Industrials

United Airlines plans to issue bright colored bag tags to people traveling with pets to prevent animal carriers from being placed in overhead bins following the death of a puppy on one of its flights.

Global port operator DP World profits rose by 7 percent to nearly $1.2 billion in 2017 as the company expands in India, Brazil, the Horn of Africa and other parts of the world.

United Airlines, under siege over the death of a puppy on one of its flights, says the flight attendant who ordered a passenger to put her pet carrier in the overhead bin didn't know there was a dog inside.

___ Trump picks camera-proven Kudlow as top economic aide WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has chosen Larry Kudlow to be his top economic aide.

Three class actions filed Wednesday allege that General Motors, Fiat Chrysler, Volkswagen and Mercedes knew of problems with exploding Takata air bag inflators yet waited years to issue recalls.

An Alaska Airlines pilot is suing the company under Washington state's anti-discrimination law, claiming its response was inadequate after she says she was drugged and raped by a colleague during Minneapolis stopover last June.

“We helped Wall Street, we helped Main Street,” the president declares.

Iran's state-run oil company has signed a $740 million agreement with a Russian-Iranian consortium to develop two oil fields near the Iraqi border.

In the heart of America's diminished steel country, support for President Donald Trump's tariffs on imports is broad and bipartisan.

Hong Kong airline Cathay Pacific says its losses more than doubled last year because of rising fuel costs and relentless competition from rival carriers.

The Omaha, Nebraska-based company is the only railroad to operate within all six major rail gateways between the U.S. and Mexico.

U.S. officials are considering extending the use of an eastern Idaho nuclear waste treatment facility beyond its scheduled closure this year so it can repackage radioactive waste brought in from other states before it's sent to a permanent disposal site in New Mexico.

The Trump administration has chosen an odd time to offer special protection to the U.S. steel industry.

General Electric last year eliminated bonuses for its senior managers for the first time in its 126-year history.

___ Bids to curb health care costs offer little more than talk WASHINGTON (AP) — What began as bipartisan attempt to curb soaring health care premiums in the nation's health insurance markets is faltering in Congress.

After being passed over for the CEO spot, Nardelli may reconnect with GE.

The Latest on a multi-million dollar petrochemical plant proposed for eastern Ohio's Belmont County (all times local): 4:50 p.m.

U.S. stocks are rising Monday morning with retailers and technology companies making some of the largest gains.