Industrials

General Electric wants its industrial software business to cut costs and lift profits next year under new chief executive John Flannery.

General Electric wants its industrial software business to cut costs and lift profits next year under new chief executive John Flannery.

China's government says it will merge two of its biggest coal and power companies amid a campaign to make state industry that dominates the economy more efficient and profitable.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved construction of a high-pressure pipeline that will carry natural gas from the shale fields of Appalachia, across northern Ohio and into Michigan and Canada, a decision that effectively ends a fight of more than two years from opponents concerned about safety and property rights.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved construction of a high-pressure pipeline that will carry natural gas from the shale fields of Appalachia, across northern Ohio and into Michigan and Canada, a decision that effectively ends a fight of more than two years from opponents concerned about safety and property rights.

Key oil and gas facilities along the Texas Gulf Coast have temporarily shut down as Hurricane Harvey pounds the region with torrential rain and high winds, virtually assuring gasoline prices will rise in the storm's aftermath.

Key oil and gas facilities along the Texas Gulf Coast have temporarily shut down as Hurricane Harvey pounds the region with torrential rain and high winds, virtually assuring gasoline prices will rise in the storm's aftermath.

Duke Energy asked regulators Friday to let its western North Carolina subsidiary raise household electricity bills by 16.7 percent and make consumers pay billions of dollars for a nuclear plant it won't open and the cleanup of coal ash deposited in unlined pits.

Foxconn Technology Group is being enticed to come to Wisconsin with numerous regulatory waivers, raising concerns from environmentalists who are wary of the company's reputation in China, where it has been accused of polluting rivers.

Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong, the de facto leader of South Korea's most successful business group, was sentenced Friday to five years prison for offering bribes and other crimes.

An Earth-observation satellite for Taiwan's National Space Organization has been launched from California.

Dutch giant Royal Philips plans to build a health technology center in Tennessee.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced Thursday he won't seek to eliminate any national monuments carved from the wilderness and oceans by past presidents.

LG Electronics Inc. has broken ground in Tennessee at the site of the South Korean appliance manufacturer's first washing machine plant in the United States.

A manufacturer that designs and develops engine and aerodynamic seals, flexible fuel tanks and other engine components is expanding its facility in Rockmart, Georgia, creating an additional 211 jobs.

A manufacturer that designs and develops engine and aerodynamic seals, flexible fuel tanks and other engine components is expanding its facility in Rockmart, Georgia, creating an additional 211 jobs.

Amtrak says it will resume regular train service at New York's Penn Station on Sept. 5 after eight weeks of major repairs required service cutbacks.

The Latest on the launch of a satellite for Taiwan by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket (all times local): 12:01 p.m. SpaceX has successfully landed the first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean during the launch of an Earth-observation satellite for Taiwan.

The Latest on the launch of a satellite for Taiwan by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket (all times local): 12:01 p.m. SpaceX has successfully landed the first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean during the launch of an Earth-observation satellite for Taiwan.

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