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...And when we tried to find out who was behind TGP Europe we found a very interesting press release from one of its contractors....
...US defence contractors Lockheed Martin and Raytheon also report earnings as demand for their products surges. 3M, Johnson & Johnson and General Electric also report....
...For many of the team members and contractors it was the first time that managers had actively discussed their work with them....
...As a Nato member whose defence is subsidised by the US, Norway should not be investing in enemy governments [such as Iran] while undermining allies and American defence contractors....
...US defence contractor Northrop Grumman on Monday said it plans to buy Orbital ATK in a $9.2bn deal, marking the latest sign of consolidation in the industrial sector....
...It is grappling with the collapse of contractor Carillion. On Monday morning, the company said it had filed for liquidation....
...But former bosses of collapsed private contractor Carillion will find the cheque is no longer in the post. They have been stripped of ongoing severance payments following a public outcry....
...The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.5 per cent to 24,504.80, driven by gains in Boeing, the top-weighted member of the share-price weighted average....
...Detailed analysis of public documents carried out by the FT reveals a lead-up to the disaster marked by a complex chain of contractors and sub-contractors that continues to raise the question of who took...
...The experts are “Amazon employees, not contractors”, Amazon notes on its website....
...Lower prices charged by mining contractors due to the wider downturn across the sector have also helped....
...The message sent Lockheed’s shares down 5.2 per cent to $245.95, and rattled stocks of some other big defence contractors....
...The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.6 per cent to 19,912, while the S&P 500 gained 0.7 per cent to 2,280. The Nasdaq Composite rose 0.9 per cent 5,600....
...Mr Pateman-Jones says....
...Shares in Sharp have surged by as much as 22 per cent in Tokyo following reports that Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry, a major Apple contractor, has made a $5.3bn offer for the struggling display maker...
...Transocean, one of the biggest offshore drilling contractors, jumped 7.3 per cent to $15.76....
...The S&P 500 fell 0.39 per cent to close at 2,068.76, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 17,683.58, down 0.26 per cent, and the Nasdaq Composite closed down 0.34 per cent to 4,991.94....
...The S&P 500 declined 0.29 per cent to 2,099.12, the Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 0.2 per cent to 18,068.23, and the Nasdaq Composite declined 0.35 per cent to 4,976.19....
...However, results in the broader US stock market were mixed with the S&P 500 little changed at 2,099.68 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average off by 0.1 per cent at 18,029.85....
...Jim Shanahan, analyst at Edward Jones, expressed frustration that Mr Buffett’s successor remained unnamed....
...As a result of the Edward Snowden leaks last year – in which the US security contractor stole and selectively leaked a vast trove of classified US material exposing online mass surveillance activities –...
...OAS, another major Petrobras contractor, is negotiating with creditors after missing debt payments while Alumini Engenharia has sought bankruptcy protection....
...The S&P 500 fell 0.1 per cent to 2,113.86 while the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.1 per cent to 18,224.57. The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite was little changed at 4,967.14....
...Overall, the S&P 500 rose 0.1 per cent to 1,987.98, reaching a new record earlier in the day, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average inched 2.8 points lower 17,083.80....
...The S&P 500 fell 2 per cent to close at 1,930.67 while the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.88 per cent to 16,563.3....
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