Virginia, which has 20 Fortune 500 company headquarters, will be gaining Northrop Grumman, the largest builder of the Navy's vessels. The defense contractor has announced that it will be moving its 300-person headquarters staff from Los Angeles to one of three possible sites in Falls Church and Arlington.
However you slice it, this is a defeat for Maryland economic development officials who tried hard to lure Northrop. And it has already found its way into Maryland's gubernatorial race as an...
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