Australia delays delivery of 12 F-35 fighters

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SAG-AFTRA and the advertising industry are launching commercial contract talks on Valentine's Day under a cone of silence with a minimal disclosure of details -- offering a vivid contrast to the six-month strike that crippled the blurb biz 13 years ago.

NEW YORK – Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will buy an additional US$50-billion in U.S.-made goods over the next decade in areas like sporting goods and high-end appliances in what the world’s largest retailer called a bid to help boost the U.S. economy. Wal-Mart, the largest private employer in the United States, also said on Tuesday it plans to hire 100,000 newly discharged veterans over the next five years, at a time when the U.S. unemployment rate is at 7.8%.

In more than a dozen states, legislators are pushing for a movement back to a world where gold is considered money. As Bloomberg reports, lawmakers in Arizona are poised to follow Utah, which authorized bullion for currency in 2011. Similar bills are advancing in Kansas, South Carolina and other states to recognize gold and silver coins as legal tender.

By David White:Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT) is the headline developer/producer of the Joint Strike Fighter (the F-35). This is a program that is supposed to produce a total of 2,400 airplanes during the lifetime of the project.

Reuters - The United States plans to supply 24 refurbished F-16C/D fighter aircraft to Indonesia, the presidents of the two countries announced in Bali on Friday on the fringes of an Asia-Pacific summit.

(Reuters) - The United States plans to supply 24 refurbished F-16C/D fighter aircraft to Indonesia, the presidents of the two countries announced in Bali on Friday on the fringes of an Asia-Pacific summit.

The North Korean army on Thursday threatened a possible strike against US military bases in Japan, in response to the use of nuclear-armed US B-52 bombers in joint military drills with South Korea. The threat came a day after Pyongyang condemned the B-52 flights as an "unpardonable provocation" and threatened military action if they continue.