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“Major contractors put bulk of windfall into buybacks to boost prices”
by William Hartung View original article

Analyzed on 2026-09-20T20:42:39+00:00 · Last updated 2026-09-20

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Rather than using their increased revenues to produce better weapons or research new ones, the major contractors have been putting the bulk of their windfall into tens of billions in buybacks of their own shares to boost their prices, along with hundreds of millions in compensation for top executives.

Extracted from: Arms industry's price gouging shows how greed trumps national interest ,

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“Rather than using their increased revenues to produce better weapons or research new ones, the major contractors have been putting the bulk of their windfall into tens of billions in buybacks of their own shares to boost their prices, along with hundreds of millions in compensation for top executives.”

Arms industry's price gouging shows how greed trumps national interest

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Claim ID CLM-A5817C19
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