Industrials

Asia stocks mostly higher after Trump trade threat

U.S. stocks fell sharply at the opening of trading Monday, following a sell-off in Europe and Asia, after President Donald Trump threatened to escalate a trade war between the world's two largest economies.

Anadarko, Sysco rise while Boeing, PetMed fall

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Monday: Anadarko Petroleum Corp., up $2.77 to $75.49 Occidental revised its bid for the oil company by raising its cash portion of the offer to $59 from $38 per share.

A grim preview of a trade war takes shape

U.S. companies that do a lot of business in China are getting hit hard in early trading after President Donald Trump threatened more tariffs with trade talks between the world's two biggest economies faltering.

2nd person confirmed dead after explosion at Illinois plant

An explosion and fire at an Illinois silicone factory claimed a second victim Saturday when an employee taken to a hospital after the blast died, a local coroner confirmed, and the official death toll is expected to rise to four as authorities suspended the search for two other bodies believed to be in the rubble.

Some FAA inspectors didn't finish required training courses

The Federal Aviation Administration says more than a dozen safety inspectors at two key field offices did not complete a required formal training course, but that inspectors who reviewed the Boeing 737 Max jet were fully certified.

Builder of collapsed bridge reaches deal to pay victims

Insurers will pay up to $42 million to surviving victims of a 2018 Florida bridge collapse and the families of those killed, under a deal announced Friday between the now-bankrupt construction company that built the pedestrian bridge and its insurers.