LINDA WERTHEIMER, host:
NPR's business news starts with a big boost for Boeing.
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WERTHEIMER: Workers at a Boeing plant in Long Beach, California, are celebrating a $4 billion order from India. Yesterday, the Indian government approved an agreement to buy 10 C-17 military transport planes. It would be the biggest defense contract the two countries have ever signed. India is spending billions to upgrade its aging and largely Soviet-made military equipment. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.