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Tracking one Boeing 737’s journey through the US-China trade war

The little 737 that could: the first Boeing to land in China in two months touched down on Monday.

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For the first time in two months, Boeing is making a delivery to China.

A 737 that originally took off from Boeing Field in Seattle on Friday landed in Zhoushan, China, on Monday. According to Reuters, it was painted with Xiamen Airlines’ logo.

The jet in question has had an interesting journey: as FlightAware tracking data shows, it was one of the handful of Boeing jets that China rejected in April as trade war tensions boiled over.

At the time, the plane made refueling stops in Hawaii and Guam before attempting delivery, but was turned around and left to sit in Guam for several weeks. On April 19, it returned to Seattle.

Since then, relations have improved between the US and China, with each country slashing tariffs on the other. On Friday, the 737 left Seattle, taking the same route as it had in March before landing in China.

Last month, Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg said deliveries to China would resume shortly, sending the stock to a 52-week high.

The apparent successful delivery is welcome news for Boeing, which had planned to deliver 50 jets to China this year and expects the country to order $1.2 trillion worth of jets over the next 20 years.

Boeing has had a relatively nice time amid tariffs otherwise, scoring several multibillion-dollar orders announced in conjunction with US trade deals. Still, it has also had to watch its European rival Airbus close in on what could be one of the largest jet orders ever — with China.

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Ford joins GM in backing off of its EV tax credit extension plan following GOP criticism

Ford, despite benefiting from an electric sales surge in recent months, is giving up on a clever accounting plan to extend the expired $7,500 EV tax credit to some of its customers.

Like its rival GM earlier this week, Ford on Thursday night confirmed to Reuters that it will not claim the tax credit, backing off from its short-lived leasing strategy.

The automakers’ plan was to extend the subsidy by using their financial arms to put down payments on electric vehicles already on their dealers’ lots in late September. Those transactions would qualify for the credit, and Ford and GM could pass the discount on to customers through leases.

But the strategy angered GOP senators, who last week wrote a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent accusing the automakers of “bilking” taxpayers.

Ford CEO Jim Farley last month said he expects the end of the tax credit to cut EV sales in half.

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But the strategy angered GOP senators, who last week wrote a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent accusing the automakers of “bilking” taxpayers.

Ford CEO Jim Farley last month said he expects the end of the tax credit to cut EV sales in half.

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Domino’s just announced its first rebrand in 13 years — maybe a new, “doughier” font will help sales pick up

Shaboozey! Domino’s Sans! Hotter colors as a nod to the melty heat of a pizza pulled fresh from the oven!

In a buzzword-laden justification of its rebrand yesterday, Domino’s laid plain its new aesthetic direction, coined the term “Cravemark,” and announced it would be bringing the focus back to its food, having (at least in its executive vice president’s words) become known as “a technology company that happens to sell pizza” over the last decade.

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The raft of changes, which will roll out across the US and other international markets in the coming months, includes a new “audio and visual expression” of the brand’s name (throwing a few extra M’s on the boxes and getting country/hip-hop artist Shaboozey to elongate the letter in a jingle); brighter packaging and hotter colors; “more youthful” team uniforms (company-color Salomons and an apron with “pizza is brat” on it, maybe?); and a new “Domino’s Sans” font, which is “thicker and doughier” and has circles and semicircles “in nod to pizza, with lots of personality baked right in!”

Domino’s is down about 2% so far this year.

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