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A company based in Taiwan has bought a 2,400-acre (970-hectare) site in Louisiana for a planned $9.4 billion chemical manufacturing complex .

JSW Steel USA CEO John Hritz said Monday that the company is not concerned about the impact of Trump administration tariffs.

The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday upheld the constitutionality of a state law that added sales taxes to some items to benefit public transportation and cultural groups in metropolitan Denver without voter approval.

Striking French train workers have occupied a building in a surprise protest against President Emmanuel Macron's changes to the state-run rail company.

President Donald Trump has courted coal miners and cast doubt on whether fossils fuel contribute to climate change, but that hasn't translated into hostility for renewable energy — particularly offshore wind.

Korean Air Lines says its chairman's two daughters have resigned from their executive positions amid mounting public criticism over the women's behavior.

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.