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By Laura MacInnis (Reuters) - President Barack Obama could create millions of jobs by attracting more foreign capital to the United States, helping entrepreneurs and being more aggressive in energy, business leaders said on Monday. ...

For more than three dozen Boeing workers, it seems that making aircraft wasn't their favorite way of getting high. A four-year investigation by federal agents turned up illegal sales of prescription drugs, including oxycodone and Xanax, at a Boeing plant near Philadelphia that makes military helicopters. ...

Twenty-five of the 100 highest paid U.S. CEOs earned more last year than their companies paid in federal income tax, a pay study said Wednesday. It also found that many of the companies spent more on lobbying than they did on taxes. ...

REUTERS -- Boeing Co will lay off about 510 employees in its Space Exploration division as the United States' space shuttle program draws to a close. There will be no material impact on the company as a result of the job cuts, a spokesman for Boeing's Space Exploration division told Reuters. ...

What's the deal? The day after Boeing announces a $19 billion deal to produce 20 aircraft for China, the company lays off 1,000 workers in Southern California, as pointed out by journalist Gregory White at The Business Insider. This comes, in addition to the 1,000 jobs in Orange County and the Long Beach / ...