Industrials

General Electric’s (NYSE:GE) potential sale of $20 billion in assets has the close attention of the private equity world.

A Maine company has entered into a settlement with the government to pay $825,000 to resolve charges it provided medically unnecessary ambulance transportation, federal prosecutors said on Friday.

A large Wall Street money manager wants to engage with major weapons manufacturers about their response to the school massacre in Parkland, Florida.

A political watchdog organization says U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke appears to have violated a conflict of interest law by meeting with executives of a Montana firearms company in which he holds stock.

Construction has begun on the Afghanistan stretch of an ambitious pipeline that is to carry natural gas from Turkmenistan to Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.

Djibouti has seized control of a container terminal run by Dubai-based port operator DP World, the latest move in a long-running legal dispute in the East African nation over the facility.

Technology companies and banks helped drive U.S. stocks broadly higher in early trading Thursday.

Southwest Airlines says a child was hurt by a support dog as passengers boarded a plane in Phoenix.

A SpaceX rocket carrying a Spanish satellite has blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

The Latest on a SpaceX launch of a Spanish satellite from California (all times local): 6:34 a.m.

Special interests are holding meetings at properties owned by President Donald Trump, putting money in his pockets as they seek to influence his administration.

General Electric has "line of sight" on the first $4 billion in asset sales under its plans for $20 billion in disposals.

Florida's main pension fund for state workers and teachers has a half-million dollar stake in the company that makes the rifle used in the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

A western Pennsylvania plumber who pleaded guilty to violating federal workplace regulations before a trench collapse that killed a man has been placed on probation for two years.

SpaceX has postponed a satellite launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

Will Smith and his 19-year-old son, Jaden, are announcing their latest collaboration, but it has nothing to do with music or movies.

Egypt's president says his country "scored a goal" by signing a $15 billion deal with an Israeli company to supply natural gas that will help turn Egypt into a regional energy hub.

The latest variation of an Uber ride will require a short walk.

___ Investors are winners as companies lay out tax-saving plans NEW YORK (AP) — The tax overhaul was sold by its backers as a way to help American workers, and companies have announced plans to give employees bonuses and improve their operations.