Canadian Plastic Container Maker to Open Newport News, Va.,...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  September 27, 1996 ;     363 words ...NEWPORT NEWS, Va.--Sep. 27--Twinpak...employ 55 people at a new plant in Oakland Industrial...The $15 million Newport News plant will be part...Dale said, and the new plant will allow the company...s production to Newport News, Dale said...spur to serve the ...

General Dynamics Bids for Shipyard; $2 Billion Offered for Newport News

The Washington Post;  February 19, 1999 ;     554 words ......unsolicited $2 billion offer to acquire Newport News Shipbuilding Inc., surprising the...shipyard and potentially blocking Newport News's pending purchase of shipbuilder Avondale Industries Inc. Newport News said in a statement after the stock...

Department of Defense Does Not Support General Dynamics Bid for Newport...

PR Newswire;  April 14, 1999 ;     262 words ...NEWPORT NEWS, Va., April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Newport News Shipbuilding (NYSE: NNS) said today that the Department...proposed General Dynamics Corp. (NYSE: GD) acquisition of Newport News. On February 15, Newport News sought a formal determination...

General Dynamics Bids for Virginia-Based Newport News Shipbuilding.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  February 18, 1999 ;     700+ words ......has offered almost $1.4 billion for Newport News (Va.) Shipbuilding, a long-time rival...unsolicited bid of $38.50 per share for all Newport News' outstanding stock would represent a...which has been widely expected since Newport News was spun off as an independent shipyard...

ValuJet's Arrival at Newport News, Va., Has USAir Considering...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  June 30, 1995 ;     693 words ...NEWPORT NEWS, Va.--Jun. 30--Less than a month after Newport News lured ValuJet Airlines to its airport with a $1.8 million...Arlington-based carrier, said this week. But the service in Newport News was brought into focus by the subsidy issue. We need...

ValuJet Deal with Airport Carries Risks for Newport News, Va.(Originated...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  June 7, 1995 ;     625 words ...NEWPORT NEWS, Va.--Jun. 8--If ValuJet Airlines Inc. goes out of business or pulls out of Newport News before 2002, the city can't recoup any...carrier, officials said Wednesday. The Newport News Industrial Development Authority will...

Virginia Port Authority Predicts More Cargo and Work for Newport News....

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  September 28, 1993 ;     646 words ...NEWPORT NEWS, Va.--Sep. 28--Cargo tonnage at the Newport News Marine Terminal will increase by more than 16 percent...ceremonies for a 100,000-square-foot warehouse at the Newport News port. Nissan Motor Corp. will transfer its automobile-impo...

Newport News Lands ValuJet in Decision that could Lure More Airline...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  June 6, 1995 ;     564 words ...NEWPORT NEWS, Va.--Jun. 7--ValuJet Airlines Inc. came to Newport News via Norfolk on Tuesday. Officials at the Atlanta-based airline drove, not flew, into Newport News to announce that starting July 11 the airline will...

Newport News, Va., Shipbuilding Company Celebrates Launch of New Ship.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  February 26, 2001 ;     700+ words ...By Michael Fabey, Daily Press, Newport News, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business...own corporate keel of the future -- Newport News Shipbuilding. So far, so good. There...solo after the spinoff from Tenneco, Newport News Shipbuilding appeared to be on a solid...

Newport News, Va., Hospital Looks for Alliance to Help it Through...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  September 14, 1995 ;     700+ words ...NEWPORT NEWS, Va.--Sep. 15--Newport News General Hospital, faced with a crisis in leadership and financing...governing board. The effort marks an attempt by historically black Newport News General to join with an institution that to many in the black...

Pentagon Opposition Ends Purchase of Newport News, Va., Shipyard.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  April 14, 1999 ;     700+ words ......scuttled General Dynamics' plan to acquire Newport News Shipbuilding, as Newport News agreed to cut the cost of its work on two...Defense Secretary William S. Cohen preserves Newport News' independence and reaffirms its status as...

Northrop Closes Newport News Purchase; $2.6 Billion Deal Creates Biggest...

The Washington Post;  November 9, 2001 ;     514 words ......Grumman Corp. yesterday agreed to buy Newport News Shipbuilding Inc. in a deal worth $2...deal ends six months of wrangling for Newport News, the nation's only builder of nuclear aircraft carriers. The 115-year-old Newport News had agreed to be purchased by Falls...

In Newport News, Carrying Shipbuilding Into the Future

The Washington Post;  November 20, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Newport News Shipbuilding Inc. is an old-economy...manufacturing employer, but the city of Newport News is counting on the project to help revitalize...downtown. The aim for VASCIC is "to make Newport News sort of the center of the universe for...

Spiegel's Newport News Catalog Division Sees Sales Growth.(Originated from...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  September 7, 1997 ;     535 words ...NEWPORT NEWS, Va.--Sep. 7--Newport News Catalog is only a small part of Spiegel Inc.'s holdings, but...were down 10 percent during the last quarter alone. Besides Newport News, the company has two other divisions: Spiegel Catalog and Eddie...

Canon's Call for Meeting Has Newport News, Va., Officials Worried.

Daily Press (Newport News, Virginia) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  January 31, 2002 ;     565 words ...Byline: Jody Snider Jan. 31--NEWPORT NEWS, Va.--Weeks after laying off the last...approximately 500 contracted employees at its Newport News plant, Canon Virginia has called for...Neil Morgan, assistant city manager for Newport News. But Mayor (Joe) Frank has been invited...