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World Business Report: First broadcast 2019/12/16 22:32 GMT: Boeing stops 737 Max production

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Boeing stops 737 Max production

First broadcast 2019/12/16 22:32 GMT

First broadcast 2019/12/16 22:32 GMT: Boeing stops 737 Max production

BBC World Service - World Business Report, Boeing stops 737 Max production

The US aircraft builder has been forced to halt assembly of its troubled 737 Max.

The American aircraft builder has destabilised the businesses of suppliers that make parts for its troubled 737 Max, after halting production of the aircraft. The jet is grounded following two crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia and will not be allowed to fly until regulators deem it is safe. Mike Boyd, an aviation analyst in Evergreen Colorado tells us Boeing will have a testing 2020.

Intel has paid $2 billion to acquire Habana Labs, a technology company in Israel that specialises in artificial intelligence. BBC Reporter Russell Padmore explains how Intel is determined to beef up its research and development to compete with rivals in AI.

We also delve into the success of the perfume industry with analysis of how it is changing.

(Picture: Boeing 737 Max aircraft. Getty Images.)

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