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EDT An employee works at on landing gear at Heroux Devtek in Quebec. Cuts in U.S. military spending sideswiped fourth-quarter earnings at Canadian plane parts maker Heroux-Devtek Inc.. Longueuil, Que.-based Heroux-Devtek posted net profit from
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Fresh data on the state of the economy on Friday showed that the two goals are coming into conflict. The economy grew a only 2.5 percent in the first quarter, in large part because of a sharp 11.5 percent drop in military spending, and that came on
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As social infrastructure is being slashed throughout most of Europe, spending on weapon systems has hardly been reduced. Perversely, military lobbyists warn of 'disaster' if any further cuts are made to military spending. But the real disaster has
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Albany. His latest book is "Working for Peace and Justice: Memoirs of an Activist Intellectual (University of Tennessee Press)...The report revealed that, as in recent decades, the world's biggest military spender by far was the U.S. government,
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United States, Canada, Australia and several European countries while it rose in China and Russia, a Swedish-based peace research institute said Monday. US1.75 trillion ($A1.67 trillion) in 2012, down 0.5 per cent from 2011, adding it was the first
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Refusing to Pay for Cruise Missiles and Drone Strikes: 30 Years of Tax Day Antiwar Protests On April 15 people in communities across the United States will be leafleting, marching, doing street theatre, committing civil disobedience, and picketing at
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Some states, like Maryland and Virginia, are vulnerable because their economies are heavily dependent on federal workers, federal contracts and military spending, which will face steep reductions if Congress allows the automatic cuts, known as
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In 2007, Lockheed Martin reported revenue of $41.86 billion; in 2012, the company announced revenue of $47.18 billion, representing year over year annual growth of 2.42%. This growth has been a result of Lockheed Martin gaining market share in its
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The younger Mr. Harper repeatedly stressed the evils of government subsidies and attempts to pick winners and losers in the economy, while stating that the government should focus on creating the underlying conditions for growth through lower taxes
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Following any president on the national stage is truly a high-risk/reward situation. Each year, following the president’s State of the Union (SOTU) address, the opposing political party trumps forward their latest shining star
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