Ciena agrees to buy Nortel assets for $521 million, path still open for higher bidsLINTHICUM, Md. — Ciena Corp. says it has agreed to buy the optical networking and carrier Ethernet assets of Nortel Networks’ Metro Ethernet Networks business for roughly $521 million in cash and stock. Providence-bound Southwest plane returns safely to Baltimore’s airport after bird hits engineLINTHICUM, Md. — Southwest Airlines officials say a flight headed to Providence, R.I., has returned safely to Baltimore’s airport after at least one bird hit an engine. Flight to Philadelphia makes emergency landing at Md. airport after report of smokeLINTHICUM, Md. — Officials say a Southwest flight from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to Philadelphia landed safely at Baltimore’s airport after flight attendants saw smoke in the cabin. Ciena reports fiscal 2nd-qtr loss on $456M goodwill impairment chargeLINTHICUM, Md. — Ciena Corp., the telecommunications and network equipment company, said Thursday it lost $503.2 million in its fiscal second quarter, due to a hefty goodwill impairment charge and a steep drop in revenue. Charter plane for soldiers makes emergency landing, blows front tire at Baltimore airportLINTHICUM, Md. — A charter airplane flying soldiers into a Maryland airport blew its front tire while landing and five crew members have been taken to a hospital for evaluation. Plane from Mexico held on Md. tarmac as officials examine 2 ill passengers out of cautionLINTHICUM, Md. — Airport officials say 117 passengers were briefly detained on an AirTran Airways plane that flew to a Maryland airport from Mexico because two people on board were sick. |