Airbus reports billion-dollar loss on back of record orders

Courtesy Newsvine - business  Tue, 03/11/2008 - 05:17

Theer is something very wrong with either a company or an industry where you are one of only two real players, you enjoy a record year for orders, you get government subsidies...and you still manage to post a billion dollar red number on the bottom line.


 

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