Boeing taps ex-Trump aide Nikki Haley for board seat worth $315,000 a year

Boeing, one of the largest U.S. defense contractors, stands to broaden its influence in Washington by tapping Nikki Haley, the former U.N. ambassador and South Carolina governor, for its board. The 47-year-old is among the few high-level Trump administration appointees to leave on her own volition, receiving a rare congratulatory send-off from the Oval Office. Her relationship with the company dates to her tenure as governor of the Palmetto State, where Boeing took advantage of right-to-work laws to open an airliner assembly plant in 2011 after years of contentious dealings with unions in its Seattle-area manufacturing base. -- More...