Industrials

Chinese officials have defended Beijing's initiative to build railways and other infrastructure across Asia against complaints it leaves countries with too much debt after Malaysia canceled two high-profile projects.

Global markets are rising Monday morning, and gains for technology companies, banks and industrial firms have U.S. stocks on track for more record highs.

Vegetarian food-maker Tofurky is suing to defend its right to describe its products with meat terminology like "sausage" and "hot dogs," as long as the packaging makes clear what the ingredients are.

Hundreds of workers from two major shipyards are protesting in the Croatian capital of Zagreb over unpaid wages and working conditions.

A fire in a building near Zurich's main train station is disrupting traffic and transport in Switzerland's biggest city.

The Port of Virginia says the Trump Administration's proposed tariff on Chinese-made gantry cranes could hamper a major expansion project.

Technology companies led U.S. stocks higher in early trading Friday, reversing all of the market's losses from a day earlier.

New Jersey Transit has been rejected for additional federal money as it scrambles to install a required safety system by year's end.

This week has seen major social media sites step up their policing of online disinformation campaigns.

Thousands of complaints are rolling in from students alleging fraud by many for-profit schools, even as Education Secretary Betsy DeVos moves to dismantle Obama-era rules aimed at more aggressively policing the industry.

The U.S. Justice Department announced nearly two dozen criminal charges Thursday against the owners of an Omaha railcar cleaning company stemming from a 2015 explosion that killed two workers.

A new inland port terminal that moves cargo by train from northern Georgia to the busy coastal seaport in Savannah is generating new economic interest in an area better known for nature tourism than industry.

American Airlines is dropping money-losing flights between Chicago and Shanghai, and Hawaiian Airlines will suspend its only route to China because of low demand.

The nation's largest grocery chain will phase out the use of plastic bags in its stores by 2025.

Sales of new U.S. homes slumped 1.7 percent in July, the second straight monthly decline as the broader housing market appears to have lost some of its momentum despite an otherwise solid economy.

Japan's trade minister has told The Associated Press that President Donald Trump's tariff policies reflect a serious misunderstanding of the importance of free trade and Japanese companies' contributions to the U.S. economy.

Danish shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk says it will send a cargo vessel through the Russian Arctic for the first time as a result of melting sea ice.

The United States and China imposed tariff increases on an additional $16 billion of each other's goods Thursday in a new escalation of their battle over Beijing's technology policy.

Saudi Arabia says it "remains committed" to an initial public offering of the state-run oil behemoth Saudi Aramco despite delays and growing speculation it may never be listed.

The Democratic National Committee thwarted an attempted hack of its massive voter database, an official said Wednesday, two years after Russian operatives sent the party into disarray by breaking into its computers and facilitating the release of tens of thousands of emails online amid the presidential election.