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A Boeing 737 MAX sits outside the hangar during a media tour of the Boeing 737 MAX at the Boeing plant in Renton, Washington.
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Boeing said on Friday its chief executive and board chair will forego all pay until the end of 2020 and the company will suspend its dividend.
The decision comes as Boeing pursues $60 billion in U.S. government assistance to help aerospace manufacturers weather the financial fallout from the fast-spreading coronavirus.