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To: NickSE who wrote (73495)11/3/1999 9:29:00 PM
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Pentagon official slams Wall Street
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..."The stock market has pummeled our top defense contractors in the past few weeks," Hamre said. "I'm startled, and frankly disappointed, that the owners of some companies have taken such a shortsighted view of the importance of defense to this country."

Hamre said that in today's stock market, a new venture company that doesn't manufacture a single product can generate thousands of bids in a single day, while even a multibillion-dollar defense contractor's stock can drop precipitously based on a Wall Street rumor that a single contract has been lost.

"Martha Stewart goes public and makes $1 billion in a day, and all she does is CARVE PUMPKINS,"
Hamre said. "The current system seems to penalize stable companies who don't register 15 or 30 percent growth in six months. Four to 6 percent isn't enough anymore."...
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