 | News: BUY OR SELL-Is BAE Systems a good buy as defence cuts loom?
BUY OR SELL-Is BAE Systems a good buy as defence cuts loom? Reuters - Rhys Jones, David Cowell - Aug 27, 2010 Credit Agricole analyst Thomas Mesmin, who rates BAE "underperform", said he was "particularly cautious on the UK defence budget, which could be cut by 15 | | | | |
| News: Md. contractors got $34 billion from federal spending last year
Md. contractors got $34 billion from federal spending last year Baltimore Sun (blog) - Jamie Smith Hopkins - Aug 31, 2010 Travis Sharp, a defense analyst with the Center for a New American Security, a Washington think tank, said Gates is trying to reorder his budget to make | | | | |
| News: Defense mergers on rise
Defense mergers on rise Washington Post (blog) - Dana Hedgpeth - 20 hours ago Phil Finnegan, a defense industry analyst at the Teal Group in Fairfax, said he believed that McNeil was likely an attractive buy for Aecom because | | | | |
| News: Deripaska on US mission
Deripaska on US mission Asia Times Online - John Helmer - 1 hour ago A Troika Dialog analyst, who has championed Rusal in recent reports, expressed his disappointment that "nothing groundbreaking was said during the meetings" | | | | |
| News: State may have to accept federal education funding
State may have to accept federal education funding Daily Herald - 7 hours ago Opinions released by the state attorney general and the Legislature's own research and analyst office say the federal government has every right to give the | | | | |
| News: Investors Peer Inside Apple's Gadget Box
Investors Peer Inside Apple's Gadget Box Smartmoney.com - AnnaMaria Andriotis - Sep 1, 2010 The pricing also pairs well with the economic slowdown and the fact that most consumers remain budget-strapped. The 99-cent pricetag “is not a drainer for | | | | |
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UBS Maintains a 'Neutral' on SAIC (SAI); Mixed Results; Challenging Backdrop | | | | |
| News: Cyber Costs Climb
Cyber Costs Climb Nextgov - Aliya Sternstein - 17 hours ago In April, the Office of Management and Budget directed agencies to start monitoring continuously and automatically the status of their security controls in | | | | |
| News: Harrisburg Expects to Miss a Bond Payment
Harrisburg Expects to Miss a Bond Payment New York Times - Mary Williams Walsh - 7 hours ago Harrisburg's move was remarkable for a city of any appreciable size; the city's annual budget is about $100 million. The price of insuring Pennsylvania's | | | | |
| News: Legislature set to vote on budget proposals
Legislature set to vote on budget proposals San Francisco Chronicle - Aug 27, 2010 The Legislature will vote on two competing budget proposals next week, lawmakers announced Friday, though neither is likely to be approved as the impasse at | | | | |
| News: Reid, Sandoval, Both Claim NV Debate Victory
Reid, Sandoval, Both Claim NV Debate Victory WNCT - Sandra Chereb - Aug 30, 2010 Sunday night, he held up a hand-printed sign that read "$533 million," the amount Reid claims Sandoval's budget cuts, as proposed before a special | | | | |
| News: US Auto Sales May Hit 28-Year Low as Discounts Flop
US Auto Sales May Hit 28-Year Low as Discounts Flop Bloomberg - Keith Naughton, Tim Higgins - Aug 31, 2010 Ford Motor Co. is set to announce its fourth-quarter production schedule tomorrow, said George Pipas, the automaker's sales analyst. | | | | |
| News: Boeing acts to speed up 747 stretch
Boeing acts to speed up 747 stretch aircargoworld - 54 minutes ago The aircraft is running more than a year behind schedule, and has gone way over budget. Pat Shanahan, vice president of airplane programs and general | | | | |
| News: China military risks treading on policy toes
China military risks treading on policy toes The Citizen Daily - Chris Buckley - 5 hours ago The PLA has received two decades of annual rises in its official budget that average out at a 12.9 per cent increase every year. That rise has made it more | | | | |
| News: Cutting Government Spending Is So Hard to Do
Cutting Government Spending Is So Hard to Do The Market Oracle - Aug 9, 2010 Grant Nülle, MBA, is a former legislative staffer, finance director, and budget analyst with extensive experience in fiscal and economic policy. | | | | |
| News: The New Face of the Union Movement: Government Employees
The New Face of the Union Movement: Government Employees Heritage.org - James Sherk - 15 hours ago That was 32 percent of its overall budget and well more than the $39 million it spent representing its members.[4] In 2009, the American Federation of Labor | | | | |
| News: US auto sales turn frail in August
US auto sales turn frail in August The Associated Press - Tom Krisher, Dee-Ann Durbin - Sep 1, 2010 Smaller automakers like Subaru suffered too, as did companies that appeal to the budget minded, such as Kia and Hyundai. Buyers are nervous about the | | | | |
| News: Gas tax plan suggested
Gas tax plan suggested Wilkes Barre Times-Leader - Steve Mocarsky - Aug 31, 2010 The Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center on Tuesday released a new report recommending how the state | | | | |
| News: Retail and jobs data fail to lift Wall St
Retail and jobs data fail to lift Wall St Financial Times - Hannah Kuchler - 19 hours ago Most retailers reporting same-store sales from August – the key back-to-school season – beat analyst expectations. The S&P 500 retailers index climbed 1.9 | | | | |
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