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WALTHAM, MASS.-BASED RAYTHEON has won a $136.2 million contract from the U.S. Navy for the upgrading of weapons systems, the company announced Wednesday. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ALASTAIR MILLER

Pentagon contracts little changed in August as cuts sap spending

Government 09/11/2013

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Defense Department awarded $17.6 billion in contracts in August, little changed from July and one-third less than the same month...

CVS CAREMARK CORP. joined Best Buy and others in quitting group backing voter-ID laws. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ELIOT J. SCHECHTER

CVS joins Best Buy in quitting group backing voter-ID laws

Economic Activity 07/11/2012

WASHINGTON - Five more companies are ending their financial support of a public policy group that has worked with state lawmakers to pass pro-gun...

AT&T boosted lobbying spending by 31% as it pursued T-Mobile bid

Technology 01/23/2012

WASHINGTON - AT&T Inc. increased its lobbying expenditures by 31 percent last year as it mounted a failed campaign to win U.S. approval of...

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