Arizona strike could squeeze Raytheon profit
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A strike by 1,500 workers has stretched into its fourth week at Raytheon Co.'s missile business, and analysts warn it could slow deliveries and pinch fourth-quarter profits for the Waltham company.
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Raytheon Co. reported yesterday it swung to a profit in the third quarter and that revenue surged 13 percent, benefiting from rising military spending and more orders for its business jets.
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The Pentagon will delay $283 million in potential payments to Lockheed Martin Corp. on the Joint Strike Fighter to push the company to meet goals on the program.
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The price for Onex Corp., Canada's biggest buyout firm, and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to buy Raytheon Co.'s aircraft unit is about $3 billion, a person with knowledge of the agreement said.
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Defense giant Raytheon Co. , stepping up its makeover from parts supplier to prime contractor, is vying for a contract worth up to $6 billion to provide the Army and Air Force with a product not usually associated with an electronics company: a cargo plane.
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Strike could take place in November if the corporation goes ahead with its redundancy plans.
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Decreasing sales threaten the defense contractor's stock price.
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Raytheon Co.'s board, which docked the compensation of its chairman and chief executive, William H. Swanson, by about $1 million last year for committing plagiarism in a management booklet, has granted Swanson a $2.8 million performance bonus for 2006.
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Australian pilots are considering blocking the sale of Qantas by investing their personal savings in the airline amid concerns from unions about the proposed takeover of the carrier.
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Chiquita Brands International Inc.   CQB.N said on Monday it suspended its cash dividend and may   sell its shipping fleet, and warned that fallout from the   recent spinach scare will hurt quarterly profit, sending its   stock down more than 9 percent.
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The risks to the Chicago Board of Trade's futures trading business from a proposed takeover by IntercontinentalExchange Inc.  could be catastrophic, given the hostile bidder's current technology, officials at parent CBOT Holdings Inc.  told members on Wednesday.
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Defense contractor Raytheon Co.  RTN.N on Thursday said quarterly profit rose 16 percent,  helped by higher spending on its Patriot missile systems and  other military products and lower tax payments.
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Defense contractor Raytheon Co. says India could become its largest overseas growth market during the next five years, but landing contracts there will take patience and persistence.
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Raytheon said fourth-quarter profit rose 26 percent on higher foreign sales and electronics work for a new Navy ship.
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Raytheon Co. said yesterday it has lodged a protest with the Government Accountability Office over its loss of a potential $6 billion contract to supply the Army and Air Force with a new cargo plane.
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Facing continued top-line weakness, the company may have to cut costs.
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YESTERDAY Close $52.56 Change +$0.66 52-WEEK High $54.17 Low $40.57 Raytheon Co. said fourth-quarter earnings rose 32 percent, driven by growing defense contract bookings and strong sales of missiles and battle operations communications systems.