Boeing refused to give cost data for 11K replacement parts, Pentagon says

[ad_1] Boeing refused to give the Pentagon cost data for almost 11,000 replacement parts over a year, according to a congressionally mandated report intended to shine a light on some military contractors’ opaque pricing data. The data denials for 10,659 items under a single contract accounted for 97% of such refusals by contractors during negotiations from October 2020 through September 2021, according to a previously undisclosed Pentagon assessment submitted to House and Senate defense committees.…

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Best free PDF editors 2023: Top picks that cost nothing

[ad_1] A full-featured editor like Adobe’s Acrobat Pro DC might provide all of the bells and whistles, but a free PDF editor can still offer a few advantages over a paid service for no additional charge. First and foremost, they are free, so you don’t have to pay to use their features. A premium paid editor probably isn’t worth the investment if you don’t regularly work with PDF files and a free editor will likely…

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G20 Summit, a Missed Opportunity to Tackle Global Cost of Living Crisis — Global Issues

[ad_1] Opinion by Matti Kohonen (london) Friday, November 18, 2022 Inter Press Service The G20 summit motto was “Recovering Together, Recovering Stronger” yet the Joint Declaration failed to deliver any alternatives to the wave of austerity engulfing the world. It ignored the option of raising enough tax revenues from large corporations, taxing the wealthy and tacking illicit financial flows and tax abuses which alone accounts for over US$200 billion of tax revenue lost per year due…

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