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BAE Systems confirms 3,000 job losses

27.09.11
Defence giant BAE Systems confirms that it is cutting almost 3,000 jobs at sites across the country, mainly in its military aircraft division... more

Unions braced for job cuts at BAE

26.09.11
Unions are to urge defence giant BAE Systems to redeploy staff set to be hit by a huge jobs cull, warning that valuable skills could be lost forever... more

BAE Systems agrees to $79m extra to U.S. regulators

17.05.11
British defence contractor BAE Systems agrees to pay additional fines of up to $79 million for flouting U.S. regulations governing the export of sensitive military hardware... more

Extremists vow to hijack march and bring chaos to the streets

25.03.11
The capital is braced for mass anti-government protests tomorrow as anarchists pledge to bring chaos to the streets... more

BAE plunging as it warns of blow from defence cutbacks

17.02.11
Defence giant BAE Systems sees its shares plunge more than 4% today as it warns sales will fall this year due to squeezed government defence budgets... more

French connection reignites Soco International takeover gossip

25.01.11
Market round-up: The miserable GDP figures leave gloomy expressions on many faces in the City, but it wasn't enough to stop gossip in the Square Mile... more

BAE Systems pulls planes business off the market

11.01.11
BAE Systems cancels the sale of a unit that makes cockpit displays and digital engine controls for planes after failing to agree over any bids ... more

BAE Systems hit with fine for payments to Tanzanian

21.12.10
BAE Systems is fined £500,000 fine for failing to keep proper records of payments to an adviser in east Africa... more

BAE Systems cuts 1,300 jobs over axing of Harrier and Nimrod jets

09.12.10
BAE Systems delivers pre-Christmas jobs blow by announcing plans to axe around 1,300 posts... more

Global reach sees BAE Systems surge despite delays on US orders

10.11.10
Market round-up: BAE Systems was one of London’s best-performing blue chips, as the weapons maker reassured shareholders over delays... more

BAE letter 'was gun to head of ministers' over aircraft carriers deal

04.11.10
Bombshell letter revealing why David Cameron agreed to the building of two aircraft carriers was published... more

Regulator probes KPMG over BAE Systems audits

25.10.10
Accountancy giant KPMG is being investigated over its audits of arms-maker BAE Systems... more

BAE Systems counts £48m cost of defence spending cuts

21.10.10
BAE Systems will lose £48 million in profits from the Government’s defence spending review, with growth and earnings per share set to fall over the next year... more

General Electric and Moog eye BAE Systems aerospace unit

20.10.10
General Electric, Honeywell International and United Technologies emerge as some of the suitors eyeing up BAE Systems’ aerospace unit... more

BAE Systems buys anti-terror tech firm in $296m deal

20.09.10
BAE Systems boosts its business helping spooks fight the war on terror as it buys an IT firm which hunts for potential threats in the US... more

1000 jobs go and fears for more at BAE Systems

09.09.10
BAE Systems set to cut 946 defence jobs, with unions warning the cuts could be 'the tip of the iceberg'... more

Shares portfolio: Analysts poll YouGov as a good pick

10.08.10
Polling group YouGov is a good buy as its prospects grow in the US, but online gaming site 888 is proving a drain... more

'Lenient' BAE Systems plea bargain goes to High Court

26.02.10
Serious Fraud Office director Richard Alderman faces a High Court challenge over his decision to agree a plea bargain with BAE Systems... more

BAE profits collapse after £278m corruption fines

18.02.10
BAE Systems feels the impact of two big corruption fines and the loss of a contract to supply US army trucks as annual profit plummets 88% to £282 million... more

Market Round-up: ITV’s fortunes may be on the up after talk of adverts revival

16.02.10
Could Archie Norman have a pleasant surprise for ITV investors next month? Goldman Sachs thinks a big pick-up in advertising demand is on the cards... more

BAE Systems fined £280m over corruption charge

05.02.10
BAE Systems will pay fines of £286 million to settle corruption charges with the Serious Fraud Office and US justice department... more

Looking for truth about BAE, bungs and the Czechs

19.10.09
Analysis: Why is there so much fuss over the BAE Systems corruption investigation? If you have ever lived in a country where corruption is rife then you will know what corruption does. It corrupts. ... more

BAE in Mexican standoff with SFO

14.10.09
BAE Systems has still not come to an agreement with the Serious Fraud Office over its claims that BAE secured business abroad through bribes ... more

BAE seeks to pay only ‘tens of millions’ in bribery case

01.10.09
Arms giant BAE Systems is at war with the Serious Fraud Office as the anti-corruption agency seeks fines and penalties running into hundreds of millions of pounds over allegations of widespread bribery ... more

Campaigners demand action

01.10.09
The Campaign Against Arms Trade today said it will be "scandalous" if Attorney-General Baroness Scotland does not sanction a prosecution of BAE Systems over the SFO's bribery allegations... more

Attorney General to rule on BAE 'bribes'

01.10.09
Attorney General is to be asked to rule on whether the Serious Fraud Office should prosecute arms giant BAE Systems for alleged corruption... more

BAE cuts jobs and turns to US as aircraft business slows

15.09.09
Arms giant BAE Systems is to slash 1116 British workers, just five months after it axed 500 UK defence jobs... more

US truck protest by BAE

08.09.09
BAE Systems is fighting back after last week being sacked by the US Army on a contract to supply military trucks ... more

BAE lands £370m torpedoes deal

10.08.09
Weapons maker BAE Systems today won a 10-year contract worth £370 million to develop torpedoes for Britain’s Royal Navy and Royal Air Force ... more


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