NATIONAL BRIEFING
The former chief risk officer at investment bank Bear Stearns, which nearly collapsed in March, is now a senior official at the Federal Reserve division that supervises U.S. banks.</br></br>Michael Alix, who worked at Bear Stearns for 12 years and was its senior risk manager since 2006, was named a senior vice president in the bank supervision group of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, according to an announcement by the Fed.</br></br>Boeing said it will delay the first test flight of the new 787 Dreamliner beyond the fourth quarter because of the just-ended machinists strike.</br></br>The 787's first delivery to customers has already been delayed three times and was running 15 months late before an eight-week-long machinists strike that ended Nov. 2.</br></br>The earlier delays were due to parts shortages and problems with the new production process, which uses suppliers around the world.