Industrials

Homebuilders slowed their pace of construction by 0.8 percent in August, the second straight monthly decline.

Homebuilders slowed their pace of construction by 0.8 percent in August, the second straight monthly decline.

U.S. stocks were modestly higher in early trading Monday, building on the market's gains from last week, its best week since the beginning of the year.

U.S. stocks were modestly higher in early trading Monday, building on the market's gains from last week, its best week since the beginning of the year.

California is increasing the pressure on millions of Californians to help pay for two giant water tunnels that Gov. Jerry Brown wants built.

The Latest on Wisconsin legislators' efforts to bring a Foxconn Technology Group plant to southeastern Wisconsin (all times local): 9:40 a.m.

Environmentalists have filed an anti-fracking lawsuit in Nevada to block an effort to expand oil and gas drilling on federal land.

The U.S. attorney's office says a Southern California engineer who worked for a defense contractor has been sentenced to five years in prison for selling sensitive satellite information to an undercover FBI employee he thought was a Russian intelligence agent.

Officials are making a renewed push for a long stalled proposal for adding a new lock to the Soo Locks complex, a critical chokepoint that connects Lake Superior to the lower Great Lakes.

Authorities say a former postal worker who had claimed a wrist injury prevented him from working is facing insurance fraud charges after he posted photos that showed him zip-lining and rappelling.

A federal judge has denied an attempt to make the federal government pay for more of the cleanup of an oil spill on the Mississippi River where a tugboat pushed a barge into a railroad bridge.

A federal judge has denied an attempt to make the federal government pay for more of the cleanup of an oil spill on the Mississippi River where a tugboat pushed a barge into a railroad bridge.

Developers in Mexico have announced plans for an $840 million theme park on the country's Caribbean coast just north of the resort city of Playa del Carmen.

Developers in Mexico have announced plans for an $840 million theme park on the country's Caribbean coast just north of the resort city of Playa del Carmen.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government could stop doing business with Boeing if it doesn't drop a trade complaint against Canadian plane maker Bombardier.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government could stop doing business with Boeing if it doesn't drop a trade complaint against Canadian plane maker Bombardier.

Gov. Scott Walker signed a $3 billion incentive package Monday for Foxconn Technology Group to build a flat-screen plant in southeastern Wisconsin, a deal he says will provide thousands of jobs for generations.

Gov. Scott Walker signed a $3 billion incentive package Monday for Foxconn Technology Group to build a flat-screen plant in southeastern Wisconsin, a deal he says will provide thousands of jobs for generations.

The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 9:35 a.m.

The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 9:35 a.m.