And Boeing's plans to develop Boeing Capital into a broad financing business were abandoned this autumn when the company decided (following complaints from its airline customers) to return to a focus on financing aircraft.

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Much of that support went to big producers of capital goods like Boeing and General Electric, but the vast majority of Ex-Im Bank transactions are aimed at small and medium-size exporters.

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The order to move came on Wednesday, and Air Partner dispatched a Boeing 747 to Freetown, the capital.

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Other competitors in the capital goods sector include: Boeing (BA), Goodrich (GR), and Northrop Grumman (NOC).

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Other competitors in the capital goods sector include: Boeing (BA), General Dynamics (GD), and Elbit Systems Ltd. (ADR) (ESLT).

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In 1995 he sold the German bit of his company to Lufthansa Condor, a subsidiary of the German airline, giving him enough capital to buy a small fleet of Boeing planes, another selling-point over rivals still flying oily Tupolevs.

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If Boeing or Altria shares are even slightly depressed because some investors have pulled out, capital flows in from other sources.

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The reason Boeing taps Ex-Im financing so frequently is because it makes the most expensive capital goods that the U.S. exports, and those goods are in demand in many places where private-sector lenders are reluctant to extend credit.

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Other competitors in the capital goods sector include: Astrotech Corp. (ASTC), Boeing (BA), and Northrop Grumman (NOC).

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