Industrials

American Airlines (NASDAQ:AAL) shares fell slightly in trading Friday after higher fuel and labor costs caused second-quarter profit to drop 15%, even as revenue increased.

Thousands of North Korean laborers work in four U.S.-allied nations in the Persian Gulf, earning hard currency for Pyongyang despite international sanctions as pressure grows over its nuclear weapons program.

Intel's more than two decade-long reign as the king of the silicon-based semiconductor is poised to end Thursday when South Korea's Samsung Electronics elbows the U.S. manufacturer aside to become the leading maker of computer memory chips.

Foxconn Technology Group's manufacturing plant in Wisconsin wlll be the first U.S.-based facility for the Taiwan-based electronics giant.

Intel Corp. more than doubled its second-quarter profit as sales of its personal computer chips strengthened and the company made further inroads in promising new areas of technology.

Several hundred workers who maintain American Airlines planes are demonstrating for higher pay and an end to outsourcing at the world's biggest airline.

Southwest is reporting second-quarter net income of $746 million.

The trucking company linked to the recent deadly human smuggling case in Texas had promoted itself as an American success: a family firm whose hard-working drivers helped keep the U.S. economy running.

The trucking company linked to the recent deadly human smuggling case in Texas had promoted itself as an American success: a family firm whose hard-working drivers helped keep the U.S. economy running.

GE Transportation plans to end most locomotive production at its century-old plant in northwestern Pennsylvania, eliminating about 575 jobs.

France's economy minister has announced the nationalization of the country's emblematic shipyard to ensure an Italian company does not take it over.

Brazilian police have arrested a former CEO of state oil company Petrobras on suspicion of receiving bribes from a construction company involved in a sprawling corruption scandal.

The European Commission has conditionally approved the sale by DuPont of part of its crop protection business to FMC Corp. and DuPont's acquisition of FMC's health and nutrition business.

The European Commission has conditionally approved the sale by DuPont of part of its crop protection business to FMC Corp. and DuPont's acquisition of FMC's health and nutrition business.

The U.K. and France will ban gasoline and diesel after 2040. But Germany believes it's too soon to bury the internal combustion engine.

The Bank of Korea says South Korea's economy grew at a 2.7 percent annual pace during the April-June quarter.

Samsung Electronics says its second-quarter profit surged 85 percent to record high thanks to memory chips.

Samsung Electronics says its second-quarter profit surged 85 percent to record high thanks to memory chips.

In today's economy, speed is everything.

North Korea has suddenly canceled a popular monthlong beer festival, but people won't be going thirsty in a country where brews are cheap and carry the ruling family's seal of approval.