Industrials

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.

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

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.

SpaceX is counting on better weather as it tries a third time to launch an observatory and land the leftover rocket at sea.

Amid an increasingly damaging labor dispute, 29 West Coast seaports which handle billions of dollars of goods will be mostly closed four of the next five days.

A federal judge has allowed several trucking companies to press claims they were cheated by a truck-stop company owned by Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam and his family.

Shares of some top aerospace companies were mixed at the close of trading: Boeing rose $.79 or .5 percent, to $147.92.