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Old March 5th 08, 09:12 PM posted to rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.military.naval,sci.military.naval,us.military.army
Mike Kanze
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Default 5 reason: TANKER COMPETITION: NORTHROP WON BY A WIDE MARGIN

There's noise coming out of European economists that the Euro is becoming badly over valued, and their starting to worry.

Maybe that Paris vacation will become affordable once again. g

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4. Cost/price. This was the factor in which many observers expected
the Northrop-EADS team to shine, because EADS subsidiary Airbus
usually underbids Boeing in commercial competitions. But Boeing
compounded its difficulties in the eyes of reviewers by failing to
adequately explain its assumptions in calculating the cost of
developing a tanker. The resulting low confidence in Boeing cost
projections undercut its claims of lower life-cycle costs. Northrop
was rated higher.


What happens when the dollar continues its fall against the Euro?


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There's noise coming out of European economists that the Euro is
becoming badly over valued, and their starting to worry.
 




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