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Latest reporting from Business, page 2.
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Continental Electronics won a $234.5 million sole-source contract for the Air Force's homeland-defense radar transmitter with $46.3 million obligated at signing from prior-year R&D funds. The remaining $188 million ceiling waits on FY2026 R&D appropriations not yet enacted when the contract was signed, for a program that has never carried a dedicated procurement line.
By Signal Desk
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On January 28, Musk told investors the $2 billion xAI stake was 'what shareholders asked us to do.' The November 6 proxy record shows the authorization was voted down: 473 million abstentions, treated as opposition under Tesla's bylaws, overwhelmed the 1.06 billion in favor, and the amended annual report filed April 30 shows those xAI preferred shares have since become SpaceX common stock.
By Signal Desk
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On February 19, CEO Matthew Reintjes told investors that brand strength helped the company exceed margin expectations even in an intense tariff environment. The proxy filed 35 days later told the compensation committee they had missed the bonus floor entirely.
By Signal Desk
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Since March 23, traders placed $2.1 billion in crude futures bets minutes before each of Trump's Iran policy announcements, each position correct, each arriving before the news. The CFTC is investigating, and the trades kept coming anyway.
By Signal Desk
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Raytheon's $441.6 million PATRIOT GEM-T contract, signed 22 days after the ceasefire and funded with fiscal 2026 special funds, tells you what the base budget request was never designed to say.
By Signal Desk