posted on: July 23, 2008 | about stocks: BA Executives Jim McNerny - President and CEO James Bell - Chief Financial Officer Diana Sands - Vice President of Investor Relations Thomas J. Downey - Senior Vice President of Communications Analysts Joe Campbell - Lehman Brothers Ron Epstein - Merrill Lynch Doug Harned - Sanford Bernstein Troy Lahr - Stifel Nicolaus Gary Liebowitz - Wachovia Securities Joseph Nadol - J.P. Morgan Howard Rubel – Jefferies Cai von Rumohr - Cowen And Company George Shapiro - Citigroup Robert Spingarn - Credit Suisse Operator Thank you for standing by. Good day everyone, and welcome to the Boeing Company's second quarter 2008 earnings conference call. Today's call is being recorded. The management discussion and slide presentation, plus the analyst and media question-and-answer sessions are being...
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