Northrop Grumman

How Three Americans Ended Up Hostages in Colombia

John McQuaid | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Northrop Grumman, Government Contracting, Cia, Dea, Thomas Howes, Ingrid Betancourt, Marc Gonsalves, Defense Department, Colombia Hostages, Keith Stansell, Politics News
John McQuaid

The alarming backstory leading up to the captivity of the three hostages reveals a lot about the failings of government contracting, and government in general.

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Friday Talking Points [36] -- End The Media's Pro-McCain Bias! Now!!

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.20.2008 | Media

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Chris Weigant

McCain has joked that the media is "his base" of support. It was a funny line, but there is a truth at its core: the media has been hard on Obama but unbelievably light on McCain. And this has to stop. Now.

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Air Force Tanker Deal Leaves Congress In Turmoil

Reuters | Kevin Drawbaugh | Posted 02.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Boeing, Northrop Grumman Tanker Deal, Northrop Grumman, Tanker Contract, Tanker Deal, Air Force Tanker Deal, Business News

A U.S. Air Force decision awarding a $35 billion aircraft contract to a team including the European parent of Airbus landed like a bomb in Congress o...

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Northrop, EADS Win $35B Air Force Deal

AP | JOELLE TESSLER | Posted 02.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Northrop Grumman, Airbus, European Auronautic Defense and Space, Wall Street Boeing, Air Force Contract, Business News

WASHINGTON — The Air Force on Friday awarded Northrop Grumman Corp. and a European partner a $35 billion contract to build airborne refueling pl...

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Northrop Grumman Bids To Build Humvees For U.S. Military

Wall Street Journal | August Cole | Posted 01.08.2008 | Business

Read More: Northrop Grumman, Boeing, General Dynamics, BAE Systems, Oshkosh Truck Corp, Lockheed, Northrup, Humvees, Textron, Business News

Northrop Grumman Corp. is seeking a contract potentially valued at billions of dollars to build vehicles to replace the Humvees that now provide basic...

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Upbeat Northrop Grumman Buys Back $2.5 Billion Of Common Stock

MarketWatch | Christopher Hinton | Posted 12.20.2007 | Business

Read More: Military Contractors, Northrop Grumman, US Defense Spending, Ronald Sugar, Business News

Northrop Grumman Corp. said Thursday it intends to buy back up to $2.5 billion of its common stock, highlighting the military contractor's confidence ...

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Wanted: "Imported" CEOs For Growing U.S. Growth Abroad

New York TImes | Louise Story | Posted 12.12.2007 | Business

Read More: Citigroup, 3M, Chevron, R. Kerry Clark, David J. O'Reilly, Alcoa, Gregory M. Spierkel, Hartford Financial Services, Ronald D. Sugar, Vikram S. Pandit, American International Group, E. Neville Isdell, Martin J. Sullivan, Liberty Mutual Group, Ingram Micro, Northrop Grumman, George W. Buckley, Coca-Cola, Ramani Ayer, International CEOs, Alain J.P. Belda, Cardinal Health, Louis C. Camilleri, Dow Chemical, Edmund F. Kelly, News Corp., Rupert Murdoch, "Imported" CEOs, Andrew N. Liveris, Indra K. Nooyi, Altria Group, Pepsico, Business News

The corner offices of corporate America are increasingly being filled from every corner of the world. Citigroup, the world's largest bank, named Vikr...

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