Stories for Nov. 24, 2007

Boeing stock droops, making it a good time to buy

Sat, Nov 24, 11:23 a.m.

By David Brewster

Boeing's stock has dropped from a high of $107 in early October to just under $90 in its closing Friday. A survey of financial experts, looking at the company's promising longterm prospects, thinks that dip makes for a good time to buy Boeing stock. It's not that the analysts aren't worried about Boeing's logistical problems in delivering the next-generation 787 jet. The company has announced delays and a schedule of delivering far fewer plantes in 2008 than promised. One analyst in The New York Times survey anticipates $1 billion in added costs on the 787.

As it grows up, Seattle boughs down

Sat, Nov 24, midnight

By Knute Berger

One of the results of denser urban development is loss of tree canopy. Seattle's is half as big as it was 35 years ago. That loss of green has happened largely on private property.