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...announcement by French aerodefense group EADS that it was pulling out of the bidding process for a $35 billion contract to supply midair refueling planes to the Pentagon sent shock waves across Europe this week. EADS, which was partnering in the bid with the U.S. company Northrop Grumman, based its decision on its claim that the competition had been rigged in favor of archrival Boeing - an accusation that spurred charges of unabashed American protectionism in Europe. Now, with both sides digging in their heels, what began as a transatlantic flap over the refueling-aircraft business is starting to sound like...
...fair competition between our economies," French Prime Minister François Fillon said Wednesday, March 10, during a visit to Berlin, where members of the German government echoed his belief that the Pentagon was going to award the contract to Boeing no matter which company had the better bid. "The American government, I'll say here and now, forced EADS to quit the competition." (See pictures of the aircraft NASA, Boeing and the U.S. Air Force are teaming up to develop...
...cries of foul from the French? EADS initially lost the refueling-aircraft bid in 2003 - only to see the decision overturned on evidence that Boeing hadn't played fairly in winning it. Then in 2005, EADS sought to improve its chances of success by allying itself with American partner Northrop Grumman in a new pitch. The pair won the next round of bidding, but that decision sparked a chorus of complaints from U.S. legislators about American contracts (and tax dollars) going to a European business - and it was later overturned in an appeal filed by Boeing. The Pentagon reopened...
...paint him as part of the despised Washington establishment. "I'd like to see 435 different members in the House. Within a year, we'd fix this country," says McKelvey, who attended Tea Party meetings before being inspired by Glenn Beck's 9.12 project and deciding to mount a bid. Tall and brusque, with a silver goatee and a penchant for talking about himself in the third person, McKelvey won the unofficial straw poll with 28% of the vote after making one of the bluntest pitches of the evening: "Jim McKelvey is not going to hold his nose and vote...
Harvard received an at-large bid to the national tournament and was named the No. 4 seed last night. It will host Cornell in the quarterfinals this weekend...