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The Institute for Policy Studies, one of the scores of think-tanks that thinks it knows better how the federal government should be run than Congress or The White House do, issued a new document...
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When economic softness spooks high-flying stocks, solid companies with good histories, solid return on equity, and above average dividends are a handy remedy. We screened five companies in the...
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W. James McNerney, Jr., Boeing’s (NYSE: BA) Chairman and CEO, has hung onto his job since July 2005. The company’s flagship Dreamliner has been delayed at least a half a dozen times over that...
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Kenneth F Duberstein has been a Boeing (NYSE: BA) director since 1997. Prior to joining the board, he was, among other things, White House Chief of Staff in 1988 and 1989 and a lobbiest. Duberstein...
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates won kudos earlier this month when he announced plans to slash $78 billion over 5 years from the Pentagon’s budget and cut the size of the Army and Marine Corps. One...
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War and the fear of war create uncertainty for financial markets. If there is one place in the world that you can count on uncertainty rising from throughout the years it is North Korea and South...
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Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT) is going to retire more stock. The defense giant announced this morning that it has approved a new share repurchase program that will allow the repurchase of...
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Boeing (NYSE: BA) workers have to put up with the fact that their CEO W. James McNerney Jr. is one of the worst big company chief executives on the planet. Try as he might, he cannot get the...
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Boeing (NYSE: BA) announced that the delivery of its 787 Dreamliner would be delayed until the mid-first quarter of 2011, the 8th delay since the aircraft’s creation was announced more than five...
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The defense sector has been under pressure as the future military spending is moving away from the giant expense items. This week’s news was that $100 billion is the target goal to take out of...
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Maybe the third time will be the charm. Today marks the closing date for bids to build a new refueling tanker for the US Air Force. Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) submitted its 8,000 page bid on the deadline...
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Boeing (NYSE: BA) says it has found more problems with its 787 Dreamliner. The company said it would inspect the plane for “workmanship” issues. There is apparently a problem with the...
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It is hard to imagine that the launch of the Boeing (NYSE: BA) 787 Dreamliner could fall further behind than it already has. The number of delays is now nearly a dozen and the date on which the...
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Problems with supply chain and parts shortages have caused Boeing (NYSE: BA) to yet again delay building some of its 787 Dreamliners . The company said it would halt the building of the 23rd and...
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Boeing (NYSE: BA) is finally close to being out from under the years of delays of the launch of its flagship Dreamliner. Supplier, labor, and poor technical coordination caused half a dozen delays...
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