Industrials

Dow Chemical is weighing strategic options for its commodity chemicals businesses, as the company forges ahead with plans to shed $3 billion to $4 billion worth of assets.

DuPont reached a $543 million deal to sell its glass laminating and vinyls unit to chemicals company Kuraray.

Lockheed Martin said it plans on slicing 4,000 jobs, or 3% of its workforce, to deal with declines in U.S. spending. 

Tyco swung to a profit in the fourth quarter, a year after the industrial conglomerate's results were impacted by the extinguishment of debt.

The deal gives Mosaic control of four Florida phosphate facilities that produce about 1.8 million tons of the fertilizer a year. 

Boeing's profit jumped 12% in the third quarter, as the aerospace giant’s commercial aircraft unit outweighed softness at its defense business.

Mining trouble sparked a drop in Caterpillar's earnings and prompted the equipment maker to slash its full-year guidance below estimates.

Kansas City Southern posted higher quarterly profit and revenue as the railroad saw improved shipments.

The New York Fed's manufacturing index fell in October, widely missing estimates the gauge would rise from September levels. 

Lockheed Martin inked a contract valued at potentially as much as $4.1 billion to provide communications equipment and services to the U.S. Army.

United Tech's board approved a 10% hike in the defense and aerospace giant’s fourth-quarter dividend.

Alcoa posted adjusted 3Q profits of 11 cents a share, topping estimates. Shares climbed 2.6% in extended trading.

Lockheed Martin said it will furlough roughly 3,000 employees amid a continued government shutdown. Boeing also expects furloughs soon.

The American manufacturing sector grew at the fastest pace since April 2011 in September, surprising economists who the expansion to slow.

The mining equipment maker warned of an increasingly 'challenging' market amid a glut in coal supplies.

Toll Brothers reported a 24% rise in quarterly revenue but fell short of expectations as orders slowed. 

Damage costs from natural and man-made disasters fell 16% to $56 billion in the first half of 2013, according to a report from Swiss Re.

The long reach of last summer's devastating U.S. drought has reversed the flow of the mighty Mississippi River - for corn, at least.

BP is suing the U.S. government for barring it from obtaining new federal contracts after it pleaded guilty to charges related to the 2010 rig explosion.

Small businesses grew more optimistic in July, with owners forecasting improving sales and profits.