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- How to Ditch Your Cell Phone Contract (So You Can Get an iPhone)
- The Consumerist suggests six ways to get out of your current cell-phone contract so you can buy an iPhone. Five of them are pretty ludicrous (e.g., "die" and "join the armed forces"), but there's one that makes sense: Sell the contract. Normally, breaking a contract early results in a hefty...
- Blog posts 2007-06-26
- Total Energy Services Ltd. Announces Q2 2003 Results.
- CALGARY, ALBERTA, Aug 8, 2003 CCNMatthews via COMTEX Total Energy Services Ltd. ("Total Energy" or the "Company") is pleased to announce its consolidated financial results for the three and six-month periods ending June 30, 2003. Financial Highlights ($000's except per share data) ...
- Research articles 2003-08-09
- Delta to Cancel Pinnacle Regional Contract
- And you thought it was just Mesa who Delta didn't like? Apparently, Delta, having failed in the courts to cancel its contract with Mesa, has now turned to another regional provider, Pinnacle, to do the exact same thing. I'm curious to see why they think this is going...
- Blog posts 2008-06-11
- Department of Defense Buys Communications Services
- Your Communication News reports that the US DoD awarded Verizon two contracts for voice an data services. The two contracts are worth a combined $1.2 B; and have the ability to grow as new requirements are generated by the US government. Verizon already has had a contract in...
- Blog posts 2008-11-03
- Local Press Support Their Contractors
- This in the Montgomery Advertiser is a fairly typical article about the award of a defense contract. Northrop Grumman has won a contract to support an Army system, the Forward Area Air Defense Command & Control/Counter-Rocket and Mortar (FAAD C2 C-RAM). The contract is considered "Huntsville" property as...
- Blog posts 2008-11-07
- Small Businesses and Defense Contracts
- The Washington Post recently conducted an analysis of contract awards to small businesses by the US Department of Defense. As reported they found that many contracts were awarded to companies that were characterized as small. Congress has set requirements for the Department to award a certain percentage of...
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- BAE Fights with Federal Prisoners
- BAE makes helmets for the US military. Many are made by this company in Pennsylvania. The Federal Prison Industries FPI also makes helmets. Now CitizensVoice.com reports the two entities are having an argument about who should get the contracts to produce this key item of personal protection....
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Centers for Disease Control Buys Support
- The Centers for Disease Control CDC awarded a follow on contract to SRA for continued support in the area of tracking the possession, use and transfer of biological agents and toxins. The Washington Business Journal has the details. SRA will provide laboratory services to the CDC in this...
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Immigration Tracker Releases Software to Aid Employee Verification
- With the new requirement that any company being awarded a defense contract worth over $100,000 verify that no illegal aliens are working on the contract as discussed here, Immigration Tracker has released software called Tracker I-9. This software will be able to take the data from Form I-9 and...
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Transocean Reporting Higher Drilling Rates
- The Company: Transocean, the world's largest offshore drilling contractor. The Filing: FORM 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 6, 2008. The Finding: Transocean believes most of its deepwater drilling projects remain economically viable at $60 oil and the company reports seeing no change in interest...
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Implementing Amendment 54 in Colorado
- We had previously written about Amendment 54 in Colorado here. This bans those entities receiving sole-source government contracts in the state from making political contributions. It is even more controversial as it considers union contracts sole-source. The Amendment faces several court challenges at the state and...
- Blog posts 2008-11-22
- Government Contracting Corruption Roundup
- From three very different parts of the world come stories about corruption related to the award of contracts. In Jamaica a former Minister of Trade, his assistant and a company official are under investigation for fraud and money laundering over a contract for the government to provide light bulbs...
- Blog posts 2008-11-28
- New Hampshire Struggles with End of AT&T Contract
- One of the issues with government contracting is that an area may be hit badly when a contract ends or is given to another vendor. AT&T lost a contract with the State Department to provide a call center related to passport processing. The contract was given to another...
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Texas and Accenture Demonstrate Outsourcing Doesn't Always Work
- The State of Texas and Accenture negotiated an early end to a contract that had out sourced the state's work signing eligible citizens up for food stamps and health programs for the poor. The Austin Statesman reports on the details of the deal. The original contract had been...
- Blog posts 2008-12-14
- Protest Leads to Rivals Joining Up for NASA's New Spacesuit
- Oceaneering International and Hamilton Sunstrand bid on the contract for NASA's new spacesuit in support of the future Moon and Mars missions. Oceaneering won and Sunstrand protested. This protest led to a withdrawal of the original contract and a new competition. The Houston Business Journal reports that...
- Blog posts 2008-12-18
- Orbital Sciences and SpaceX Given Contracts to Supply International Space Station
- NASA reached out to the commercial space launch sector by awarding two separate contracts to Orbital Sciences and SpaceX to provide cargo supply to the International Space Station. SPACE.com has the details. The two contracts are valued at over $3.5 billion combined and will bridge the gap when...
- Blog posts 2008-12-24
- Government Roundup: Czech Republic Buys Finance System, Navy Gets Hospital for Guam
- In a move to further integrate with the European Union the Czech Republic purchased from IBM a financial system that includes hardware and software. As the LoHud.com website reports this system is already used by several European Union members and will facilitate efficiency and transparency in the Czech tax...
- Blog posts 2008-12-25
- Kensey Nash Corporation F2Q09 (Qtr End 12/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions And the first question will come from the line of Sean Bevick with SIG. Please go ahead. Sean Bevick – SIG Good morning, guys. I got a couple questions about St. Jude. Can you describe a little bit your relationship with them? And I believe...
- Earnings calls 2009-01-28
- Globecomm Systems, Inc. F4Q09 (Qtr End 06/30/09) Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions The first question comes from the line of Jim McIlree – Collins Stewart. Jim McIlree – Collins Stewart The services guidance for fiscal 2010 is $31.25 million per quarter which is a big step up from what you did in the...
- Earnings calls 2009-09-10
- How SMES Can Win Public Sector Contracts
- As the public sector looks to cut expenditure, smaller suppliers will have to work even harder to reach the top of the tendering shortlist. Understand the process Goal: Learn how to work within the public sector’s procurement process....
- Articles 2009-09-07
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