Industrials

A Chinese construction company is claiming to be the world's fastest builder after erecting a 57-story skyscraper in 19 working days in central China.

Shares of some top construction companies were up at the close of trading: Fluor rose $.72 or 1.2 percent, to $60.83.

Shares of some top airlines companies were down at the close of trading: Delta Air fell $.53 or 1.1 percent, to $46.45.

Shares of some top aerospace companies were down at the close of trading: Boeing fell $.60 or .4 percent, to $147.80.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE DuPont Co., up $3.29 to $74.81 Institutional Shareholder Services said investor Nelson Peltz, who is seeking to break up the chemical maker, should be given seats on its board.

The FBI in Pittsburgh says a man scammed a South Korean steel company out of $375,000 by pretending to work for a Japanese talent agency on behalf of musician Pharrell Williams.

For airlines, the record profits keep coming, thanks to cheaper jet fuel.

Boston's public transit agency is letting people ride for free for a day as a goodwill gesture following a winter of disastrous breakdowns.

American Airlines Group Inc. (AAL) on Friday reported first-quarter earnings of $932 million.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Domino's Pizza Inc., up $9.43 to $109.23 The pizza delivery company reported a higher quarterly profit as a jump in pizza orders drove up sales in the U.S.

After cost increases scuttled plans for a natural gas pipeline beneath Lake Champlain, a northern New York paper company is going to get its natural gas by truck.

As truth wars go, Vani Hari of the Food Babe blog has produced a doozy.

Shares of some top aerospace companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Boeing fell $.70 or .5 percent, to $150.49.

Caterpillar's first-quarter earnings jumped more than 20 percent to top expectations, even though revenue slipped for the construction and mining equipment maker.

Lower fuel prices are helping United Airlines earn record profits despite a dip in revenue.

A widely circulated video of a slaying suspect rushing a southern Ohio police officer who chose not to fire his weapon shows the value of cameras to police, and how some across the country are buying their own when their department can't or won't.

Search teams have recovered the bodies of 21 Chinese coal miners who died when the shaft where they were working filled with water, an official said Thursday.

Shares of some top construction companies were mixed at the close of trading: Fluor rose $.43 or .7 percent, to $60.18.

The CEO of American Airlines, who got $12.3 million in compensation last year, will stop drawing a salary and instead be paid entirely in company stock.

Authorities say a SkyWest Airlines flight from Chicago has made an emergency landing in Buffalo, New York, and at least one passenger lost consciousness.