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Business/Financial

Berkshire To Buy Aerospace Component Supplier Precision Castparts for $37 Billion

Monday, August 10th, 2015

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Berkshire To Buy Aerospace Component Supplier Precision Castparts for $37 Billion

Major aerospace component manufacturer Precision Castparts Corp. [PCC] is being sold to Berkshire Hathaway for $37 billion, the companies said Monday.At $235 dollars per share for the outstanding PCC shares Berkshire doesn’t already own, the acquisition is the largest in billionaire investor and Berkshire chief executive Warren Buffett’s career.PCC is the industry leader in building castings used to build jet engines. Its largest customers are aerospace industry giants Lockheed Martin [LMT], Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Boeing [BA]. PCC also builds…

Congress

Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia

As the mid-term elections near with polls showing an increasing likelihood of a switch in majority control in the House and potentially the Senate, three Virginia Republicans on the House […]

‘Theoretical Potential’ to Achieve 1,509 Combat-Coded Fighters by 2035, USAF Says

In the latest U.S. Air Force fighter force structure report submitted to Congress, the service speaks of a “theoretical potential” to achieve a goal of 1,509 combat-coded fighters in the […]

Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday the Trump administration plans to continue its push for at least $350 billion in defense funds via the reconciliation process “regardless of what happens […]

Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]