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Airlines spend more than $100 billion at the Paris Airshow, Nickelodeon refuses to limit junk food advertising, and more

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1. AIRLINES SPEND BILLIONS AT THE PARIS AIRSHOW

Ryanair ordered 175 Boeing 737-800 aircraft at the Paris Airshow, pushing orders for new planes over the $100 billion mark on day three of the event. Boeing also gained $30 billion in orders for its new 787-10 on Tuesday. Boeing competitor Airbus signed a contract with Air France-KLM for $7.2 billion for 25 of its new A350 planes, and with Sinagpore Airlines for $8.6 billion for 30 A350-900 planes. [Reuters]

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Carmel Lobello is the business editor at TheWeek.com. Previously, she was an editor at DeathandTaxesMag.com.