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(BA) Deficit Not As Bad As Feared

vitalstocks — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:34:43 +0000

Late Friday, the Treasury Department released the budget deficit for August. It came in at $111.4 billion, which was far better than the $140 billion monthly shortfall that had been expected. It was also slightly less than the budget shortfall in August 2008. And it was a huge improvement over the $180.7 billion deficit in July. However, [...]

(BA) Deficit Not As Bad As Feared

(RTN) Raytheon Missiles Head East

vitalstocks — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:48:15 +0000

Raytheon Co. (RTN) bagged a $77 million contract from the US Air Force for building missiles for Korea and Taiwan. According to terms of the contract, the company will produce AGM-65D and AGM-65G2 infrared-guided Maverick air-to-surface missiles for the two Asian nations. Raytheon will manufacture and provide life-cycle support for more than 250 new missiles. [...]

(RTN) Raytheon Missiles Head East

(RTN) Raytheon Company Gets Green Light on SM-6

vitalstocks — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:35:08 +0000

Raytheon Missile Systems, an operating unit of Raytheon Company (RTN), received a $93.9 million contract from the Naval Sea Systems Command, authorizing the start of production of Standard Missile-6 (SM-6). The anti-air warfare missile completed tests in August 2009, validating the go-ahead to initiate production. Work on the contract – expected to be completed by [...]

(RTN) Raytheon Company Gets Green Light on SM-6

(RTN) Raytheon Set to Acquire BBN Technologies

vitalstocks — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:12:31 +0000

Raytheon Company (RTN) is planning to acquire privately held BBN Technologies to boost its advanced networking and speech and language technologies. Raytheon expects to complete the transaction by year’s end. BBN Technologies was set up in 1984 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology professors Richard Bolt and Leo Beranek with MIT graduate Robert Newman. The company [...]

(RTN) Raytheon Set to Acquire BBN Technologies

(BA) Is Boeing’s Standard & Poor’s Rating Secure?

vitalstocks — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:56:53 +0000

Standard & Poor’s said on Friday that it is apprehensive about The Boeing Company’s (BA) risk in terms of order cancellations and deferrals for its commercial aircrafts. Pitted against Airbus’s A319 aircraft, Boeing’s 787 series is plagued by delays. The inaugural test flight at the end of fiscal 2009 is more than two years behind [...]

(BA) Is Boeing’s Standard & Poor’s Rating Secure?

(BA) A Strong Durable Goods Recovery?

vitalstocks — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:55:34 +0000

New orders for durable goods rose 4.9% in July, well above consensus expectations for a 3.2% increase. In addition, the June numbers were revised to a drop of just 1.3% instead of a 2.5% decline. This was the biggest increase in two years. Since aircraft count as durable goods — and a few orders for jumbo [...]

(BA) A Strong Durable Goods Recovery?

(BA) Boeing Gets Order for 14 More 737-700 Jets

vitalstocks — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:30:57 +0000

Boeing Company (BA) yesterday bagged an order for fourteen 737-700 series aircrafts from Canadian airliner WestJet. This took WestJet’s pending deliveries for 737-700 series aircraft from Boeing to 54. With this order, Boeing has been able to maintain its position as the sole supplier to WestJet. As of now, WestJet’s fleet consists of an all-Boeing [...]

(BA) Boeing Gets Order for 14 More 737-700 Jets

(BA) Boeing Makes Progress in Panama

vitalstocks — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:56:42 +0000

Yesterday, Boeing (BA) said it had completed its critical design review of Required Navigation Performance (RNP) procedures for Panama’s Tocumen International Airport and Howard Airport. The critical design review, which took place at the Copa Airlines training center in Panama City, assessed the “fly-ability” of the procedures to ensure compatibility with airline crew procedures. RNP [...]

(BA) Boeing Makes Progress in Panama

(BA) Boeing & USAF: The Plot Thickens! – Analyst Blog

vitalstocks — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:31:12 +0000

Boeing and the USAF Tanker Program: The Plot Thickens! Boeing (BA) apparently is considering proposing on the upcoming USAF Tanker Program re-bid with versions of two of its models — the 767 and the 777 — in the hopes that one of them will be selected over the single Northrop Grumman (NOC)/Airbus A330-based submittal. The [...]

(BA) Boeing & USAF: The Plot Thickens! – Analyst Blog

(RTN) Raytheon Co. – Growth And Income – Zacks Rank Buy

vitalstocks — Mon, 11 May 2009 23:12:05 +0000

Raytheon Co. (RTN) has seen a swift rebound off recent multi-year lows and compares favorably to the market over the past year. Analysts are bullish on RTN’s earnings for both 2009 and 2010, calling for annual growth of 16% and 6%, respectively. Bullish Forecasts Current full-year earnings estimates of $4.71 per share were boosted by [...]

(RTN) Raytheon Co. – Growth And Income – Zacks Rank Buy

(RTN) Raytheon – Continues to Outpace the Industry in Dividend Payments

Shawn — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:14:33 +0000

Raytheon Co. (RTN) is trading at a higher share price than it was when the company was last featured as a Growth and Income pick in late November, outpacing the Dow Jones ($DJI), S&P 500 (SPX) and NASDAQ (COMP) over that time frame. Stable Estimate Revisions Wall Street earnings estimates for 2009 have been holding [...]

(RTN) Raytheon – Continues to Outpace the Industry in Dividend Payments

(RTN) Raytheon Company – improving balance sheet, growing cash flow, above industry average ROE

Shawn — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 22:38:28 +0000

Raytheon Company (RTN) has fared well against the Dow Jones ($DJI), S&P 500 Index (SPX) and NASDAQ Composite Index (COMP) both over the short- and long-term. The company continues to boast a Zacks #1 Rank (“strong buy”) and has seen bullish estimates from analysts. Company Description Raytheon Company is the one of the largest aerospace [...]

(RTN) Raytheon Company – improving balance sheet, growing cash flow, above industry average ROE

(RTN) Raytheon Company – analysts hike estimates as they forecast year-over-year earnings growth of 22% for 2008

Shawn — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:53:30 +0000

Raytheon Company (RTN) continues to boast a Zacks #1 Rank (“strong buy”). The company has seen analysts hike estimates as they forecast year-over-year earnings growth of 22% for 2008. Company Description Raytheon Company is the one of the largest aerospace and defense companies in the U.S., with a well-diversified line of military products Incorporatedluding missiles, [...]

(RTN) Raytheon Company – analysts hike estimates as they forecast year-over-year earnings growth of 22% for 2008

(RTN) Forecasts jumped on the strong quarter

Shawn — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:58:02 +0000

Raytheon Company (RTN) recently released third-quarter results. Earnings per share of $1.01 eclipsed the year-prior 86 cents and exceeded the consensus estimate by 5%. The company cited operational improvements and lower pension expense as contributors to the higher earnings. Net sales of $5.9 billion jumped 12% year-over-year. Company Description Raytheon Company is the one of [...]

(RTN) Forecasts jumped on the strong quarter