Industrials

Boeing's top executive reaffirmed on Wednesday the company's outlook for strong growth and cash flow over the next five years.

Indonesia's mining ministry on Tuesday recommended that Freeport McMoRan receive a new six-month copper export permit, potentially ending a near two-week stoppage after the previous permit expired last month.

Avon reported a bigger-than-expected drop in quarterly sales as demand for its cosmetics declined further in Latin America, its biggest market.

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit, helped by higher sales volume and lower raw material costs.

China's state-owned ChemChina will make an agreed $43 billion bid for Swiss seeds and pesticides group Syngenta, marking the largest ever overseas acquisition by a Chinese firm

Starbucks opened the first store in its new Evolution Fresh juice bar chain on Monday in an upscale shopping area in Bellevue, Washington.

Union Pacific’s chairman James Young will take a medical leave of absence from his chief executive duties while he is treated for recently diagnosed pancreatic cancer.  

AK Steel will likely swing to a second-quarter profit from a loss last period, but said the market still remains very volatile and uncertain, especially in the near term.

Freescale Semiconductor on Tuesday named former Texas Instruments executive Gregg A. Lowe its new chief executive and president.

Microsoft's new Surface tablet looks promising, but many questions need to be answered before it can be considered a rival to Apple's iPad, analysts say.

Private equity groups the Carlyle Group and BC Partners are reportedly in late-stage talks to buy the industrial divisions of United Technologies.

Shares of Whirlpool declined by about 6% Tuesday morning after the washing machine manufacturer failed to show top-line growth during the second quarter.

DuPont beat the Street on Tuesday with a 3.2% decline in second-quarter earnings, but the manufacturing giant’s sales grew less than expected and it issued a cautious outlook on the rest of the year.

DuPont's 3Q profit beat analysts' estimates due to strong performance in its businesses that make solar panel parts and bullet proof vests.

Private equity titan KKR is reportedly close to a $1 billion deal for Crosby Group, which makes products used in energy and construction.

Sikorsky Aircraft, a division of United Technologies canceled furloughs that had been scheduled for Monday, due to the U.S. government shutdown. • LMT Scales Back Furloughs

Packaging Corp. agreed to buy Boise for roughly $1.28B, a move expanding the company’s footprint in packaging and paper products.

Packaging Corp. agreed to buy Boise for roughly $1.28B, a move expanding the company’s footprint in packaging and paper products.

The $38.50-a-share deal for the two companies represents a 42% premium to the average closing price Friday of Molex's two classes of stock.

Whirlpool agreed to purchase a majority stake in Chinese home-appliance maker Hefei Rongshida Sanyo Electric for $555.4 million.