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Budget cuts could hurt defense contractors
Friday, January 27, 2012
Federal spending on defense could soon be drawn back, and private companies that make military equipment will have to look elsewhere for customers.
Euro debt crisis a threat to British security
Thursday, December 15, 2011
If the euro collapses, Britain's economy could shrink by up to 8 percent. That could have a big effect on the country's defense spending.
Defense sector braces for Pentagon cuts
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
With the super committee looking less and less likely to succeed, defense contractors are planning for the worst: automatic cuts.
LightSquared still making people upset
Thursday, March 31, 2011
I think I must write one of these items a week. There's more concern about the new wireless network. This time, it's the Pentagon. The Defense...
Defense Department wants to share its own network security with civilian networks
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Deputy secretary of defense William Lynn said yesterday that the aggressive anti-hacking system used by the Pentagon should be available to other...
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Times-Picayune to cut back jobs and production schedule
As someone born and breaded in New Orleans I'm sorry to see this news from my hometown paper, but as someone who's found reading it an...
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High-frequency trading: Bad for markets... and the soul?
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First I'd like to thank everyone for listening to what I had to say, it's really an honor to have been on marketplace. Second...
Nick Hanauer on the TED talk, income inequality controversy
If the idea of "trickle-down economics" hasn't worked---when governments have actually *tried* it, rather than a form they...
kingjon | May 18, 2012 Time to bring back Glass-Steagall?
I can finally agree with Robert Reich100%. To our detriment, banks have forgotten that there is a difference between manipulating money, and...
pauliswood | May 16, 2012
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