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Claire Bushey

Chicago Correspondent

Claire Bushey is the FT's Chicago correspondent. She reports on Boeing, Ford, General Motors and all US airlines. She has covered the 737 Max crisis, the Miami condo collapse, the troubles of EV maker Nikola, and the trial of the police officer who murdered George Floyd. She also has written about communal living, attending church and loneliness. Before joining the FT, she wrote for Crain's Chicago Business.
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  • Monday, 16 September, 2024
    Boeing Co
    Boeing imposes hiring freeze and purchasing cuts to conserve cash

    Manufacturer is considering temporary furloughs in response to a strike that threatens its recovery

    Boeing workers on the picket line
  • Friday, 13 September, 2024
    Boeing Co
    Boeing faces cash crunch as machinists’ strike weighs on production

    Chief financial officer Brian West tells investors the labour dispute will delay goal to reach 737 Max production target on time

    Machinists union members picketed a Boeing facility in Renton, Washington Friday
  • Friday, 13 September, 2024
    Boeing Co
    Boeing workers begin strike after rejecting 25% pay rise

    Company under pressure to sweeten offer as analysts say a long stoppage could hit its credit rating

    Boeing workers holds signs as they wait in line to vote on their first full contract in 16 years in Renton, Washington, on Thursday
  • Sunday, 8 September, 2024
    Boeing Co
    Boeing reaches tentative deal with union to avert damaging strike

    Industrial action by production workers would have piled new problems on struggling aerospace manufacturer

    In July, tens of thousands of District 751 union members rallied at a Seattle stadium for a strike authorisation vote
  • Friday, 6 September, 2024
    News in-depthBoeing Co
    Is Boeing lost in space? Stranded astronauts raise doubts on future with Nasa

    As the aerospace giant’s woes mount analysts ask whether it should exit a small but prominent business unit

    A rocket launches
  • Friday, 6 September, 2024
    Life and Art from FT Weekend podcast25 min listen
    Culture Chat: The Greek myths are sacred. Did ‘Kaos’ desecrate them?

    ‘Kaos’, Netflix’s new Greek mythology series starring Jeff Goldblum, landed on screens last week. The FT’s Josh Spero and Claire Bushey join to discuss

  • Wednesday, 28 August, 2024
    Workplace diversity & equality
    Ford changes DEI policies as conservative pressure campaign grows

    Carmaker says it has ‘taken a fresh look’ at diversity practices to ensure they drive business results

    Ford Motor chair Bill Ford speaking
  • Monday, 26 August, 2024
    News in-depthFord Motor Co
    Ford shares have stalled: can CEO Jim Farley steer out of its rut?

    US automaker’s struggle to improve margins has raised sharp questions about strategy and execution

    Ford chief executive Jim Farley
  • Saturday, 24 August, 2024
    Nasa
    Nasa turns to Musk’s SpaceX to bring stuck astronauts back to Earth

    US space agency will not use Boeing spacecraft that ferried crew to International Space Station

    Nasa administrator Bill Nelson
  • Friday, 23 August, 2024
    News in-depthHarley-Davidson Inc
    The Harley-Davidson boss caught in an ‘anti-woke’ squall

    Ex Puma chief Jochen Zeitz has sparked the ire of anti-DEI activists and bikers over diversity policies

    Robby Starbuck and Jochen Zeitz are pictured in front of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle on an orange background. Starbuck is on the left, wearing a suit, and Zeitz is on the right, wearing a Harley-Davidson sweatshirt
  • Thursday, 22 August, 2024
    US presidential election 2024
    Gaza protesters seek to overshadow Harris’s primetime Chicago speech

    Organisers expect thousands of people to march near heavily guarded Democratic National Convention

    Law enforcement officers in riot gear stand in a line facing demonstrators during a pro-Palestinian protest near the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. One protester in the foreground is seen wearing a keffiyeh and protective goggles
  • Wednesday, 21 August, 2024
    Ford Motor Co
    Ford cancels electric SUV and warns of $1.9bn writedown

    Carmaker says vehicle would not be profitable within a year of its launch in crowded market

    A Ford company logo on a sign at a Ford dealership in south-east Denver
  • Wednesday, 21 August, 2024
    Chicago
    Police and protesters clash at Israeli consulate during Chicago convention

    Arrests made less than two miles from arena where Democrats gathered to nominate Kamala Harris

    Demonstrators clash with police near the Israeli consulate in Chicago on Tuesday
  • Friday, 16 August, 2024
    News in-depthUS presidential election 2024
    Chicago braces for protests ahead of Democratic National Convention

    Concerns over policing and anti-war demonstrations rekindle memories of violent clashes from 1968

    On May 30 2020, demonstrators clash with police in Chicago during a protest against the death of an unarmed black man George Floyd, at the hands of a white Minneapolis police officer five days earlier
  • Wednesday, 7 August, 2024
    Nasa
    Nasa may ask SpaceX to retrieve astronauts stuck at space station

    US space agency is being ‘conservative’ about whether to use Boeing’s Starliner for return mission

    Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft
  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    Boeing Co
    Can Kelly Ortberg turn Boeing around?

    Veteran aerospace executive arrives as manufacturer faces battles over labour and safety

    Robert “Kelly” Ortberg
  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
    Boeing Co
    Boeing picks Kelly Ortberg to be chief executive as losses widen

    Former Rockwell Collins head will replace Dave Calhoun at the crisis-hit aircraft maker

    Kelly Ortberg
  • Thursday, 25 July, 2024
    Airlines
    American and Southwest airlines report plunge in profits

    Oversupply of available seats on US domestic flights hits the wider industry

    woman waits for her flight as an American Airlines jet passes by at an airport in Phoenix
  • Wednesday, 24 July, 2024
    Ford Motor Co
    Ford shares fall as car repair costs weigh on profits

    Company misses earnings expectations following unexpected surge in need to fix faulty vehicles

    An employee works on the production line of the 100% electric Ford Explorer at the Ford Electric Center Factory in Cologne, western Germany
  • Wednesday, 24 July, 2024
    Airlines
    Airlines brace for end of ‘revenge travel’ boom

    Ticket price falls driven by surplus capacity raise fears the industry’s post-pandemic surge is over

    Passengers boarding a Ryanair plane
  • Tuesday, 23 July, 2024
    Cruise LLC
    GM indefinitely halts work on its driverless car at Cruise unit

    Move comes after California regulators barred company’s autonomous vehicles from the state’s streets last year

    The Cruise Origin electric driverless shuttle is displayed during a reveal event in San Francisco, California
  • Sunday, 21 July, 2024
    Boeing Co
    Boeing crash families tee up fight with US prosecutors over compliance monitor

    Tensions remain between justice department and victims’ families after they were excluded from corporate probation deal

    Rescuers work at the scene of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing Max crash south of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on March 11, 2019
  • Sunday, 21 July, 2024
    Aircraft manufacturing
    Delays in new aircraft deliveries to slow sector’s progress on climate ambitions

    Supply chain disruptions and labour shortages continue to hamper production

    Airbus A320neo takes off
  • Friday, 19 July, 2024
    Airlines
    Record-breaking summer for flights across Atlantic tests demand for travel

    Booming demand for transatlantic travel also tests operational limits amid increasing IT and air traffic control issues

    A traveler checks in at the Atlanta airport
  • Thursday, 18 July, 2024
    Donald Trump
    What makes Donald Trump irresistible

    Why the Maga faithful across America still believe

    Donald Trump greets supporters as he departs following the second day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 16, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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