Industrials

The Missouri House endorsed a measure to bar unions from collecting fees from non-members in the construction industry Wednesday after a black Democrat said the building trades unions have failed minority workers and businesses.

Even as Boeing opened a new propulsion plant in South Carolina, the aeronautics giant announced it is already assigning additional work to the plant.

The share price for Spain's national aviation authority, AENA, has soared by 18 percent on the first day of trading after the state company was partially privatized.

There were no super-long tarmac delays for airlines in December, making 2014 the best year on record for fewest such incidents.

Union officials representing engineers operating the Philadelphia-area transit system told federal regulators Tuesday that they are concerned about safety if a waiver from a rule designed to limit fatigue by rail employees is renewed.

A South Korean shipping company that is the Port of Portland's largest container carrier will be terminating its service with the city, but it will continue to use rail and truck transportation, port officials said.

A waste treatment plant explosion in Southern California that drove people from their homes in November was caused when a chemical was mistakenly mixed with residential sewage.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE The Coca-Cola Co., up $1.17 to $42.40 The beverage company reported better-than-expected quarterly profit on lower costs and higher prices for sodas in North America.

Vermont Gas Systems announced Tuesday that it is not going through with the second phase of a natural gas pipeline that would have extended underneath Lake Champlain to the International Paper plant in Ticonderoga, New York, because cost increases made the project no longer viable for the paper company.

A New York medical examiner has found that all six of the people killed in a horrific collision between a commuter train and an SUV suffered blunt-force injuries and burns.

The head of the Boston-area public transportation system says no decision has been made on when rail service will be restored.

Spain's national aviation authority, AENA, has set a top-of-the-range price of 58 euros ($65) euros per share for the company's partial privatization this week, valuing the company at some 8.7 billion euros ($9.8 billion).

Martin Marietta Materials' quarterly profit surged almost 80 percent as the construction materials company sees demand rise in an improving economy.

Shares of some top airlines companies are down at 10 a.m.: Delta Air fell $1.70 or 3.7 percent, to $43.81.

Shares of some top aerospace companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Boeing fell $.45 or .3 percent, to $147.55.

Shares of some top construction companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Fluor rose $.86 or 1.6 percent, to $55.94.

The Mexican government says a consortium headed by China Railway Construction Corp. Ltd. has requested reimbursement for the cancellation of a winning bid on a rail contract.

Gov. Charlie Baker calls the performance of Boston's public transit system during the severe winter weather "unacceptable." Baker said Monday he was disappointed and frustrated that the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority hadn't been able to maintain even limited service on some rapid transit lines as the latest storm pounds the Boston area.

Snow is falling yet again on New England and portions of New York state, threatening to bring up to 1 to 2 feet to some areas and making the first commutes of the workweek potentially hazardous.

Coal's plunging fortunes and notoriety as the fuel blamed most for global warming aren't discouraging one company that has purchased 1.2 billion tons of coal reserves in three U.S. states and is planning Wyoming's first major new coal mine in 40 years.