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UC San Diego council seeks divestment from firms with West Bank ties

2013-03-14 18:03:59

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Alliant Techsystems to buy rifle and shotgun maker Savage Sports

2013-05-14 05:04:02

Alliant Techsystems Inc. said Monday that it has agreed to acquire a 119-year-old manufacturer of hunting rifles and shotguns for $315 million in cash. Savage Sports Corp. and parent Caliber Co. have been owned since 2012 by the Minneapolis-based...

2nd N.Y. pension fund divests holdings in gunmakers

2013-05-08 10:11:00

The $45.7 billion New York City Employees' Retirement System has divested its $16.3 million holdings in Alliant Techsystems Inc., Olin Corp,, Sturm Ruger & Co,, Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. and Forjas Taurus SA. It is the second New York City pension...

Calpers To Divest Stake In 2 Local Gun Manufacturers

2013-02-19 13:57:19

The investment committee of Calpers, the biggest U.S. pension fund, voted on Tuesday to divest its holding in two manufacturers of guns and high-capacity ammunition clips banned in California. The move affects about $5 million in investments in...

SpaceX pushes back the final frontier

2012-05-19 03:00:00

If all goes as planned, sometime this morning a spacecraft will blast off from its launchpad in Cape Canaveral, Fla., and ride a fiery plume of contrails upward through the pre-dawn darkness to begin a two-week journey to the International Space Station...

NASA Unveils Next Spaceship -- A Hybrid Shuttle

2011-09-13 22:00:00

After months of debate, NASA has settled on plans for its next spaceship — a space shuttle hybrid that will fly twice in the next decade and cost $30 billion through 2021, according to senior administration officials and internal NASA documents....

NASA unveils next rocket: Hybrid shuttle to fly in 2017

2011-09-14 19:06:00

WASHINGTON — NASA made official on Wednesday its next vision for space travel by unveiling plans for a massive rocket it hopes could blast astronauts to an asteroid by 2025 while laying the foundation for a future trip to Mars. The new rocket, a...

NASA to help ATK build new rocket

2011-09-13 16:33:44

Jobs uncertain as new company takes over operations at Radford Army Ammunition Plant

2011-05-13 08:44:00

A new company will take over operation of the Radford Army Ammunition Plant in September. BAE Systems won the Department of Defense conrtact to run the plant, according to Lt. Col. Andy Munera, the plant's commander.� Alliant Techsystemshas operated the...

Radford Army Ammunition Plant fined $20,000

2011-05-20 08:40:00

RADFORD, Va. (AP) -- Virginia regulators have fined the Radford Army Ammunition Plant $20,000 for releasing excessive carbon monoxide. The Roanoke Times reports it's the plant's eighth violation of state environmental regulations in as many years. The...

Posey, Adams and Bishop to NASA: more rocket, less science

2011-02-08 16:33:17

NASA Heavy Lift rocket: Let the studies begin

2010-11-08 16:33:16

Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, center, greets Beltsville employees of Alliant Techsystems Inc. , a major contractor on the Ares I rocket being developed in Huntsville , Ala. President Barack Obama wants to end the program, designed to return Americans to the moon by 2020.

2010-03-04 00:00:00