Industrials

Boeing Co. is reporting a fourth-quarter profit of $3.13 billion.

Nine environmental groups are suing the U.S. government to prevent a land trade that could lead to construction of a road through a national wildlife refuge in Alaska.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday: Xerox Inc., up $1.45 to $34.13 Japan's Fujifilm will take majority control of the company.

Crumbling mine tunnels awash with polluted waters perforate the Colorado mountains, and scientists may one day send robots creeping through the pitch-black passages to study the mysterious currents that sometimes burst to the surface with devastating effects.

Is GE about to lose its spot on the Dow?

Fujifilm Holdings and Xerox Corp. say the Japanese company will take over Xerox in a restructuring intended to slash costs.

Industrial equipment maker Siemens AG says its net income rose 12 percent to 2.2 billion euros ($2.7 billion) in the last three months of 2017, helped by one-time gains from the sale of shares in its Osram lighting business and from the U.S. corporate tax cut.

Japanese retailer Muji has been ordered by Chinese authorities to destroy a catalog with a map that Beijing complained mislabels Taiwan and omits disputed islands, joining a string of companies rebuked for commercial materials that fail to reflect China's territorial claims.

The craze for smartphones, social media and universal connectivity is generating immense wealth but also deep unease in South Korea, source of a large share of the computer chips that make them work.

Samsung Electronics has reported a surge in quarterly earnings thanks to its record-breaking chip business.

A federal judge has refused to order a temporary halt to construction of a crude oil pipeline through an environmentally fragile river swamp in south Louisiana.

The Trump administration late Monday released a long-awaited list of 114 Russian politicians and 96 "oligarchs" who have flourished during the reign of President Vladimir Putin, fulfilling a demand by Congress that the U.S. punish Moscow for interfering in the 2016 U.S. election.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has named a new director for the embattled transit agency that he recently termed "a national disgrace."

After committing hundreds of millions of dollars to build plants in South Carolina and Tennessee, the U.S. decision is a "worst case" scenario, according to one executive.

The United States and Qatar have reached a deal to resolve a years-old quarrel over alleged airline subsidies, as Qatar's government works to defuse tensions with the Trump administration.

Budget airline Ryanair has signed a formal recognition agreement with the British Airline Pilots Association, a significant milestone in addressing the company's often testy relations with its employees.

The head of an American business group says Chinese officials have warned "there will be retaliation" if President Donald Trump launches trade remedies in disputes over technology, steel and other issues.

The United States and Qatar have reached a deal to resolve a years-old quarrel over alleged government subsidies to Persian Gulf airlines, as Qatar's government works to defuse tensions with the Trump administration.

Operators of a taxpayer-funded spacecraft launch facility in New Mexico are seeking greater confidentiality for tenants that include aspiring commercial spaceflight company Virgin Galactic, urging lawmakers to enact exemptions to state open-records laws.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Monday: Dr. Pepper Snapple Group Inc., up $21.42 to $117.07