Aerospace, defense brace for potential brain drain From GoErie.com While U.S. universities are awarding two-and-a-half times more engineering, math and computer science degrees than they did 40 years ago, defense companies must compete with the likes of Google, Microsoft and Verizon for the best and the brightest. In addition to fierce competition for a limited pool of math and science experts from all corners of corporate America, contractors working on classified government programs are hamstrung by another factor: restrictions on hiring foreigners or...

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Commander Warns Of Terror Threat To US From CBS News (AP) Al Qaeda terrorists may be plotting more urgently to attack the United States to maintain their credibility and ability to recruit followers, the U.S. military commander in charge of domestic defense said. Gene Renuart, chief of the U.S. Northern Command, also told reporters Thursday that he has not seen any direct threats tied to the U.S. presidential elections. While he said that U.S. authorities have thwarted attacks on a number of occasions, he said terrorist cells may be working...

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Aerospace, Defense Sector Braces for Potential Brain Drain as Cold ... From www.arkansasbusiness.com/news.asp Ian Ziskin, corporate vice president and chief human resources and administrative officer for Los Angeles-based Northrop Grumman Corp. Ziskin estimates that roughly half of Northrop Grumman's 122,000 workers will be eligible to retire in the next five to 10 years. And industrywide, almost 60 percent of the U.S. aerospace work force was age 45 or older in 2007, according to the Aerospace Industries Association. One of the themes of summit, which included officials from Arkansas' aerospace...

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RFMD(R) to Present at Upcoming Investor Conferences From FOXBusiness You should be aware that the forward-looking statements included herein represent management's current judgment and expectations, but our actual results, events and performance could differ materially from those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements. We do not intend to update any of these forward-looking statements or publicly announce the results of any revisions to these forward-looking statements, other than as is required under the federal securities laws.

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Document Capture Technologies, Inc. to Present at the Jesup ... From FOXBusiness Statements Statements contained in this press release, which are not historical facts, are forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based largely on current expectations and are subject to a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors beyond the Company's control that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from these statements. These statements...

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