Boeing on edge as it awaits fateful decision from DOJ

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Boeing (BA) will soon know whether its horrible 2024 is about to get much worse. Justice Department officials have to decide by July 7 whether to criminally charge Boeing, which would be a devastating blow for a giant manufacturer, or reach some sort of settlement. The question is whether Boeing's actions leading up to a January door plug blowout aboard an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 will cause the DOJ to revoke legal protections it extended to Boeing in a January 2020 deferred prosecution agreement. A Boeing 737 MAX in 2022. (REUTERS/Peter Cziborra) (Reuters / Reuters) Prosecutors told a...