Business
Defense: U.S., in preliminary response, says deal, making firm the nation’s largest naval ship supplier, would leave too few such companies.
May 29, 1999
Defense: Altered offer may indicate that discord has developed in talks to form nation’s largest shipbuilder.
Nov. 7, 2001
Defense: Firm makes offers totaling nearly $2 billion for Newport News and Avondale in challenge to General Dynamics.
May 7, 1999
Defense: Offer for military shipbuilder seeks to undercut rival General Dynamics’ merger plans.
May 9, 2001
Defense: Rumors are flying over how the Woodland Hills firm will respond to proposed takeovers involving all three of its competitors.
March 27, 1999
Shipbuilding: Fearing competition setbacks, Defense and Justice departments deal double blow to General Dynamics’ rival offer.
Oct. 24, 2001
Defense: Company says it will continue with efforts to purchase Newport News Shipbuilding despite Pentagon opposition.
June 4, 1999
Newport News Shipbuilding Inc. management and its union shipyard workers braced for a protracted strike after more than 8,000 union members walked off the job at the naval shipbuilder’s yard in Newport News, Va.
April 6, 1999
Acquisition: In gaining Newport News, the aerospace firm becomes the world’s largest military shipbuilder.
Nov. 9, 2001
Shipbuilding: Attempt to acquire Newport News, rejected by Clinton administration, may stand a better chance under Bush.
April 26, 2001