WASHINGTON (Reuters) – United States President Donald Trump’s most divisive candidate for a senior Pentagon position to date is expected to face a controversial Senate nomination hearing on Thursday, and is likely Democratic lawmakers criticize him for comments they consider Islamophobic. FILE PHOTO: The Pentagon logo is seen behind the …
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A pilot works on a Super Hornet F / A-18F fighter jet, aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) while at sea on January 18, 2020 off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. Mario Tama | fake pictures Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun said Wednesday that he was confident that …
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If you really want to call yourself a counter investor, it’s time to take a closer look at what hasn’t worked so far this year: value stocks and dividend stocks. Value stocks have underperformed growth stocks (especially Tesla Inc. TSLA, -4.09% and the most popular tech names) amid the economic …
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The aircraft carrier of Iran’s restored mockup, previously used as a simulated US target during an Iranian naval war games exercise from February 2015, is seen in its home port of Bandar Abbas, Iran, February 15 2020. MAXAR | via Reuters Iran launched underground ballistic missiles in a US Navy …
Read More »Raytheon crushed the profits. Here’s why the stock is down anyway.
Text size Defense sales stood out in the quarter. Mario Tama / Getty Images Defense and aerospace giant Raytheon Technologies crushed Wall Street’s profit expectations, but the stock fell anyway on Tuesday morning. The commercial aerospace sector is not improving fast enough for investors. Raytheon (ticker: RTX) earned 40 cents …
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