Industrials

An educational video game has been edited following a social media backlash over a scene depicting slaves being packed into a ship.

A year after Japan eased a longstanding ban on military exports, barely a trickle of deals has formed for its powerhouse manufacturers who are reckoning with latecomer status in a crowded global industry.

As Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe oversees an increase to the country's military capability, he has also eased a decades-old ban on military exports, enabling defense contractors to expand their markets beyond Japan's Self-Defense Forces.

China has eased controls on exports of rare earths, minerals used in mobile phones and other high-tech products, after losing a World Trade Organization case brought by Washington.

Japan has approved the export of a locally-made component for a missile defense system to the U.S. and is launching joint research with Britain on air-to-air missile technology for fighter jets.

Auto plants, clothing makers and plastics factories drove a sharp rebound in manufacturing in July.

Orders to U.S. factories dropped for a fifth consecutive month in December, while a key category that signals business investment plans fell for a fourth straight month.

Midwestern manufacturing activity rose to its highest level since May in August, according to the most recent data from the ISM-Chicago.

Business orders for long-lasting manufactured goods shot up by the largest amount on record in July but much of the strength came from a huge surge in demand for commercial aircraft.

Orders to U.S. factories increase in June, led by demand for aircraft, industrial machinery and computers and electronics.

Orders for long-lasting manufactured goods rebounded in June after a May decline, helped by a recovery in demand in a key category that signals business investment plans.

As commodities continue to get pounded, with the majority in a severe downtrend in November, U.S. manufacturing, led by the struggling energy sector, has been pushed into a recession. 

Preliminary research and comments by several federal agencies on the volatility of crude oil from North Dakota shows that Bakken crude has been unfairly singled out in safety discussions, oil industry representatives said Tuesday.

Officials say Palisades nuclear power plant in southwestern Michigan has shut down due to an equipment failure and will get an early start on a planned $58 million refueling and maintenance project.

More than 40 workers who weren't injured but lost their jobs after a deadly power plant explosion in Connecticut are hoping the state Supreme Court allows them to sue several contractors for hundreds of thousands of dollars in missed wages.

One of the biggest uranium mines in Wyoming, the nation's top producer of the radioactive metal, proposes to more than double in size within the next two years.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is shipping his space business to Florida.

The U.S. secretary of transportation says New York City will be the main testing ground for a smart device installed in vehicles to warn motorists of impending dangers and congestion.

Site investigations and some cleanup work at 10 polluted mining complexes in four states were suspended because of conditions similar to those that led to a massive wastewater blowout from an inactive Colorado gold mine, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials said.

More than 14,000 toy fishing games that pose a choking hazard to children are among this week's recalled consumer products.