Newport News today reported second quarter 2001 earnings per share of 86 cents, up 16 percent from last year and three cents above analysts' expectations. According to Thomson/First Call, the consensus forecast among financial analysts who track aerospace and defense issues was 83 cents per share for NNS. Newport News is in a "quiet period" due to competing acquisition offers by General Dynamics and Northrop Grumman and thus did not conduct a conference call with analysts, according to an NNS...
