Tag: Company

Spirit Airlines CEO Slams “Uninformed Government,” Says Airline Industry Is A “Rigged Game” As The Company Struggles To Survive

Spirit Airlines CEO Slams “Uninformed Government,” Says Airline Industry Is A “Rigged Game” As The Company Struggles To Survive Spirit Airlines (NYSE:SAVE) was once the target of a hot bidding war between two of its rivals, Frontier Group (NASDAQ:ULCC) and JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ:JBLU). Less than two years after JetBlue successfully beat out Frontier with a […]

Ex-Hanford worker admits COVID loan fraud for his solar-powered wheelchair company

A Tri-Cities man has admitted to conspiring with two other people who fraudulently obtained about $265,000 in federal COVID relief loans, including by submitting false payroll and tax records to the federal government. David “Kurt” Schneider, 54, of Kennewick, and two co-defendants also applied for additional payments or loans of about $563,600, but those applications […]

SpaceX Starlink satellites doing just fine after weekend solar storm, company says

SpaceX’s Starlink fleet survived solar storms over the weekend. Starlink broadband satellites, which number nearly 6,000 in orbit, all came through after intense solar activity sparked auroras and other signs of space weather across the world, including unusually far into the southern United States. “All Starlink satellites on-orbit weathered the geomagnetic storm and remain healthy,” […]

German company launches and recovers test rocket in Australia

A test commercial rocket launched by German company HyImpulse from Koonibba in Australia has been recovered largely intact and is on its way back to Germany almost two weeks after launch, a company spokesman said on Monday. The load carried by the rocket has also been recovered. The rocket will now undergo detailed examination at […]