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Raytheon Awarded $1.2B Patriot Contract For Germany As Ukraine Asks For Support
Thursday, July 11, 2024 - 11:47am | 505Raytheon, an RTX Corp. (NYSE:RTX) business, was awarded a $1.2 billion contract to supply Germany with additional Patriot air and missile defense systems. The company did not specify the number of missiles that are included in the contract. The deal is said to provide the...
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US Aims To Boost Trade With India
Monday, March 2, 2020 - 3:19pm | 444While the U.S. continues pursuing a free trade agreement with India, stronger political and economic relations between the two countries have been demonstrated through the recently proposed export of U.S.-made air defense weapons systems to the Indian military. In a recent letter to Congress, the...
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Benzinga's Bulls And Bears Of The Week: Amazon, Apple, Disney, Ford And More
Sunday, October 6, 2019 - 5:10pm | 892Benzinga has examined the prospects for many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Bullish calls included the e-commerce leader, iPhone maker and an entertainment giant. Bearish calls last week included a top automaker, pot stocks and online brokers. The turbulent third quarter ended this...
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Barron's Picks And Pans: Netflix, Raytheon, Spotify, Taiwan Semi And More
Saturday, October 5, 2019 - 12:00pm | 690This weekend's Barron's cover story examines the race to zero trading commissions. Other featured articles discuss how to play a complicated merger and why Chinese stocks are lagging. Also, the prospects for a chipmaker, a music streamer, shippers, pot stocks and more. "Who Will Win...
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Bulls & Bears Of The Week: AT&T, Carnival, McDonald's, Microsoft And More
Saturday, June 29, 2019 - 10:51am | 890Benzinga has examined prospects for many investor favorite stocks over the past week. M&A candidates were among both the bullish and bearish calls last week. Top software stocks also saw both bullish and bearish calls. The big U.S. indexes ended the past week down marginally as investors...
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Why Doesn't The US Intercept North Korean Missiles? Maybe It Can't
Monday, September 18, 2017 - 11:32am | 828There is serious disagreement among defense experts about whether the United States has the tech to knock a North Korean missile out of the sky before it brings hellfire down on a friendly target. The head of the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency, Air Force Lt. Gen. Samuel Greaves, told a...
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Spy-In-The-Sky? Defense Industry Scrambling To Develop Drones To Replace Cop Choppers
Thursday, August 31, 2017 - 10:59am | 715The defense industry is revamping military drones in a race to capture a target-rich new market: the police helicopter, a patrol mainstay of thousands of cop shops worldwide. The Federal Aviation Administration is already working with defense contractors to develop rules governing drones that would...
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Mixed Earnings Expectations For Merger Hopefuls Dow And DuPont
Monday, January 23, 2017 - 2:43pm | 647Two merging chemical giants are expected to report their earnings this week. Consensus Wall Street forecasts see very different results from each of them. Both have handily topped earnings estimates in recent quarters. We are in the heart of the fourth-quarter earnings reporting season. Among the...
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Barron's Best Income Ideas For 2017
Monday, January 2, 2017 - 6:26pm | 675The cover story in this weekend's Barron's examines where to go and not go for yield in 2017. It's Barron's fifth annual assessment of income-producing investments in 10 sectors. Other featured articles offer Barron's latest picks and pans, as well as experts on...
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What These 5 Defense Contractors Are Spending To Lobby Congress
Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - 2:48pm | 719The defense sector has managed to influence members of Congress this year by spending nearly $62 million on lobbying activities. While not the biggest contributor to politicians from the business world, here are five companies that have spent the most during the 2013-2014 cycle. Lockheed...
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4 Defense Stocks To Watch Amid Israeli - Palestinian Unrest
Wednesday, July 30, 2014 - 12:24pm | 624As the Israeli - Palestinian conflict continues with little sign of slowing, the impact on defense contractors has been noted on Wall Street. Here are four companies with heavy involvement in the Middle East worth watching: 1. Lockheed Martin Topping Jim Cramer’s The Street ratings of...
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5 Top Defense Technology Developments in 2014
Wednesday, July 30, 2014 - 9:44am | 944The F-35 Lightning II fighter jet, also known as Joint Strike Fighter, was a no-show at the recent Farnsborough International Airshow. Supporters were disappointed, but other saw yet more evidence that the troubled program is nothing but a boondoggle. The latest problems stemmed from the...
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Barron's Recap: Sunny Skies For Home Depot
Sunday, April 20, 2014 - 10:44am | 880This weekend in Barron's online: why it is time to buy Home Depot, the 100 best financial advisors in the United States, as well as the prospects for Raytheon, Sarepta, ClubCorp and more. Cover Story "Sunny Skies Over Home Depot" by Avi Salzman. As the housing market revives, shares of Home...
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of January 27: Facebook, Google, Apple And More
Monday, January 27, 2014 - 7:56am | 982The earnings crunch is on this week. Highlights will include reports from Amazon.com, Apple, Boeing, Comcast, Facebook, Google and Yahoo! All of them are expected to report year-over-year growth in per-share earnings. But analysts are looking for declining profits from the likes of Caterpillar,...
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of January 20: Microsoft, McDonald's, Netflix And More
Sunday, January 19, 2014 - 2:27pm | 953The markets are closed on Monday for Martin Luther King Day, but after that the earnings season shifts back into high gear. The consensus forecasts for eBay, McDonald's, Netflix, Starbucks and Verizon call for year-over-year growth in per-share earnings. But analysts are looking for declining...