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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Population shifts caused by the exodus of hurricane victims from the Gulf Coast could have ripple effects for years to come in Louisiana political races and perhaps beyond. How big depends on how many people stay away, which ones stay away and where they end up putting down roots. The early thinking is that the evacuees least likely to return to their homes in Louisiana may be the poorest -- and thus, Democrats for the most part. That would hurt the party in a state where Republicans already were making inroads. If the lion's share of those...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The woman romantically tied to ousted Boeing Co. Chief Executive Officer Harry Stonecipher left the world's largest aerospace company on Thursday. She departed on her own accord, according to Boeing. The woman reportedly worked in the company's Washington, D.C.-office. She had been identified as Debra Peabody by various reports; Boeing will not divulge her name. Stonecipher's surprise departure in early March at the request of the company's (BA: news, chart, profile) board came as a shock inside and outside the company. According to the company, he had violated Boeing's code of conduct. "The board concluded that...

No matter who is chosen, Tiahrt says, the new CEO will have to work hard to win over opponents like Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who continues to criticize Boeing's offer to sell KC-767 refueling tankers to the Air Force. "He seems to be very prejudiced toward Boeing and intent on seeing that they are punished for some unknown reason," Tiahrt says. Farmer says Stonecipher's resignation will put Boeing under increased scrutiny. "It's a matter of damage control and continuing to be serious about it," Farmer says.

Days after Boeing Co. Chief Executive Harry Stonecipher was ousted from the Chicago-based aerospace giant for having an affair with a female employee, his wife filed for divorce. Joan Stonecipher, in a brief interview from the couple's St. Petersburg, Fla., home, said she was stunned by the events of the last week. "I'm just as blown away by this as everybody else," she said, then hung up.

http://www.calicocat.com/2005/03/photo-of-debra-peabody.html Debra Peabody

CHICAGO - Boeing Co. is investigating the activities of the female executive whose affair with then-CEO Harry Stonecipher led to his ouster and could take action against her, the company said Wednesday. Spokesman John Dern said the company has no timetable for completing the investigation and declined to provide any other specifics. But a posting on Boeing's internal employee Web site acknowledged that "many employees have asked" why the woman who was involved in a personal relationship with Stonecipher remains with the company while he was asked to resign. "General Counsel Doug Bain said that while the investigation of Stonecipher...

Harry Stonecipher is a former Colerain Township resident with long-standing connections in the Cincinnati business community. Many who worked with him here have described him as a direct, no-nonsense leader who can dissect problems quickly. A son of a Tennessee coal miner, Stonecipher started working for General Motors Corp.'s aircraft-engine unit as a lab technician in 1955. After graduating from college in 1960, he joined GE Aircraft Engines in 1960 and was responsible for the development of the CF6-50 engine that still powers Airbus A300 and Boeing 747 airliners. He held a series of management positions in GE's commercial engine...

NEW EXECUTIVE: The firm needs to make a fresh start after several scandals, but there are limited people outside the company who are qualified for the job AP , SEATTLE Wednesday, Mar 09, 2005,Page 12 With its chief executive's office vacant for the second time in less than two years, Boeing Co faces a tough choice: whether to promote an executive familiar with the company's complex inner workings, or turn to an outsider who is perceived as completely clear of its ethics scandals. It's a difficult decision that analysts say could end up pitting experience against image. "When you have...

Boeing Co. CEO Harry Stonecipher, brought back from retirement 15 months ago to boost the aerospace manufacturer's tainted image, has been forced out because of a new ethics scandal involving an affair he had this year with a female company executive. In a stunning announcement that left the exact circumstances behind the ouster unclear, Boeing said Monday the 68-year-old president and chief executive officer had resigned at the board's request a day earlier for improper behavior while carrying out the consensual relationship. Chairman Lew Platt said the affair by itself did not violate the code of business conduct at the...

Bill Clinton announced today he was counseling the shattered Harry Stonecipher. The ex Boeing CEO was bounced today from his job at one of the world's most prestigious companies due to an affair with a company employee. Stonecipher is married, although its not clear for how much longer. Clinton, who nearly lost the worlds most prestigious political job because he couldn't keep it in the holster said "I feel Harry's pain, and am pleased to bring my enormous expertise to bear. Too bad he didn't talk to me earlier, I could have showed him how to weasel out of the...

Boeing: What Really Happened Flawed strategy. Lax controls. A weak board. Personal shortcomings. CEO Phil Condit lasted longer than he should have The really surprising thing about Philip M. Condit's resignation as chairman and chief executive officer of Boeing Co. (BA ) was not that his seven-year tenure ended so abruptly on Dec. 1, but that it lasted so long. Recent allegations of questionable conduct by a Boeing executive involved in negotiating an $18 billion deal with the Pentagon was only the latest mishap in a series of ethical lapses and managerial blunders that marred Condit's tumultuous reign from the...

<p>BATON ROUGE - Republican Bobby Jindal, R-Baton Rouge, increases his lead, and there's a statistical tie for second place between Democrats Kathleen Blanco of Lafayette and Richard Ieyoub of Lake Charles in the Louisiana gubernatorial race, according to The Times/Louisiana Gannett poll.</p>