'Timing issues' hit first-quarter Lockheed Martin sales

Margins fattened and profits and backlog grew at Lockheed Martin in the first quarter, even as sales slipped 9% to $5.1 billion, the company reported yesterday. After excluding the effects of a $165 million writeoff in the year-ago quarter, net earnings were up 10% to $272 million, led by profit...

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