'New British Aerospace' emerges from surprise Marconi deal

British Aerospace and General Electric Co. plc said yesterday that BAe has agreed to acquire GEC's Marconi Electronic Systems for about $12.7 billion, an all-British deal that miffed German and French aerospace companies which had been angling for a British connection, but that wasn't expected to...

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