Industrials

Aluminum prices fell 4%, despite President Trump’s tariffs

Amazon is spending millions of dollars on lobbying as the global online retailer seeks to expand its reach into a swath of industries that President Donald Trump's broadsides haven't come close to hitting.

Stocks in the U.S. are rising Thursday morning and major indexes in Europe are jumping as global markets continue a rally that began late the previous day.

Samsung Electronics says its first-quarter operating profit likely jumped 56 percent to a record high.

Amazon is spending millions of dollars on lobbying as the global online retailer seeks to expand its reach into a swath of industries that President Donald Trump's broadsides haven't come close to hitting.

Virgin Galactic has conducted the first powered test flight of its new space tourism rocket.

An airline trade group says it's setting safety standards for pets shipped on planes.

A renewable energy producer wants to develop an electrical generation system that does not require fossil fuels to power the West Virginia National Guard's training installation at Rock Creek, an official said.

China's threat to raise tariffs on U.S. goods could be a disaster for American soybean farmers but a boon to their Brazilian and Argentine competitors, European aerospace companies and Japanese whiskey distillers.

General Electric will reported restated results from 2016 and 2017 by April 13.

A woman who believed she was being suppressed by YouTube and "hated" the company opened fire at their headquarters, wounding three people before taking her own life.

Stocks are sinking again after the U.S. and China each announced tariffs on goods exported by the other, a move that increased investors' worries over a trade dispute that could slow down global commerce.

The Latest on a shooting at YouTube headquarters (all times local): 8:35 a.m.

The world's two biggest economies stand at the edge of the most perilous trade conflict since World War II.

The Latest on U.S.-China trade tensions (all times local): 5:15 p.m.

The White House's top infrastructure adviser is leaving the administration as President Donald Trump's plans to inject funding to repair the nation's roads and bridges will most likely have to wait until after the midterm elections.

Missouri's former governor is urging the state Supreme Court to overturn a decision blocking a 780-mile power line that would carry wind energy across the Midwest.

A major French railway strike has brought the country's famed high-speed trains to a halt, leaving passengers stranded and posing the biggest test so far for President Emmanuel Macron's economic strategy.

A harsh drought in Argentina that began in November is causing big losses, reduced expectations of economic growth and growing concern among farmers, government officials and experts.

When a drone flew within meters of a landing plane last week, endangering 278 passengers and crew, Air New Zealand responded by saying that such reckless drone operators should be thrown in prison.