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With demand for weapons headed downward in the Obama Administration's proposed five-year spending plan, now would seem like a good time for defense companies to consider diversifying into commercial work. Many of them have technology skills that seem fungible beyond defense, and the outlook for
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Date:
3/12/2012
When legendary conglomerate ITT split into three enterprises last year, Exhibit A in the case activist investors made for the break-up was the way they said defense operations were depressing the share price. I don't know whether becoming independent has "unlocked the value" of the commercial units,
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Date:
3/5/2012

