GeoEye says satellite contract is worth $3.8 billion
GeoEye, the Dulles-based satellite imaging company, on Monday confirmed details of a $3.8 billion contract it won from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, which was announced Friday. GeoEye – Business – DigitalGlobe – Satellite – Satellite imagery
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President Barack Obama said the “long battle” to combat the Gulf of Mexico disaster had reached a turning point as a new government report showed that the majority of the spilt oil had disappeared
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US government scientists estimate 4.9m barrels of oil have gushed from the Macondo well since it ruptured on April 20 and confirm leak as largest accident of its kind
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First major new piece of scientific research since the ‘climategate’ scandals
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The nine-year war in Afghanistan has reached a critical stage, US General David Petraeus said as he formally took command of the 130,000-strong Nato-led force fighting a deadly Taliban insurgency
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Financing for Airbus’s next-generation passenger jet has been thrown into doubt after the World Trade Organisation ruled that the A380 superjumbo received illegal export subsidies from European governments
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Jun 25, 2009 – recorded 8:00 EDT UK to sink further into red than any major country, warns OECD: www.telegraph.co.uk UK has ‘biggest’ hole in finances: www.thisismoney.co.uk Government debt: Thatll be £2.2 trillion, please: www.telegraph.co.uk Port jobs at risk as rates row escalates: www.telegraph.co.uk Latest Schultz Shock: a ‘bank holiday’: www.marketwatch.com China’s overdue credit-card debt [...]
Herman Van Rompuy, president of the European Union, has blamed the strength of the euro in recent years for blinding the eurozone to its underlying fiscal problems
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