Industrials

Four highway safety groups are asking the U.S. government to require tractor-trailers and big buses to have devices that alert drivers to stopped traffic and brake the trucks if they don't respond.

Political honchos and business hotshots from across the state will board an Amtrak train bound for Washington, D.C., as the state Chamber of Commerce commences its annual "Walk to Washington." Billed as the state's "premiere networking event," Thursday's "walk" gets its name because many of the nearly 600 attendees spend most of their time walking along train cars, shaking hands and meeting peers.

Bertha, Seattle's troubled tunnel machine, is on the move after being stalled for more than a year.

Officials at Tweed New Haven Regional Airport say they're negotiating with a Missouri-based airline to link southern Connecticut to Washington, D.C.

Ball Corp. is buying metal beverage can maker Rexam in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $6.64 billion in order to stay competitive against other packaging companies.

Shares of some top aerospace companies were up at the close of trading: Boeing rose $1.25 or .8 percent, to $151.17.

Shares of some top construction companies were up at the close of trading: Fluor rose $1.52 or 2.6 percent, to $59.09.

Shares of some top airlines companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Delta Air rose $.12 or .3 percent, to $44.79.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says the Obama administration and Canada have agreed with Canada for financing a key piece of a planned $2.1 billion bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario.

A look at the 10 biggest percentage decliners on New York Stock Exchange at 1 p.m.: Helix Energy Solutions Group fell 15.1 percent to $16.20.

Shares of some top airlines companies were mixed at the close of trading: Delta Air rose $.26 or .6 percent, to $44.76.

Shares of some top construction companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: Fluor rose $.12 or .2 percent, to $57.90.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Waste Management Inc., up $2.65 to $53.94 The garbage and recycling hauler swung to a fourth-quarter profit, benefiting from the sale of its waste-to-energy business, and set a $1 billion stock buyback program.

Shares of some top construction companies are down at 10 a.m.: Fluor fell $.36 or .6 percent, to $57.42.

Shares of some top airlines companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: Delta Air rose $.53 or 1.2 percent, to $45.03.

Shares of some top aerospace companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: Boeing fell $.23 or .2 percent, to $149.50.

The families of nine children and adults killed in the 2012 Newtown school shooting are asking a federal judge to return their lawsuit against gun maker Remington to state court, where legal experts say it may have a better chance of succeeding.

The Cuomo administration has proposed boosting New York's oil spill fund to $40 million amid the recent surge in railroad shipping and dangerous derailments, while transferring authority from the state comptroller to its own environmental staff.

The nation's top labor official is arriving in California in an attempt to resolve a damaging contract dispute between West Coast dockworkers and their employers.

Cyprus and Egypt have tightened their energy cooperation with an agreement to sort out the technical details of laying an undersea pipeline that would carry offshore natural gas to Egyptian processing facilities.