In der Hochburg der freien Marktwirtschaft ist der Staat die letzte Hoffnung der Finanzbranche geworden.
LONDON (Zawya Dow Jones)--Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT) chief executive Robert Stevens Sunday urged European governments to increase their defense spending, expressing concern about the gap in investment.
"Most worrying is the continued gap in defense investment between the United States and our NATO allies," Stevens told reporters at a media dinner in London on the eve of the Farnborough International Airshow.
"My worry is that the cumulative effect of this differential, year after year, is creating a transatlantic capabilities gap that threatens to become unbridgeable," he said.
Approximately 80% of Europe's defense spending comes from just six countries, Stevens said, while European defense spending doesn't match the growth in the overall economy.
Stevens said there is no substitute for "real expenditure on tangible programs if European industry health is to be improved and if further transatlantic cooperation is to be advanced."
Approximately 2% of European GDP currently goes towards defense, compared with 4% in the US.
Lockheed is the lead contractor on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program for a family of radar-evading aircraft. The project has been co-financed by the U.K., Italy, the Netherlands, Turkey, Canada, Australia, Denmark and Norway.
While Stevens said the program is breaking ground in terms of international cooperation, he warned that European spending is "diffused across multiple countries and interests."
Stevens said he expects core U.S. defense spending to continue at similar levels under the new administration with "some flexibility in the supplemental budget in Iraq and Afghanistan."
Das bringt mich zu der Frage, ob es nicht vielleicht einen MYI (MotorYachtIndex) gibt den man shorten könnte?goso schrieb:
Ja, speziell der zweite Tag bleibt dir in Erinnerung, der Wertverlust ist astronomisch, zumindest bei Motoryachten.
also frei nach dem Motto: Das einzige was noch profitabler ist als eine Bank auszurauben, ist eine zu Gründen.oldschuren schrieb:
Der in der Mitte... Banküberfälle sind aber nicht mehr so zeitgemäß, daher sattle ich um und werde Trader...
Hoffentlich werden dafür jetzt die Winter etwas milder. Für etwas verschmutzen wir die Luft ja schliesslich.Russia's Gazprom Forecasts Oil At $250/Bbl "Very Soon"
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AFP)--Russian energy giant OAO Gazprom (GAZP.RS) forecast on Thursday that the price of oil will "very soon" rise to 250 dollars a barrel, bringing higher gas prices for European customers.
"We expect that the price of oil will reach 250 dollars per barrel very soon," the chief executive, Alexei Miller, told journalists on the sidelines of a visit to energy-rich Azerbaijan by President Dmitry Medvedev.
Russia is the world's second-biggest producer and exporter of oil after Saudi Arabia. Gazprom is a state-controlled gas monopoly that also owns Russian oil major Gazprom Neft and has plans to expand its oil business.
Miller warned that gas prices for Europe will rise to 500 dollars per 1,000 cubic meters by the end of 2008 from their current level of under 400 dollars.
If the price of oil rises to 250 dollars a barrel, then gas export prices will rise further to 1,000 dollars per 1,000 cubic meters, he said.
The European Union relies on Russia for about a quarter of its gas and oil supplies.
wolli schrieb:
Kaufe mir doch keine Arbeit. Alte Seglerweisheit: Es gibt 2 herausragende Tage im Leben eines Yachtbesitzers: Der 1., wenn er die neue Yacht übernimmt, der 2., wenn er sie wieder verkauft!
Bo10a schrieb:
@ wolli
Bist Du das auf Deinem Avatar? Und hast Du Deine Yacht durch das Trading finanziert?
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