Articles for Weapons Manufacturers

Australia's Future Fund invests in the global arms industry. Are the returns worth it?
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Australia's Future Fund invests in the global arms industry. Are the returns worth it?

ABC  

Are we comfortable with this arrangement? For example, do they know the Future Fund currently holds more than half a billion dollars worth of shares in weapons manufacturers and war-related companies, and that the value of many of those shares has increased dramatically in the last year, helping to support the fund's financial "performance"? In December last year, following a …

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Glock pistols are popular among criminals because they're easily modified, report says
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Glock pistols are popular among criminals because they're easily modified, report says

The Independent  

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Ethical super savings found invested in controversial weapons manufacturers
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Ethical super savings found invested in controversial weapons manufacturers

ABC  

As war rages in Ukraine and the Middle East, weapons manufacturers are watching their profits and share prices soar. While there is no agreed industry definition of "controversial weapon", Morningstar's classification captures companies that make money from nuclear weapons, anti-personnel mines, cluster bombs, chemical and biological weapons, depleted uranium weapons and white phosphorus bombs. The bulk of the investments in …

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Divestment from Israel roils universities. Would it work? Some are dubious
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Divestment from Israel roils universities. Would it work? Some are dubious

LA Times  

For Ari Huffman, the case for divesting from Israel is clear-cut — at least morally. UC protesters are urging the university system to withdraw investment assets from companies “profiting from the Israeli occupation, apartheid, and genocide of the Palestinian people.” At Columbia, they are pushing to divest from any company that funds “the perpetuation of Israeli apartheid and war crimes” …

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University of California official says system has $32 billion in holdings targeted by protesters
8 months ago

University of California official says system has $32 billion in holdings targeted by protesters

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Investments in weapons manufacturers and a wide array of other companies by the University of California targeted by students protesting the Israel-Hamas war represent $32 billion - or nearly one-fifth - of the system’s overall assets, the system’s chief investment officer says. The University of California system said last month it would not boycott or divest from …

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Protesters target weapons manufacturers supplying Israel-Hamas war
1 year, 1 month ago

Protesters target weapons manufacturers supplying Israel-Hamas war

The Independent  

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