World & Nation
For financial reasons, U.S. military aircraft will not make demonstration flights at the Paris Air Show, one of the world’s most prestigious, this June for the first time in its history, a French industry official said Friday.
April 27, 1991
Former NATO chief Willy Claes and two other prominent Belgian politicians were found guilty of corruption by the country’s highest court.
Dec. 24, 1998
Business
Jean-Luc Lagardere, who built a French defense firm into the holding company that publishes Elle magazine and launches media satellites, died Friday in Paris.
March 16, 2003
Dassault Aviation was able to cut development costs by a third for its long-range business jet.
Oct. 29, 2005
French Aircraft Maker Gets Lift: Shares in French military aircraft maker Dassault Aviation rose 15% on a report that it will sign a $2.6-billion contract to sell 60 Mirage 2000 jet fighters to Taiwan.
Sept. 8, 1992
The French software computer concern Dassault Systemes is moving its U.S. headquarters office from Burbank to Woodland Hills in May, and expects to boost its staff from 150 to 200.
March 31, 1998
Marcel Dassault, who began designing wooden propellers for Spad biplanes in World War I and amassed one of Europe’s largest fortunes as father of the French aircraft industry, died Thursday night.
April 19, 1986
Marcel Dassault, who made a fortune building some of the world’s most sophisticated warplanes, died overnight at age 94, American Hospital officials said today.
April 18, 1986
French aviation industrialist and lawmaker Olivier Dassault, listed by Forbes as one of the world’s richest 500 people, died in a helicopter crash.
March 8, 2021
SunTrust Banks of Atlanta said it has agreed to acquire Third National Corp. of Nashville, Tenn., in a stock swap valued at more than $750 million . . .
Sept. 3, 1986