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Mergers and acquisitions heading into 2015

In area acquisitions and mergers, Xerox is offloading its information technology outsourcing or ITO business to ATOS for an estimated $1.1 billion. Krauss Maffei Wegmann will acquire Diehl Defense land systems which builds different types of tracks for tanks and armored vehicles and Hexcel Corp has acquire Formax UK Limited, a manufacturer of carbon fiber and specialty reinforcement materials.

Cardin pledges to fight for Chesapeake Bay funding

WASHINGTON — Elected officials in Maryland are banding together to fight to protect funding the helps pay for the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay. “That would be horrible,” said Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin of the Trump administration’s proposal to eliminate $73 million that the Environmental Protection Agency spends on the Chesapeake Bay program, designed to restore the health of the nation's largest estuary.
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