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Some casual measuring of Apple's floor plans for its campus reboot have found that it's slightly larger than another quite famous, uniquely shaped building.

May 20 -- The Pentagon is enlisting contractors such as Boeing Co. to reduce its $22.9 billion annual corrosion bill, a growing problem in sensitive new weapons and old warplanes kept airborne decades beyond expectations.

Governments are often criticized for wasting far more money than businesses do. (The Pentagon paying $10,000 apiece for toilet seats comes to mind.) But for all these undeniably foolish expenditures, let's not let corporate America totally off the hook.

A defense spending bill tailored to benefit many nations at China’s expense could mar President Hu Jintao’s visit to the United States next week.

The $14.4-billion program has been hurt by delays and cost overruns, and a view that amphibious assaults have grown less effective.

Boeing agreed to buy defense-equipment maker Argon ST for about $775 million, with the deal coming as the sector shuffles operations amid belt-tightening and shifting priorities at the Pentagon.

The Northrop Grumman Corporation said on Monday that it would not bid for a $40 billion contract to build aerial refueling planes for the Air Force , leaving its rival, Boeing , as the likely winner of one of the Pentagon's largest contracts.

The Boeing Co. received a $6.5 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to provide aircraft parts for the Army, the Pentagon said late Thursday.

Military contractor Raytheon Co. received a $19.8 million contract boost from the Air Force to begin production of a radar warning receiver, the Pentagon said Thursday.

Military commanders in Afghanistan are not rejecting requests from reporters who want to accompany U.S. troops in Afghanistan because their prior coverage of the military has been negative, the Pentagon said Monday.