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The moods that dictate underlying prices can quickly swing from one extreme to the other. Such swings often create opportunities for investors. For instance, the rush back to domestic markets is leaving opportunity on the table overseas again.

Aerospace is an intensely nationalist business. But not only do aircraft makers get tied up in international political dogfights, such battle lines are drawn between states as well. Witness the just-completed competition between blue state Boeing and red state Airbus.

Boeing has won a U.S. military contract to build an aerial refueling tanker, beating out rival European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co.

The gap between America's super-wealthy and the rest of us has grown so vast it's hard to even comprehend the sums they spend on their luxuries. But if you measure, say, a $200 million luxury yacht in terms of the average U.S. family's household income, the picture comes back into focus.

Australian investigators suspect a manufacturing defect in a Rolls-Royce engine may have caused the A380 Airbus fire on a Qantas flight earlier this month. The airline says it has filed a statement of claim that could enable it to take further legal action against Rolls-Royce.

Airbus will overhaul its A320 jet to offer 15% more fuel efficiency. Airbus will spend more than 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) on the "A320neo" project, which will improve efficiency and reduce emissions, Reuters said. The new plane will have upward-slanting wingtips and use engines from...

The Qantas Airbus A380 engine explosion earlier this month caused at least $70 million worth of damage to the plane, according to a new report from insurance-consulting company Aon. And the bill from the incident, which caused no injuries, could fly much higher.

Half of the Rolls-Royce engines that power the A380 Airbus superjumbo jets may need to be replaced, according to the Qantas CEO. One of the engines caught fire and caused the emergency landing of a Qantas flight earlier this month.

Japanese low-cost airline Skymark may buy as many as 15 Airbus A380s as it expands into international flights. The planes would be delivered starting 2014 and would initially fly to destinations including London, Frankfurt and New York, Bloomberg News reported. Skymark has already signed a...

One week after one of its jet engines exploded in mid-air, Rolls-Royce said it will miss its profit target for 2010. Rolls-Royce said that growth in underlying profit will be "slightly lower" than the expected 4% to 5%, Bloomberg News reported. The engine exploded on an Airbus A380 belonging to...