American Airlines planes will get ViaSat's powerful WiFi and other top stories.

• American Airlines planes will get ViaSat's powerful WiFi

  

  American Airlines is equipping a fleet of Boeing 737 MAX planes with in-flight WiFi other than Gogo's. It has inked a deal with California-based company ViaSat, which also provides internet connection to some of Virgin America's newest A320 planes. ViaSat promises an "at home" experience by providing you with a (12 Mbps) connection strong enough to stream movies and music. It uses a high-capacity satellite system, and it's launching another satellite in 2019 to make its connection even faster. ..

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• Weekly U.S. Oil Rig Count: A Lot Of New Rigs

  

  A lot of new oil rigs in this report, including five new horizontal rigs. If last week's rig repositioning indicated that producers were ready to put some capital at risk, this week's increase in the oil rig count indicates that $50 barrel oil will likely become the level above which producers will put new rigs into play, and below which they will return to hibernation. Despite the likely increase of oil rigs in the following weekly reports (assuming that oil stays at the $50/bbl level), we don'..

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• First, slow experiences riding with Metro's SafeTrack

  

  Riders in Metro Center board an eastbound Silver Line train at midday Saturday. (Robert Thomson/The Washington Post) The first hours of Metrorail’s special maintenance program illustrated how difficult these next 10 months will be for riders in the disrupted zones. There was the scheduled area for single tracking, between East Falls Church and Ballston, and then there was the unscheduled area for single-tracking, between Clarendon and Foggy Bottom, because of a drainage problem at Rosslyn. ..

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• McDonald''s May Move Headquarters To Oprah Winfrey''s Old Harpo Studios

  

  Shutterstock photo McDonald's May Move Headquarters To Oprah Winfrey's Old Harpo Studios (RTTNews.com) - Fast food chain McDonald's is in advanced talks to shift its headquarters to Oprah Winfrey's former Harpo Studios site, reports said. The Big Mac maker, which has been looking for a new home for sometime now, is in talks with developer Sterling Bay to create a 300,000 square foot campus in Chicago as its new headquarters, reports said. It is likely that the move will take place in 201..

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• Walmart hopes tech investments reverse 5 quarters of declining online sales growth

  

  (Reuters) — Walmart executives touted the technology investments the world’s No. 1 retailer is making to boost online sales, during the annual shareholder meeting on Friday. Chief Executive Officer Doug McMillon spoke about initiatives like online grocery pick up, the retailer’s two-day shipping program and its mobile wallet, Walmart Pay. His comments capped off a week-long media event where the company displayed drones in warehouses and announced a partnership with Uber to deliver online groce..

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