IN BRIEF / AEROSPACE

* Boeing said it delivered 76 jetliners in the first quarter of this year, five more than the same period last year. Boeing expects to deliver 285 aircraft this year, about the same as last year when the company lost its position as the top commercial aircraft maker to Airbus.

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* A federal judge denied a request for class-action status in a sex-discrimination case brought by female workers at Boeing’s St. Louis plants.