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2 hrs ago | GlobeNewswire

Photo Release -- Northrop Grumman Names Winners of Fifth Annual Engineering Scholars Program

Northrop Grumman Corporation today announced the recipients of the fifth-annual Northrop Grumman Engineering Scholars program in the greater Rolling Meadows community, which awards two $10,000 college scholarships to local high school students who intend to study engineering.

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Related Topix: Northrop Grumman, Aerospace-Defense, Rolling Meadows, IL, Education Etc., Palatine, IL, Arlington Heights, IL, Standardized Testing, Education

6 hrs ago | Automotive

Michelin Development to Provide Loans to Disadvantaged Upstate Businesses

Michelin North America today announced a new development program to provide loans to new and existing disadvantaged small- and medium-sized businesses located in the Upstate of South Carolina.

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Related Topix: Rubber-Plastics, Industrial Machines, South Carolina, Greenville Metro, Abbeville, SC, Greenville, SC, Laurens, SC

10 hrs ago | Kokomo Tribune

Delphi salaried suggest UAW deal

The Delphi Salaried Retirees Association contends a special deal between the United Auto Workers and General Motors Corp.

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Related Topix: Automakers, Delphi, Delphi, IN, GMC GM, GMC, Pension, Personal Finance

14 hrs ago | Digital Producer

18th Air Force Commander C-130J Delivery Continues U.S. Air Force Build-Up of Super Hercules Fleet

The aircraft will be assigned to the 41st Airlift Squadron, the first active-duty combat C-130J squadron in the U.S. Air Force.

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Related Topix: US Military, Little Rock Air Force Base, US Air Force, Aerospace-Defense, Lockheed Martin

18 hrs ago | Miami Herald

Delphi receives no new bidders on assets

Auto parts maker Delphi Corp. says a deadline has passed with no further bidders on its business, paving the way for a sale to a California private-equity firm and General Motors Corp.

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Related Topix: Automakers, Delphi, Banking, JP Morgan Chase , Beverly Hills, CA

Fri Jul 10, 2009

IBJ.COM

Lockheed gets $262M Air Force Contract

The Air Force said Friday that it has awarded a $262 million satellite contract to a division of Lockheed Martin Corp.

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Related Topix: Aerospace-Defense, Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, MD

IBJ.COM

American Axle working through restructuring plan

American Axle is working with longtime legal and financial advisers to consider restructuring options, but the company and a law firm representing it are stopping short of saying they are considering bankruptcy.

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Related Topix: Law, Automakers, American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings

KVIA

General Dynamics plans spaceplex at NMSU

General Dynamics is opening a center for satellite tracking, telemetry and space communications at New Mexico State University's research park to work on national space and satellite programs.

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Related Topix: General Dynamics, Aerospace-Defense, Science / Technology, Space, New Mexico State University, Falls Church, VA

- WTIC 1080 News -

Sub Builder Gets Naval Repair Contract

Defense contractor General Dynamics Corp. says its Electric Boat subsidiary has received a modified $21.6 million contract from the Navy for procurement and repair work on the USS Hartford.

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Related Topix: General Dynamics, Aerospace-Defense, US Military, US Navy, US News

The Herald

High-priced fighter jet has major shortcomings

The United States' premier fighter jet, the Lockheed Martin F-22, has recently required more than 30 hours of maintenance for every hour in the skies, pushing its hourly cost of flying to more than $44,000, a far higher figure than for the warplane it replaces, confidential Pentagon test results show.

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Related Topix: Prison, Aerospace-Defense, Lockheed Martin, US Military, US News, US Air Force, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election

Tuscola County Advertiser

Mogul considering Delphi bid: sources

Federal-Mogul Corp is readying a renewed bid for the assets of Delphi Corp after breaking off talks with the bankrupt auto parts maker in late May, three people with knowledge of the situation said on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Automakers, Delphi, Economics News, Bankruptcy, Troy, MI, GMC GM, GMC, Southfield, MI

Thu Jul 09, 2009

Power Online

United Industrial Corporation And Mitsui Cooperate In Coking...

United Industrial Corporation and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. signed and agreement on collaborative development of the Elegest coal-field in Tyva, one of the richest coalmines in the world, with a total reserve of approximately 900 million tons.

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Related Topix: Real Estate, United Industries, Aerospace-Defense, Oil & Gas, Energy, Russia, World News, Asia

San Jose Mercury News

GenCorp 2Q profit surges 59 percent on lower costs

GenCorp Inc. said Tuesday that its fiscal second-quarter profit surged 59 percent, helped by lower costs.

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Related Topix: Automakers, Gencorp, Business News

KMOT-TV Minot

Dorgan Says Oakes Plant Getting Another Look

Sen. Byron Dorgan says the parent company of the JLG Industries, Inc., plant in Oakes is taking another look at plans to close it.

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Related Topix: Construction, Industrial Machines, Jlg Industries, Oakes, ND, US Politics, US News, Byron Dorgan, US Senate, Democrat, Automakers, Oshkosh Truck

WHSV-TV Harrisonburg

VA City Tops List for Driver Safety Improvement

A new report from Allstate Insurance Co. says Alexandria tops the list of cities where driver safety has improved the most in recent years.

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Related Topix: Alexandria, VA, Hampton, VA, Virginia Beach, VA, Paper, Chesapeake, Chesapeake, VA, Richmond, VA

WEEK-TV

Group Pushes for Peoria Charter School

A group of local business leaders and citizens say Peoria needs a Math, Science and Technology Academy.

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Related Topix: Peoria, IL, Caterpillar, Construction, Insurance

Pit and Quarry

New Deere division president looks to build on strong foundation

Michael J. Mack Jr., the new president of John Deere's Worldwide Construction & Forestry Division, has prepared for this leadership position through a variety of assignments at Deere in finance, engineering, marketing and operations.

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Related Topix: Deere , Construction, Industrial Machines

Wed Jul 08, 2009

IBJ.COM

Judge closes door on legal quirk in patent law

A federal judge has turned away a first-of-its-kind lawsuit filed by an attorney seeking to exploit a quirk in federal patent law that had been dormant for more than a century.

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Related Topix: Patent / Trademark Law, Law, Industrial Machines

BBC

Jobs blow as chemical plants shut

Almost 200 jobs are to be lost after two chemical companies announced plans to close plants on Teesside.

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Related Topix: Rubber-Plastics, Dow Chemical, Chemicals

Truro Daily News

GM Europe still favors Magna offer for Opel sale, spokeswoman says

A GM Europe spokeswoman said Wednesday negotiations for the sale of General Motors Corp.'s Opel to Canadian autoparts maker Magna International Inc.

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Related Topix: Automakers, Magna International, General Motors

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