Industrials

SAS pilots strike means 1,200 more flights cancelled

Nearly 600 flights have been canceled and thousands of passengers stranded on the third day of a pilots strike at Scandinavian Airlines that the carrier estimates has affected some 170,000 passengers over the weekend.

Business Highlights

___ Outlook for the US economy and stock market brightens WASHINGTON (AP) — The worries that hung ominously over the U.S. economy early this year appear to have lifted.

China's Xi promotes building initiative amid debt worries

President Xi Jinping has promised to promote high financial standards for China's Belt and Road infrastructure-building initiative as Beijing tries to dispel complaints the multibillion-dollar project leaves developing countries with too much debt.

The Latest: Amazon Prime to be 1-day shipping instead of 2

The Latest on Amazon's first quarter earnings (all times local): ____ 6:00 p.m. Amazon says its free shipping for Prime members will be even faster, promising one-day shipping on most items instead of two-day delivery.

Video game effort could help regulate future drone traffic

Drones ferrying medical supplies, packages and even pizza could one day be crisscrossing the skies above U.S. cities, and a team at the University of Utah is working with regulators to keep that future traffic in check using a video game.

Probe clears acting defense head of alleged bias in Pentagon

A U.S. official says the Pentagon's watchdog agency has cleared Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan of wrongdoing in connection with allegations that he had used his official position to favor his former employer, Boeing Co.