strike impact

Aerospace groups braced for global disruption from a potentially lengthy strike at Boeing as one of the planemaker's biggest suppliers lost no time in cutting production and work hours.

As the broadcast networks scurry to rework their presentations in the wake of the writers’ strike, cable programmers seem ready for their close-up.

With broadcast ratings dipping by double-digits even before the strike impact hit, cable networks collectively claimed more than one-half of primetime’s audience and many posted their best ratings ever this quarter.

That left cable networks -- about two-thirds of which have already presented their big stage shows to advertisers -- bullish.