Industrials

Shares of some top airlines companies are down at 1 p.m.: Delta Air fell $.24 or .5 percent, to $50.46.

General Electric Co. posted higher revenue and net income for the fourth quarter, but was held back from even better results by a sputtering performance from its expanding oil and gas division.

Shares of some top aerospace companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Boeing fell $.44 or .3 percent, to $135.20.

Labor strife at seaports along the West Coast prompted thousands of dockworkers to rally against employers they say are trying to exploit a crisis of cargo congestion at harbors that handle about $1 trillion worth of goods annually.

General Electric Co. (GE) on Friday reported fourth-quarter net income of $5.15 billion.

Shares of some top construction companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Fluor fell $.92 or 1.6 percent, to $54.84.

Shares of some top construction companies are down at 1 p.m.: Fluor fell $.85 or 1.5 percent, to $54.91.

Shares of some top airlines companies are up at 10 a.m.: Delta Air rose $.67 or 1.4 percent, to $49.85.

Negotiators trying to resolve labor strife at West Coast seaports took Thursday off, as dockworkers gathered to rally against employers they say are trying to exploit a crisis of cargo congestion at harbors that handle about $1 trillion worth of goods annually.

The manager for the troubled Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement project told lawmakers Thursday that the state and the contractor are still battling over tens of millions of dollars in repairs dating back to 2012, but even if the contractor declares bankruptcy tomorrow, the project could still be completed.

Following incidents in which airliners vanished, U.S. accident investigators recommended Thursday that all passenger planes making long flights over water carry improved technology that will allow them to be found more readily in the event of a crash.

Shares of some top aerospace companies are up at 1 p.m.: Boeing rose $2.50 or 1.9 percent, to $134.91.

Coal-mining Peabody Energy Corp. soon will have a new chief executive.

Packaging company MeadWestvaco Corp. is selling its European-based tobacco folding carton business.

United Airlines' fourth-quarter profit fell 80 percent due to severance costs and contracts that lost value as oil prices tumbled.

Shares of some top airlines companies are up at 1 p.m.: Delta Air rose $.14 or .3 percent, to $49.31.

Shares of some top construction companies are up at 1 p.m.: Fluor rose $1.38 or 2.5 percent, to $55.82.

Shares of some top aerospace companies were mixed at the close of trading: Boeing rose $1.19 or .9 percent, to $132.41.

United Technologies Corp. has brought its former president of jet engine subsidiary Pratt & Whitney out of retirement and appointed him to a new aerospace business position.

Shares of some top construction companies were up at the close of trading: Fluor rose $.41 or .8 percent, to $54.44.