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Up to 95,000 jobs across the country also could be at risk, said Democratic Senator Chris Dodd of Connecticut, a hub of defense manufacturing."To give up an aircraft of this sophistication and this capability, and simultaneously in an economic situation such as we're in .... The company's stock closed at $75.13, down 8.5 percent, on a day when it posted better-than-expected quarterly earnings but failed to raise its full-year forecast.F-22 backers in the Senate said national security could be compromised if the plane was canceled. Critics point out that each hour of flight time requires 30 hours of maintenance and say the plane is a relic of Cold War military strategy.The Pentagon wants instead to ramp up production of the cheaper, more versatile F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, and Gates said last week that funding for that program could be jeopardized if Congress continues to fund the F-22.Lockheed Martin is the primary contractor for both planes. The House has passed similar language.In a separate voice vote, the Senate also adopted a measure that urges Obama to impose sanctions on Iran's central bank if that country continues to pursue its nuclear program and rejects an offer for diplomatic talks.The radar-evading F-22 is designed for combat against other fighter jets but has not seen action in the Iraq or Afghanistan conflicts, where U.S foes have not fielded an air force. Army by 30,000 troops over the next three years starting October 1.The amendment, by Sen. Joseph Lieberman, does not mandate the increase, but provides the authority for Defense Secretary Robert Gates to carry out his plan for a temporary increase of 22,000 in the Army's size and go further if he needs to, a Senate staffer said.

The Pentagon applauded the vote.Later on Tuesday the Senate voted 93-1 to extend the authorized end strength of the U.S. (Reporting by Camila Moreira; Writing by Reese Ewing; editingby Carol Bishopric) Stocks Mergers & Acquisitions Brazil. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted on Tuesday to stop production of the F-22 fighter plane, handing President Barack Obama a victory as he tries to rein in defense spending. Cade is allowing Perdigao to carry out the share offerunder the new name and a financial restructuring plan of Sadia,which was pushed close to insolvency after it was hit withheavy foreign exchange derivatives losses in late 2008. Brazil's antitrust regulator Cade imposed temporaryrestrictions on the merger on July 8, which banned Perdigaofrom exercising any type of operating, financial and logisticcontrol on Sadia, until it had made a final ruling. The public offer totaled 132.25 million shares, 115 millioncommon shares in an initial lot and another 17.25 million in asupplementary lot The lead bank of the operation was UBS Pactual.

Perdigao, now trading under the name Brasil Foods,announced that it would take over its rival Sadia in anall-share buyout valued at 1.4 billion reais on May 19. Stocks  |  Mergers & Acquisitions  |  Brazil The share price which the regulator said was set at 40reais after bookbuilding closed today was slightly below theclose of Brasil Foods shares on Tuesday at 40.59 reais. SAO PAULO, July 21 (Reuters) - The share offer of BrasilFoods PRGA3.SA, which was born of the merger of Brazil's twobig pork and poultry processors Perdigao and Sadia SDIA4.SA,raised 5.29 billion reais ($2.78 billion), the local marketregulator said on Tuesday. (Reporting by Scott DiSavino and Bernie Woodall; Editing bySteve Orlofsky) Stocks France. There are three units at thestation, including the 312 MW Unit 5, the 317 MW Unit 6 and the682 MW Unit 7 The other units remained available for service One MW powers about 700 homes in California. Mirant, of Atlanta, owns and operates more than 10,000 MWof generating capacity and market energy commodities in theUnited States.

The unit was fully shut on Monday, and by Tuesday's Cal ISOreport, it was 80 percent online. The 1,311 MW station is in Contra Costa County, about 40miles east of San Francisco. It is not the first time a popular singer has gone afterthe Republicans for use of a song. In the mid-1980s, BruceSpringsteen complained about then-President Ronald Reagan'scontextually inaccurate use of his song "Born In the U.S.A."during his re-election campaign. (Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis; Editing by Bob Tourtellotteand Peter Cooney).

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