Industrials

Brazil is holding an auction for exploration of four pre-salt oil fields.

A judge has dismissed Montana-Dakota Utilities' eminent domain proceeding for a proposed natural gas pipeline in North Dakota.

Ride-hailing service Uber has sent emails to customers and drivers urging them to reach out to the Honolulu City Council and criticize a bill that would place more restrictions on the transportation network company and similar operations.

Authorities in the Mexican border state of Chihuahua say two more bodies have been recovered following the rupture of a dam holding mineral tailings at a gold and silver mine.

The Latest on a Honolulu bill that would limit prices ride-hailing services can impose on riders (all times local): 11 a.m.

The Latest on coal-fired power plant in northern Arizona (all times local): 10:45 a.m.

Hundreds of miners and their relatives will join leaders from the Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe and the United Mine Workers to rally at the state Capitol to keep open the coal-fired Navajo Generating Station, which pumps water from the Colorado River to cities, tribes and farmers in Arizona.

Federal regulators in Texas say a musician defrauded investors by claiming to develop sound wave technology that would revolutionize the oil and gas industry.

Wisconsin officials say early tests have found no harmful chemicals after a spill near a frack sand mine sent millions of gallons of sludge into waterways.

General Electric has reduced its dividend only three times since 1899.

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A Russian Soyuz space capsule carrying three astronauts from the International Space Station has landed in the steppes of Kazakhstan.

A New York City agency that oversees construction said Friday that Jared Kushner's father is wrong in telling reporters that a probe of false construction permits filed by his company is over.

___ US unemployment falls nearly to 1969 levels; hiring is solid WASHINGTON (AP) — Another month of strong hiring has driven U.S. unemployment down to 3.8 percent — just a tick away from the level last seen in 1969, when Detroit still dominated the auto industry and the Vietnam War was raging.

A Texas meatpacker is recalling more than 9 tons (8.16 metric tons) of smoked sausage over possible contamination by soft plastic in its second recall in a month.

Already under fire for his combative trade policies, President Donald Trump on Friday intensified pressure on Canada, demanding that America's neighbor and close ally "open their markets and take down trade barriers."

President Donald Trump's administration is planning to impose tariffs on European steel and aluminum imports after failing to win concessions from the European Union, a move that could provoke retaliatory tariffs and inflame trans-Atlantic trade tensions.

U.S. stocks are mostly lower Thursday morning following big swings over the last two days.

The Latest on trade tensions between the United States and the European Union (all times local): 9:45 a.m.

Republican lawmakers from Western states and industry executives on Thursday accused Washington state officials of unfairly blocking fossil fuel projects and dictating winners and losers among U.S. companies seeking to export products to Asia.