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The news provider made the claim the Pentagon gave its seal of approval to a $2.2 billion deal to purchase six Lockheed Martin F-35 jet fighters for the US Air Force. This will the US defence departments second purchase of the aircraft.
BAE system recently reported "good financial growth" in its annual report.
Also on Reuter's 'to watch' list is BHP Billiton, the world's top mining corporation which said it will take at least two years for its Ravensthorpe nickel mine in Western Australia to reach its full capacity of 50,000 tonnes a year.
A £1.7 billion bid by the American oil firm Halliburton for the UK company Expro International, in defiance of a rival private equity bid, could also see a flurry of investor speculation.
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