NASA's Commercial Crew program, having won nearly $5 billion in contracts to build…

United Airlines says FAA cleared grounded Boeing 777s to fly again

A United Airlines Holdings Inc. Boeing 777-200 aircraft on the tarmac at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesUnited Airlines said Tuesday that the Federal Aviation Administration has cleared the path for the return of 52 Boeing 777s powered with Pratt & Whitney engines that were grounded after an engine failure in February 2021."Late last night, the FAA issued the final paperwork on our Pratt &…

Boeing management needs a reboot after losing its way, Ryanair CEO says

Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary pictured during a press conference of Irish low-cost airline Ryanair, Wednesday 02 March 2022 in Brussels.Nicolas Maeterlinck | AFP | Getty ImagesRyanair CEO Michael O'Leary has called for a shakeup of management at U.S. aircraft giant Boeing, after delivery delays and a period of fractious negotiations between the two companies.The Irish low-cost airline terminated talks over a substantial order of Boeing 737 Max 10 jets worth tens of billions of dollars in September 2021, after failing to…

Boeing considers redesigning crucial valve for Starliner space capsule

Boeing's Starliner capsule for the Orbital Flight Test 2 (OFT-2) mission is lifted on top of United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket on May 4, 2022.Frank Michaux / NASABoeing is examining whether to redesign the propulsion valves on its Starliner crew capsule, a crucial system that has kept the company from flying astronauts for NASA — and competing with Elon Musk's SpaceX.Starliner is the spacecraft that Boeing has been developing under NASA's Commercial Crew program, having won nearly $5 billion in contracts to build…

Southwest upgrading planes with faster Wi-Fi, bigger overhead bins

OntheRunPhoto | iStock Editorial | Getty ImagesSouthwest Airlines said it will spend more than $2 billion on improved passenger amenities like bigger overhead bins, faster internet and power outlets "in every seat," in an effort to woo travelers as bookings rebound.The airline also plans to double the number of movies it offers travelers and to update its drink options on board to include bloody mary mix, ready-to-drink cocktails, hard seltzer and rose wine.The changes come as airlines gear up for a recovery in both…

Virgin Orbit assembling fleet of 747 jets to launch more rockets

The modified 737 aircraft "Cosmic Girl" lifts off from Mojave Air and Space Port in California carrying a LauncherOne rocket on June 30, 2021.Virgin OrbitVirgin Orbit is assembling a fleet of modified 747 jets, the company announced Tuesday, ordering two new modified cargo airframes to help launch more rockets into space.The company is acquiring the two additional airframes through L3Harris, which will modify the jets to carry and launch Virgin Orbit's rockets. Virgin expects to take delivery of the first of the planes…