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To: KonKilo who wrote (83769)	9/12/2008 12:13:50 AM
From: Katelew	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 544207

True about the weapons. MSNBC has always been a money loser for NBC (and GE) and at the time I actually thought the turn to the left might be part of a strategy that could make them some money. BTW, what is the religion without a name you referred to? It made me think of the Harry Potter and He-who-must-not-be-named character, lol.

To: KonKilo who wrote (83769)	9/12/2008 7:42:02 AM
From: Bridge Player	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 544207

You do realize that MSNBC is owned by GE, the world's largest weapons manufacturer? Although GE has several divisions that do produce military hardware, they are not usually considered to be in the top 10 defense/military contractors. From Wikipedia: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rank Name Country/ location 2006 Rank Defense Revenue (US$ billion) % of total revenue 1 Lockheed Martin United States 1 36.090 91.0 2 Boeing United States 2 30.800 50.0 3 BAE Systems United Kingdom 4 25.070 93.0 4 Northrop Grumman United States 3 23.649 78.4 5 Raytheon United States 5 19.500 96.1 6 General Dynamics United States 6 18.769 78.0 7 EADS European Union 7 13.202 25.4 8 L-3 Communications United States 13 9.989 80.1 9 Finmeccanica Italy 11 9.057 55.0 10 United Technologies United States 12 7.652 16.0 Source: www.defensenews.com en.wikipedia.org