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The European Aviation Safety Agency has tightened a nearly month-old directive ordering inspections of some fan blades in engines like those used on a Southwest Airlines jet involved in a fatal accident.

The manufacturer of the jet engine that blew apart at 32,000 feet in a deadly accident aboard a Southwest Airlines flight wants more jets to be inspected for potential problems.

The Latest on the plane that made an emergency landing in Philadelphia (all times local): 4:47 p.m.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Friday: General Electric Co., up 55 cents to $14.54

Southwest Airlines has sent a letter of apology and is offering compensation to passengers who were on a flight earlier this week that made an emergency landing following an engine explosion.

More than 1 million electrical safety switches are being recalled because of a faulty switch.

General Electric Co. Friday reported a first-quarter loss of $1.15 billion, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.

General Electric's quarterly profit topped expectations.

Asian shares fell back Friday after a major supplier to Apple forecast continued weak demand for mobile devices.

Ahead of the company’s latest results is a fresh push for a breakup

U.S. airline regulators have ordered inspections on engine fan blades like the one that snapped off a Southwest Airlines plane, leading to the death of a woman who was partially blown out a window.

A Texas company that owns an oil pipeline that spilled 140,000 gallons of crude along the California coast faces a criminal trial three years after the disaster.

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette has sued the company he says damaged electric cables and oil pipelines in a Great Lakes channel by dragging a tugboat anchor across them.

___ 2 black men arrested at Starbucks get an apology from police PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Two black men whose arrest at a Starbucks in Philadelphia has triggered a furor over racial profiling say they are pushing for changes to make sure that what they went through doesn't happen to anyone else.

U.S. stocks were broadly lower in early trading Thursday, weighed down by losses in technology companies and makers of consumer products.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday: Philip Morris International Inc., down $15.80 to $85.64 The tobacco company reported weak quarterly sales and said sales of its iQos device in Japan were slower than expected.

The Southwest Airlines pilot being lauded as a hero in a harrowing emergency landing after a passenger was partially blown out of the jet's damaged fuselage is also being hailed for her pioneering role in a career where she has been one of the few women at the controls.

Los Angeles harbor commissioners have approved a permit for Space Exploration Technologies to build a facility on 19 acres of port land to manufacture a Mars rocket that will be so big it will require an oceangoing barge for transport to launch sites.

A panel of government health advisers is recommending approval of a medicine made from the marijuana plant to treat childhood epilepsy, moving the medication closer to the U.S. market.

The Latest on the Southwest Airlines plane that made an emergency landing in Philadelphia (all times local): 9:45 a.m.