Russian aircraft carrier converted was added to an additional fee
Russian Northern machine-building plant on 21st said that in order to complete the “Admiral Marshal” aircraft carrier converted, it would require substantial additional cost of India. United Shipping Group Russia said on that day it would be delivered aircraft carrier in 2012 to the Indian Navy. Director of the Northern machine-building plant, Vladimir estimated, the Indian side to the Russian side needed to pay a total of from 2.5 to 4 billion US dollars.
New York City launched a large-scale volunteer program
Mayor of New York City in United States Michael Bloomberg called on 20th to launch a “New Service” plan of a large-scale mobilization of volunteers, to encourage the public to put forward a series of initiatives to encourage citizens to join the rank of volunteers, hoped to crate “the most easily city as volunteers,” in New York of the United States and at the same time to provide the channel of volunteers services to sectors, help people better cope with financial crisis.
Boeing in the first quarter net profit fell nearly 50%
Xinhua in Chicago on April 22nd (Xinhua Han Wanning), headquartered in Chicago, Boeing announced on 22nd the first-quarter financial report said that global passenger traffic declined forced companies to reduce the yield of twin-aisle airplanes, so Boeing in the first quarter of this year with its net income fell nearly 50%. The report showed that despite Boeing in quarter sales increased of 3% to 16.5 billion U.S. dollars, but only 610 million U.S. dollars as the net profit, compared to last year of 1.21 billion U.S. dollars over the same period fell by nearly half.
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