Hughes stock climbs as bidding war begins

Shares of Hughes Electronics Corp. climbed $2 yesterday to finish at $63.12 on reports that Raytheon and Northrop Grumman both bid more than $9 billion for its missile and defense electronics unit. The Wall Street Journal reported that Raytheon, which said earlier this week that it plans to buy the...

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