Scott Horsley

Boeing delivered almost three times as many commercial jets as it did in the same period a year ago.

Boeing also turned a profit during the quarter, thanks in part to a one-time gain.

General Motors also reported better-than-expected profits, although quarterly sales fell just short of forecast.

GM announced a plan to buy back some $6 billion of its own stock.

India and Europe have agreed to lower trade barriers as part of a massive trade deal covering 2 billion people and a quarter of global GDP.

News of the deal comes after nearly two decades of negotiation.

Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.

Treasury Secretary Scott Besson canceled a total of 31 contracts with Booz Allen, totaling $21 million, saying the company failed to safeguard sensitive information, including hundreds of thousands of taxpayer records.

Those records were the basis of explosive stories in the New York Times and ProPublica, showing how wealthy Americans like Donald Trump and Elon Musk managed to pay little or no income taxes.

A Booz Allen contractor, Charles Edward Littlejohn, pleaded guilty to leaking the confidential data to reporters...

He was sentenced to five years in prison.

Booz Allen says it's consistently condemned Little John's breach and assisted in the government's investigation.

The company says it's surprised by the contract cancellations.

Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.

We were able to position some resources, some cots and blankets and those types of things, so that the community had access to them for their own warming shelters once we were not able to get in any longer.

This is the first day the Tax Collection Agency will begin processing individual tax returns.

The IRS expects taxpayers to file about 164 million returns over the next 11 weeks or so before the April 15th deadline.

Most taxpayers follow the IRS advice to file electronically since paper returns can slow down processing.

More than 93% of last year's taxes were filed electronically.

More than half of all filers get help from a professional tax preparer.