Industrials

A proposed petrochemical plant in western Pennsylvania would use — and generate — a substantial amount of power.

The Ameren Corp. nuclear power plant in central Missouri is shut down for the second time in eight months after a "non-emergency" leak in the reaction control system.

The number of global fliers is expected to more than double in the next two decades.

Lockheed Martin is buying Black Hawk helicopter maker Sikorsky Aircraft for $9 billion.

One university's effort to poach a star faculty member at another Southern California university has devolved into a legal battle that some fear may impede Alzheimer's disease research.

Delays in Amtrak service and agricultural product shipping have eased across the Upper Midwest in part because weak oil prices have prompted a drilling slowdown in North Dakota, officials say.

GE Transportation said its Northwestern Pennsylvania location fell behind on its 2015 production schedule during union negotiations and the company now plans move more work Texas, potentially costing over 100 jobs in Erie.

The Obama administration is moving to significantly expand a requirement for utilities to install inexpensive safety valves on natural gas lines across the U.S. to avert the risk of deadly explosions.

Kentucky's bourbon boom is showing no signs of peaking as distilleries keep up a production pace unmatched for decades.

GlobalFoundries announced Wednesday it had completed its purchase of IBM's microchip plants in Vermont and New York, giving a new lease on life to a big employer in Vermont and New York's Duchess County.

United Airlines is investing $30 million in a company that makes biofuels for airplanes.

The Supreme Court has ruled against federal regulators' attempt to limit power plant emissions of mercury and other hazardous air pollutants.

Environmental advocates trying to stop a proposed copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota launched an ad campaign on Monday aimed not at the company behind the project but at Gov. Mark Dayton, hoping to persuade the Democrat to require stronger environmental protections.

Authorities in China's financial hub Shanghai are trying to prevent an environmental protest outside the city government by deploying heavy police force and hauling away demonstrators.

Shell Chemical has been granted an air quality permit for a proposed petrochemical plant in western Pennsylvania, a step the company called "a critical milestone" as it decides whether to build the multibillion-dollar project along the Ohio River.

The Federal Reserve releases May industrial production figures Monday at 9:15 a.m. Eastern.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE United Technologies Corp., down $2.99 to $114.61 The conglomerate is shedding helicopter maker Sikorsky and will focus on high-technology products for the aerospace industry.

United Technologies Corp. has announced it will separate its Connecticut-based Sikorksy Aircraft business as it exits the helicopter business.

Rival planemakers Airbus SA and Boeing Corp. are gearing up to sell hundreds of jets and make billions of dollars in deals at the 51st International Paris Air Show opening Monday.

A French company said Monday it will open a facility on the Alabama coast to support the new Airbus factory in Mobile, a move that area officials said could lead to additional growth in the area.