Industrials

A court in western Germany says an ancient forest near the Belgian border can be chopped down to make way for a coal strip mine.

ENI's top executive says the Italian oil and gas company will drill two exploratory wells off Cyprus over the next two months and is expressed confidence that significant quantities of the mineral can be found.

Asian stock markets were mixed Friday with investors finding little guidance after Wall Street closed for the Thanksgiving holiday and Chinese markets in focus after a big sell-off the previous day.

Business events and economic reports scheduled for the coming month: All times are Eastern.

U.S. businesses are more eager to invest and hire in France than they have been in years — but want to see more progress first in President Emmanuel Macron's efforts to reduce labor costs and simplify taxes.

General Electric may no longer be too big to fail, but its shares might be too rich to keep rallying.

Manufacturing jobs have been slowly climbing upward. Will we ever see a return to the levels of the 1970s, when 18 to 19 million manufacturing jobs were common?

American Airlines will make a big technology change this weekend involving planes and pilots, but passengers won't notice a thing if all goes well.

Dutch banking group ING is slashing 7,000 jobs in Belgium and the Netherlands as the company focuses on online services in the face of growing competition.

Dutch banking group ING is slashing 7,000 jobs in Belgium and the Netherlands as the company focuses on online services in the face of growing competition.

The Department of Transportation is ordering airline passengers not to bring Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones on planes unless they keep them turned off and don't charge them during the flight.

The Department of Transportation is ordering airline passengers not to bring Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones on planes unless they keep them turned off and don't charge them during the flight.

The Department of Transportation is ordering airline passengers not to bring Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones on planes unless they keep them turned off and don't charge them during the flight.

The Department of Transportation is ordering airline passengers not to bring Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones on planes unless they keep them turned off and don't charge them during the flight.

The Department of Transportation is ordering airline passengers not to bring Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones on planes unless they keep them turned off and don't charge them during the flight.

The Department of Transportation is ordering airline passengers not to bring Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones on planes unless they keep them turned off and don't charge them during the flight.

The Department of Transportation is ordering airline passengers not to bring Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones on planes unless they keep them turned off and don't charge them during the flight.

The Latest on the crash of a New Jersey train that killed one woman and injured more than 100 people.

The Latest on the crash of a New Jersey train that killed one woman and injured more than 100 people.

A ferry that runs between Maui and Molokai will be decommissioned by the end of the month after reporting a nearly 50 percent drop in ridership from January to July.