The latest failures at Boeing invite fresh scrutiny of the incentive structure, strategy lessons embedded in the company's decline, and why Boeing exemplifies the same mistakes and challenges that the rest of the American industrial base will confront in the years to come. At the end: ESPN eyes an even bigger college football investment and a release date for the Vision Pro.

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Panel on Boeing Plane May Not Have Been Properly Attached, Agency Says — New. York Times

‘I Honestly Don’t Trust Many People at Boeing’: A Broken Culture Exposed — New York Times

The Long-Forgotten Flight That Sent Boeing Off Course — The Atlantic

How Engineering "Took a Back Seat to Finance" at Boeing — WTTW

Inside the strained union of Boeing and Spirit Aerosystems — The Air Current

Apple’s Vision Pro Headset to Go on Sale at US Stores on Feb. 2 — Bloomberg

Sources: College Football Playoff, ESPN discuss 6-year rights contract — ESPN

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