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2 hrs ago | Lethbridge Herald

Finning makes deeper cuts, especially in Canada, after profit plunges

Heavy equipment dealer Finning International Inc. is making deeper cuts in Canada after reporting a 66 per cent drop in third-quarter profit, including a larger-than-expected slowdown in the oilsands.

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Related Topix: Industrial Machines

6 hrs ago | Slam Sports

ATS Automation Q2 revenue and earnings tumble, Photowatt books small profit

ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. saw a sharp drop in profits in the summer quarter, but still managed to exceed analysts' expectations as its solar energy segment returned to profitability.

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Related Topix: Industrial Machines, Solar Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Alternative Energy, Winter Sports, Curling

Tue Nov 10, 2009

Miami Herald

Northrop Grumman gets $15.6M Navy deal

Northrop Grumman Corp. received a $15.6 million contract boost from the Navy to provide aircraft data management services on the E-2D Hawkeye, the Pentagon said late Monday.

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Related Topix: Aerospace-Defense, Northrop Grumman, Bethpage, NY

SF Gate

Northrop Grumman gets Homeland Security contract

Northrop Grumman Corp. said Tuesday it won a $46 million contract to provide communication help to U.S. immigration and customs enforcement.

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Related Topix: Northrop Grumman, Aerospace-Defense, Technical Services, Sterling, VA, Arlington, VA, Science / Technology

KTXL-TV Sacramento

Baldor Electric's board names Jeffery Hubert vice president of generators

Electrical equipment maker Baldor Electric Co. said Tuesday its board of directors promoted Jeffery Hubert to vice president of generators, effective Jan.

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Related Topix: Electronics, Baldor Electric

Alabama Live

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus to appear on 'NCIS' episode

In this Thursday Oct. 8, 2009 picture, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus speaks during a news conference at Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss.

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Related Topix: NCIS, Action TV, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Northrop Grumman, Aerospace-Defense, Biloxi Metro, Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving

Automotive

BorgWarner Expects $1.8 Billion of Net New Business for 2010-2012

Increasing demand for the company's efficient and environmentally friendly technologies, such as gasoline and diesel turbochargers and dual-clutch transmissions, has validated BorgWarner's strategic focus on advanced technologies that reduce emissions, increase fuel economy and improve performance.

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Related Topix: Automakers, Borgwagner

ClipSyndicate

Chesapeake girl can't stop sneezing

Lauren Johnson, 12, sneezes as many as 16 times a minute and her mom says no doctor can explain why.

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Related Topix: Paper, Chesapeake, Video, Health

Mon Nov 09, 2009

StarTribune.com Business

Correction: Roper Industries story

Roper Industries Inc. said Friday it is buying medical device maker Verathon Inc.

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Related Topix: Scientific Instruments, Industrial Machines, Roper Industries, Scanners, Cameras, Montgomery Metro, Smoking, Medicine, Health

WISN-TV

Rockwell Automation Fiscal 4Q Profit Falls

Industrial automation company Rockwell Automation Inc. said Monday fiscal fourth-quarter profit fell 77 percent, as revenue dropped and the company recorded restructuring charges.

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Related Topix: Electronics, Industrial Machines, Rockwell Automation

Miami Herald

Auto supplier Lear exits bankruptcy

Auto parts maker Lear Corp. emerged Monday from four months in bankruptcy protection, saying it has a healthier balance sheet, less debt and a backlog of new business.

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Related Topix: Automakers, Textiles, Lear Corporation, Economics News, Bankruptcy

The Flint Township

General Dynamics breaks ground for vehicle center

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. - General Dynamics Corp. is building a Detroit-area center it says will speed the design and construction of new military land vehicles.

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Related Topix: General Dynamics, Aerospace-Defense, US Politics, US News, Candice Miller, Republican, US House of Representatives, Sterling Heights, MI, Detroit Metro

Tulsa World

Watch the big boys

Industrial stocks such as Caterpillar can give investors a pulse on today's global economy.

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Related Topix: Construction, Insurance, Caterpillar, Buckhead, GA

Sun Nov 08, 2009

San Jose Business Journal

Savi, partners launch RFID service for oil & gas industry

Savi Technology said Thursday it has formed a strategic alliance with Shipcom Wireless and KBR Wireless that uses Radio Frequency Identification technology to instantly track and manage supplies transported between onshore and offshore oil and gas facilities worldwide.

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Related Topix: Oil & Gas, Science / Technology, RFID News, Startups, Savi Technology, Aerospace-Defense, Lockheed Martin, Houston Metro

WIVT/WBGH Newschannel34

Northrop sells advisory services unit for $1.65B

Northrop Grumman Corp. offices are shown February 27, 2002 in Century City, California.

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Related Topix: Northrop Grumman, Aerospace-Defense, Chantilly, VA

The Clarion-Ledger

Coast Guard gets new cutter

The U.S. Coast Guard has taken delivery of the second in a new class of cutters built by Northrop Grumman Corp.

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Related Topix: US Coast Guard, US Military, US News, Aerospace-Defense, Northrop Grumman

TwinCities.com

Cut too deep, and you could bleed to death

Companies have cut costs to the bone in this brutal recession. Lost jobs, shuttered facilities and difficult mergers are commonplace throughout corporate America.

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Related Topix: Construction, Insurance, Caterpillar, Opinion

Business

Take cool look at hot stocks

Amazon, Skechers, Bucyrus shine in Oct., but are they good buys? Published on Saturday, Nov 07, 2009 Bloomberg News The stock market's waters were languid in October, but some fish were jumping.

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Related Topix: Amazon, Financial Markets, Amazoncom, Retail, Amazon.com, Industrial Machines, Wal Mart Stores

WDBJ7

Shorewood Packing cuts 33 jobs in Danville

Shorewood Packaging Corp. has cut 33 jobs at its Danville plant because of low customer demand.

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Related Topix: Industrial Machines

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Washington Technology

Northrop to develop Web informatics center for virus research

A team led by Northrop Grumman Corp. will help the National Institutes of Health develop a Web site devoted to virus and infectious disease research under a $16 million contract, the company announced today.

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Related Topix: Northrop Grumman, Aerospace-Defense, Texas

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