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UPS CEO Successfully Pitches New Labor Contract, Says 46% Of Compensation To Occur In First Year

United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE:UPS) management reportedly stated that the expenses related to the recent Teamsters contract are lower than the amount asserted by the union. UPS’s CEO Carol Tome said that the costs incurred by the company for the new Teamsters contract are less than the” $30 billion in new money” touted by the union, as the company aims to sell investors on the agreement, in an interview with CNBC. The contract is structured with 46% of the compensation occurring in the first year, and Tome considers it cost-effective and fair. “It’s a barbell structure where it’s heavier in the beginning of the contract.” Tome added. “We’ll go in the middle of the contract and it steps back down. This 46% of the cost increase happens in the first year, so imagine what the last four years of the contract are!” The increases “are really good for us and a

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DuPont Initiates New $2 Billion Share Buyback Program

DuPont De Nemours  (NYSE:DD) has entered into agreements to purchase $2 billion of its common stock. The Wilmington, Del.-based chemicals company said Wednesday it would receive and retire 21.2 million shares of its common stock. The new accelerated share repurchase transaction comes after DuPont completed its previous $3.25 billion program launched in November. DuPont expects to complete the buybacks in the first quarter of 2024.

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Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) Lowers 2023 F-35 Jets Delivery Outlook

Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) said Wednesday it now expects to deliver 97 F-35 aircraft in 2023, compared with its previously announced outlook of 100 of 120. The company said it has updated its F-35 Technology Refresh 3 schedule projections and now it expects to deliver the first TR-3 jet between April and June 2024. All the F-35 aircraft expected to be delivered in 2023 are in the TR-2 configuration, the company said, adding that the guidance will not impact its 2023 financial outlook. The company said it is producing the jets at a rate of 156 per year and plans to continue at this pace while it works to complete TR-3 software development and testing. For 2024, the company said that the number of deliveries will depend on when the first TR-3 is shipped and the time required to complete the customer’s acceptance process, while it is assessing impacts to that

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