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Boeing posts third-quarter loss Boeing reports third-quarter loss
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Boeing has announced worse than expected third-quarterly figures, posting a net loss of $1.6bn (£974m). Boeing has announced worse than expected third-quarter figures, reporting a net loss of $1.6bn (£974m).
The world's second-largest plane maker said the loss compared with a profit of $695m a year earlier. The loss at the world's second-largest plane maker compared with a profit of $695m a year earlier.
The latest results reflect charges incurred to modify Boeing's 787 Dreamliner and the new updated version of its 747 jumbo jet.The latest results reflect charges incurred to modify Boeing's 787 Dreamliner and the new updated version of its 747 jumbo jet.
The loss was steeper than anticipated and has led to the company slashing its profit forecast for 2009. The loss was steeper than anticipated and has led to the company cutting its profit forecast for 2009.
Shares in the firm dropped 2.4% to $50.64 in pre-market trade after the loss was announced.
In August, Boeing said it would take a charge of $2.5bn because the first three test Dreamliners were undergoing so much modification that they had no commercial market value.
The company then added a $1bn charge for higher costs and lower demand than it expected for the 747-8.
Boeing also said that it would postpone the first flight of the freighter version of the 747-8 to 2010.