Industrials

TOKYO (Reuters) - Boeing said on Monday it is considering building a new supplier system to minimize the impact of natural disasters on its operations, after a massive earthquake in Japan hurt production of the aerospace and defense firm's long-delayed 787 Dreamliner aircraft.

By Paula Rogo

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By Scott Malone

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn raised his offer for the household products maker to $80 a share from $76.50 after the company rejected his previous offer.

Textron beat the Street with its second-quarter profits and reaffirmed its full-year guidance. 

Nalco Holding reached a $5.4 billion deal to be acquired by Ecolab.

By Mary Slosson

The move reflects GE's overall drive to shift more of its top executives -- including Vice Chairman John Rice, who this year relocated to Hong Kong -- closer to fast-growing Asian markets.

The machinery maker reported a higher profit but missed the Street's estimates and raised its full-year earnings outlook.

Alcoa kicked off the earnings season with mixed second-quarter numbers. 

By Paul Sandle

3M's second-quarter earnings rose 3.5% as the diversified manufacturer reported sales growth at most of its businesses.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Bankers at Citigroup were unaware when discussing the possible sale of chemical company Lubrizol Corp with the man tipped to succeed Warren Buffett that he had any intention to buy shares himself, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.

By Deena Beasley

Overcoming charges related to recalls, Johnson & Johnson reported a better-than-expected 23% decline in first-quarter profits and upgraded its full-year guidance.

By Soyoung Kim and Nick Zieminski

The SEC said Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $70 million to settle charges that it paid bribes to win business overseas.

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz managed to pull off a turnaround amid one of the worst economic downturns in U.S. history. 

There are nearly 7 billion humans, and more than 60 million will die each year. To Ed Gazvoda this represents an unprecedented load of hazardous waste.