Industrials

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.

Deepwater drilling rigs are sitting idle.

Chinese leaders pledged for the first time to cap the country's decades-long growth of greenhouse gas emissions.

Shares of Orbital Sciences tumbled 14 percent before the opening bell Wednesday after the aerospace company's unmanned rocket bound for the International Space Station exploded moments after liftoff on Tuesday evening.

Saving a nickel or a dime per gallon might not seem like much to the average motorist, but for airlines that burn hundreds of millions of gallons of fuel every month, it adds up quickly.

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Airline stocks are tumbling after news that the second health worker to be diagnosed with Ebola flew on a commercial flight the night before reporting a fever.

Pipeline bottlenecks that drove up natural gas home heating prices in New England last winter could cause trouble when the weather again turns cold, but oil prices that once climbed to record territory continue to fall.

Shares of Spirit Airlines Inc. fell Wednesday after the low-fare carrier cut its forecast for third-quarter profit margin because of underpayment of fuel excise taxes going back several years.

A look at the 10 biggest volume gainers on New York Stock Exchange at the close of trading: Blyth Inc. : Approximately 672,200 shares changed hands, a 260.6 percent increase over its 65-day average volume.

A look at the 10 biggest volume gainers on Nasdaq at the close of trading: Cobra Electronics Corp. : Approximately 368,200 shares changed hands, a 4,475.4 percent increase over its 65-day average volume.

A look at the 10 biggest volume gainers on New York Stock Exchange at the close of trading: Blackrock Muni New York Intermediate Duration Fund Inc. : Approximately 43,400 shares changed hands, a 425.9 percent increase over its 65-day average volume.