Industrials

Shares of some top airlines companies are down at 10 a.m.: Delta Air fell $.53 or 1.1 percent, to $46.43.

Shares of some top construction companies are up at 10 a.m.: Fluor rose $.91 or 1.7 percent, to $55.26.

California, the country's third-largest oil-producing state, has improperly given oil companies more than 2,500 permits to inject production fluids and oilfield waste into underground water supplies that are used for drinking water or irrigation, state records show.

Swedish truck maker AB Volvo has posted a fourth-quarter loss of 3 billion kronor ($364 million), compared with a 548 million-kronor surplus last year, in the face of weak demand for construction equipment.

A look at the 10 biggest percentage gainers on Nasdaq at 1 p.m.: Pacific Data Vision rose 25.0 percent to $50.00.

The deadly crash of a TransAsia plane into a river in Taiwan is again focusing the world's attention on the safety challenges facing fast-growing Asian airlines.

Shares of some top airlines companies were up at the close of trading: Delta Air rose $.95 or 2.1 percent, to $46.96.

Shares of some top aerospace companies were mixed at the close of trading: Boeing fell $.12 or .1 percent, to $147.22.

Shares of some top construction companies were down at the close of trading: Fluor fell $2.37 or 4.2 percent, to $54.35.

Employers could lock out West Coast dockworkers in as few as five days if the two sides do not reach a new contract.

President Vladimir Putin has publicly criticized his government for allowing a business dispute to scrap commuter trains in provincial Russia.

Chinese and Argentine leaders have signed agreements to collaborate on two new nuclear plants, as Beijing is strengthening its relations with the South American country.

Shares of some top construction companies are down at 10 a.m.: Fluor fell $1.33 or 2.3 percent, to $55.39.

Shares of some top airlines companies are up at 10 a.m.: Delta Air rose $.96 or 2.1 percent, to $46.97.

The nation's new postmaster general says the Postal Service is looking beyond its regular mail and package delivery for new sources of revenue.

Gov. Charlie Baker said Wednesday that the state will let ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft keep operating in Massachusetts while the administration works to draft new rules to ensure the safety of drivers and riders.

Shares of some top aerospace companies are up at 10 a.m.: Boeing rose $.85 or .6 percent, to $147.11.

Shares of some top airlines companies were down at the close of trading: Delta Air fell $.50 or 1.1 percent, to $46.01.

The only thing interrupting the creosote and mesquite that makes up one of New Mexico's most remote stretches of desert is a pristine runway where Virgin Galactic plans one day to launch the world's first commercial space-line.

Billions of household batteries make their way into landfills every year.