His mother is a manager of asset and data management in Lynn, Mass., with the aircraft engine unit of General Electric.
But now, lawyers for the aircraft engine unit are arguing that the statute of limitations has run out.
The friend, described in the complaint as an unnamed co-conspirator, worked in Microsoft's Bing search engine unit.
Lucas Varity sold its diesel-engine unit last year and put its heavy-duty brake business up for sale last month.
Operating profit at the company's engine unit jumped fivefold, as higher gas prices increased demand for diesel engines for trucks and heavy equipment.
G.E.'s aircraft engine unit will get another $150 million order based on list prices if First Choice exercises its option to buy six more planes.
The truck maker's International Truck and Engine unit will increase daily output to 60 heavy trucks from 43 at the Chatham, Ontario, factory starting Sept. 4, Navistar said.
A short-haul to clean a bottom and replace the zinc and tend to the lower engine unit may cost $450 for a 34-foot boat.
The jet engine maker Rolls-Royce P.L.C., a rival of General Electric's jet engine unit, has manufacturing plants in eight European countries, and is believed to have lobbied regulators in each country where it operates.
Orders for aircraft engines were up sharply, and the company said it expected the engine unit's revenue this year to hit $12 billion, up from $10.97 billion in 2003 -- the first year-over-year growth since 2001.
G.E.'s plans to raise revenue include selling more service contracts at the aircraft engine unit, run by W. James McNerney Jr., and developing new technologies at the medical unit, led by Jeffrey Immelt.
