L990s Decade

Boeing, the Seattle-based master aircraft builder, is giving a lot of people jitters these days, even though the company itself remains calm and clear-eyed about world markets and the future. When Boeing announced recently that it would try to attract orders and go ahead with development of a new aircraft, to be called the 777, its stock dropped for three consecutive days on the New York Stock Exchange.

Boeing, the Seattle-based master aircraft builder, is giving a lot of people jitters these days, even though the company itself remains calm and clear-eyed about world markets and the future. When Boeing announced recently that it would try to attract orders and go ahead with development of a new aircraft, to be called the 777, its stock dropped for three consecutive days on the New York Stock Exchange.