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U.S. companies have accelerated efforts to adjust supply chains after the Trump administration increased the tariff rate from 10 percent to 25 percent on $250B worth of goods imported from China, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.

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Raja Koduri, formerly senior vice president and chief architect of AMD‘s (Nasdaq: AMD) Radeon Technologies subsidiary, will join Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) in December as chief architect. He will also serve as senior vice president of Intel’s newly established core and visual computing group and general manager of a project that aims to drive …

Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index held negative in a light trading session for U.S. stocks Tuesday as defense primes led GCI losses ahead of the July jobs report scheduled for release before markets open Friday. Tuesday’s decline represents the GovCon Index’s fifth decline over six days in a stretch driven by extended losses …

The GovCon Index consistently traded lower for the entirety of Monday trade and closed at a decline of 0.509 points to 77.267 with U.S. financial markets choppy in light of a sharp gain by Apple and speculation among investors about potential interest rate hikes this year. Boeing (NYSE: BA) nudged out …

The GovCon Index posted its second gain of more than a full point in three weeks Monday to close up 1.052 points — or 1.366 percent — to 78.090. Contractor stocks rode the wave of positivity in U.S. markets after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway investment arm disclosed its now-$1 billion stake in Apple as of the first quarter’s …

Ascolta, a subsidiary of ViON, has appointed Brad Cox as chief data scientist and Clint Green as chief technology officer. Cox will be responsible for the design and execution of detection tools intended for network intrusions in his role at the Herndon, Virginia-based analytics firm, Ascolta said Thursday. Prior to …

The GovCon Index traded in negative territory throughout the session Tuesday and closed at a decline of 0.355 points to 73.388 as U.S. stocks also held marginally downward ahead of the scheduled Wednesday afternoon statement from Federal Reserve policymakers when their two-day meeting concludes. Index stock Vectrus (NYSE: VEC), a Colorado Springs-based government technology …

The GovCon Index started March with a surge of 1.09 percent to 72.922 in activity that reflected larger gains in U.S. markets spurred by a climb in oil prices and a new manufacturing report that exceeded economists’ expectations. The Index has held above 72 points for three consecutive closes and …

The GovCon Index barely edged in positive territory Thursday with a gain of 0.216 points to 78.940 on a choppy trading day for U.S. markets. With a Friday gain, the Index would record a full week of five consecutive positive days for the second time in the fourth quarter so far. Index stock Health Net (NYSE: …

The GovCon Index recovered some losses sustained during the morning trading session Wednesday but ended at a decline of 0.130 points to 76.354. Gains from energy shares and Apple helped U.S. stocks to reverse declines from the morning session that stemmed from continued investor reaction to China’s currency devaluation in the …