Newport Corp., a precision components maker, said Friday that it has received orders worth $18 million for chip-testing equipment from several undisclosed semiconductor equipment manufacturers.

Newport Corp., which only last month lowered its revenue projections for the year, said late Tuesday it plans to generate more than $420 million in sales--far exceeding its highest forecast.

What: Shares of Newport Corp. jumped more than 50% early Tuesday after the photonics technology company agreed to be acquired by MKS Instruments. So.

Newport Corp. will lay off workers and take other cost cutting measures, the Irvine-based company announced at the close of intraday trading Tuesday, after missing revenue and profit targets for the ...

The recent growth of Newport Corp.’s operations in Israel underscores the tenuous balance of investing in a global technology hub that’s under constant threat of warfare.

MKS Instruments Inc. on Tuesday said it would acquire Newport Corp. for $897 million in cash, a move to expand its presence beyond its core semiconductor business.

The Industrial Trust Company of Providence will have a large interest in the success of the new institution, which will take the place of its Newport branch, taking also its buildings and deposits.

Newport Corp. will be acquired by MKS Instruments, an Andover, Mass.-based technology company, for $980 million. The acquisition is subject to approval and is expected to close in the second ...

Founded in 1969, Newport developed as a company that provides the enabling technology, optics, motion controls technology and optical tables that are combined with the light sources produced by other ...

Monmouthshire and Newport are two of the worst places in the UK to start a business according to new research.

NEWPORT, Tenn. — A Newport company said Tuesday it would temporarily lay off 119 workers because of historic flooding that swept through the community, putting much of its downtown area ...

NEWPORT, R.I., Aug. 20. -- This morning Corporal Maxwell Norman of Roosevelt's Rough Riders arrived home slightly ill. Corporal Norman, to one of his relatives, told the story of the gallant fight ...