LONDON (Reuters) - A group of BAE Systems <BAES.L> shareholders has demanded the resignation of leading figures at the company, following the collapse of its proposed $45 billion merger with EADS <EAD.PA>, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. Full story
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The collapse of the proposed merger between BAE Systems Plc and EADS will shift the focus to smaller deals among global weapons makers as companies strive to keep revenue rising in the face of cuts in military spending by the United States and Europe. Full story
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. unit of Britain's BAE Systems Plc on Wednesday said it will continue to pursue future merger and acquisition opportunities after the collapse of the company's merger talks with Europe's EADS. Full story
PARIS (Reuters) - EADS Chief Executive Tom Enders said in a letter to employees that the aerospace group wished to review its strategy and defense activities in particular after the end of its merger talks with BAE Systems. Full story
Olympic timing has come a long way from the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics when Ralph Metcalfe won the 100-meter race, according to news accounts, but was placed second after judges reviewed film that showed the trailing edge of the second-place runner’s torso crossed the finish line before Metcalfe. Full story
President and CEO of BAE Systems, Inc. Linda Hudson speaks during 2011 Reuters Aerospace and Defense Summit in Washington, in this September 7, 2011, file photo. Hudson became the first woman to head a major U.S. defense firm in 2009 when she was named CEO of BAE Systems Plc's U.S unit. To match An
A combination of two file photographs shows a member of staff working in the cockpit of an aircraft on the Eurofighter Typhoon production line at BAE systems Warton plant near Preston, northern England September 7, 2012, and the nose cone of an Airbus A380 next to the tail fin of an Airbus A320 at
BAE Systems employees walk together at Roysth naval yard in Rosyth, Scotland in this October 2, 2012 file photograph. EADS and BAE Systems will be in the spotlight on October 10, 2012 as the two companies have until 1600 GMT on that Wednesday to declare their intentions and either drop their merger
A BAE Systems sign is seen outside the company's Warton site near Preston, northern England, in this file picture taken October 1, 2009. GREUTERS/Phil Noble/Files
