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The international media and entertainment companies Sony Corporation and Bertelsmann AG today announced that Sony has agreed to acquire Bertelsmann’s 50% stake in Sony BMG.
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Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)
announced today that its team has successfully completed testing of a key propulsion system component for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Multiple Kill Vehicle-L (MKV-L) payload.
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The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] this week is hosting an aerospace supplier conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for the first time, bringing together 16 U.S. companies and seven Saudi firms to help identify potential opportunities for industrial cooperation and development.
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BT today announced it has acquired Ribbit Corporation, a Silicon Valley-based “Telco 2.0” platform company, for $105 million in cash, on a cash-free, debt-free basis.
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EP-X is a manned airborne intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting aircraft that will replace the U.S. Navy’s EP-3 signals intelligence (SIGINT) platform.
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IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has launched the Central Asia and Azerbaijan Mortgage Lending Advisory Project, which focuses on serving the banking sector in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan.
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DuPont Russian Coatings LLC has opened the largest technical center in Russia dedicated to the development of high-performance automotive coatings.
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Airbus officially opened a new A380 Delivery Centre today at the manufacturer’s site in Hamburg, Germany.
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The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] and SkyHook International Inc. today announced a teaming agreement to develop the JHL-40 (Jess Heavy Lifter), a new commercial heavy-lift rotorcraft designed to address the limitations and expense of transporting equipment and materials in remote regions.
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General Motors announced today it is adding the world’s largest rooftop solar photovoltaic power installation to its car assembly plant located in Figueruelas, Zaragoza, Spain.
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DuPont and SFC Smart Fuel Cell AG (SFC) announced yesterday that the M-25 portable fuel cell, which combines DuPont's direct methanol technology with SFC's commercially-proven fuel cell systems, products, and integration expertise, has been deployed for its first limited use in the field for the U.S. Army.
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Nokia today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Trolltech, a recognized software provider with world-class software development platforms and frameworks.
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Tomlinson, a former Royal Air Force Harrier pilot now employed by BAE Systems, performed a conventional takeoff at 10:17 a.m. CDT from Lockheed Martin's Fort Worth facility.
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BAE Systems is showcasing its global land, sea and air autonomous capabilities at this year's AUVSI North America 2008 in San Diego from June 10th - 12th, underlining the company's integrated approach to developing unmanned technologies across all three domains.
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FTI Consulting, Inc., the global business advisory firm dedicated to helping organizations protect and enhance their enterprise value, today announced that is has signed a merger agreement to acquire Attenex Corporation, a leading eDiscovery software provider.
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Ceremonies held at Holloman AFB, N.M., today marked the formal beginning of operations for the Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) F-22 Raptor with the United States Air Force's 49th Fighter Wing.
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The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] fired its new thin-disk laser system repeatedly in recent tests, achieving the highest known simultaneous power, beam quality and run time for any solid-state laser to date.
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In the recent announcement, NASA selected six missions for study. Two of them will eventually be chosen to move forward to development, with each mission capped at $105 million.
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Shell Exploration Company B.V. (Shell) and Arrow Energy Ltd. (Arrow), have signed a preliminary agreement to jointly develop projects to extract clean-burning natural gas from coal deposits in Australia, China, Indonesia, Vietnam and India.
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IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, will support lending to schools and education services providers in Rwanda, in partnership with Banque Rwandaise de Developpement.
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