Industrials

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.

Federal lawsuits from Washington state to North Carolina are challenging the efficient, profitable livestock industry to change its ways.

Robin Hayes, the new CEO of JetBlue Airways, is balancing between passengers and Wall Street.

One New Mexico lawmaker is tired of spending money on Spaceport America and wants to sell the futuristic hangar, its nearly two-mile-long runway and the 18,000 acres that surround it.

Shares of some top construction companies were mixed at the close of trading: Fluor rose $1.42 or 2.5 percent, to $57.78.

Exasperated New Englanders still digging out from three major storms that left 6 feet of snow in many areas are bracing for what's expected to be another punishing winter blast.

Shares of some top airlines companies are down at 1 p.m.: Delta Air fell $.71 or 1.6 percent, to $44.10.

Shares of some top construction companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: Fluor rose $1.37 or 2.4 percent, to $57.73.

Shares of some top aerospace companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: Boeing rose $1.43 or 1.0 percent, to $149.52.

Nearly half of the jobs at a sorting center in northwest Ohio will be eliminated as the Postal Service moves its local mail-sorting operation to Michigan.

Spanish authorities early Friday lifted all restrictions for all 60,000 people urged to stay indoors after a chemical explosion a day earlier at a warehouse sent a large, toxic orange cloud floating above six towns.

Shares of some top airlines companies are down at 10 a.m.: Delta Air fell $1.02 or 2.3 percent, to $43.96.

A Canadian oil pipeline company is temporarily suspending efforts to seize Nebraska for the Keystone Pipeline XL amid a legal challenge.

Federal investigators expect to issue a preliminary report this month on the fiery collision between a commuter train and an SUV in the New York City suburbs that killed six.

Another day of freezing temperatures means another day of commuting woes for Boston-area residents who take mass transit to work.

A look at the 10 biggest percentage decliners on New York Stock Exchange at 1 p.m.: Pier 1 Imports Inc. fell 22.9 percent to $13.09.

Shares of some top construction companies are down at 10 a.m.: Fluor fell $.54 or 1.0 percent, to $55.11.