Industrials

U.S. stocks are closing lower after disappointing outlooks from Caterpillar and Microsoft raised worries about future profit growth at companies.

The huge cost of ensuring timely deliveries cost UPS during the holidays and the shipping company is now cutting its outlook for the year.

Leaders of United and Southwest gave an upbeat forecast for 2015 that combined strong travel demand and cheaper fuel.

As Eddie George neared the end of his nine seasons in the NFL, the running back began pondering his next play.

Shares of Precision Castparts plunged Friday, a day after the maker of metal components and products warned that it faced weaker demand from its oil and gas industry customers during the third quarter.

A fight for control of DuPont Co., a titan of U.S. industry, is intensifying after the hedge fund led by activist investor Nelson Peltz announced plans to nominate its own slate of four directors to the company board.

United Airlines said Friday that passenger traffic in December was nearly flat and a key revenue measure rose only slightly in the fourth quarter.

It was another great year for the stock market in 2014, but as is often the case the gains were not evenly distributed across industries.

The plunging price of oil helped create 2014's biggest winners and losers on the stock market.

A look at Nasdaq 10 most-active stocks at the close of trading: American Realty Capital Properties Inc. fell .7 percent to $9.05 with 15,414,800 shares traded.

Every week, a combined total of 28 new planes roll off the assembly lines at Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier and Embraer factories — the fastest production rate in the history of commercial aviation.

Rescue crews are searching Indonesian waters for AirAsia Indonesia Flight 8501, which disappeared Sunday with 162 passengers and crew onboard.

The global airline industry expects its profits to leap to a record high next year, helped by strong passenger demand, increased efficiency and a continued fall in jet fuel prices.

A look at Nasdaq 10 most-active stocks at the close of trading: Apple Inc. fell .4 percent to $115.49 with 40,904,400 shares traded.

The Federal Reserve says the U.S. economy kept expanding in October and November, helped by solid gains in consumer spending, manufacturing and overall employment.

A look at Nasdaq 10 most-active stocks at the close of trading: Apple Inc. fell 3.2 percent to $115.07 with 82,731,500 shares traded.

A look at Nasdaq 10 most-active stocks at 1 p.m.: Apple Inc. fell 2.6 percent to $115.82 with 57,561,200 shares traded.

Giving thanks will be a little costlier this year, but — and here's something you can be truly thankful for — it probably won't empty your wallet.

Japan has slipped back into a recession for the second time in two years.

Virgin America begins selling shares to the public on Friday, and the timing of the IPO could hardly be better.