Industrials

A new study estimates it would cost $18 billion to reroute water from the Missouri River to help irrigate farms in western Kansas, and another $1 billion each year to operate the system.

Shares of some top airlines companies were down at the close of trading: Delta Air fell $1.30 or 2.8 percent, to $45.31.

Shares of some top aerospace companies are down at 1 p.m.: Boeing fell $1.17 or .9 percent, to $130.00.

Shares of some top airlines companies are down at 1 p.m.: Delta Air fell $1.11 or 2.4 percent, to $45.51.

Russia's state natural gas company wants its exports to Europe to bypass Ukraine entirely and go via a proposed new pipeline to Turkey.

Shares of some top airlines companies are down at 10 a.m.: Delta Air fell $.75 or 1.6 percent, to $45.86.

Shell, Europe's largest oil producer, and Qatar Petroleum say they are scrapping a planned petrochemicals project in the Gulf nation amid falling energy prices.

Shares of some top construction companies were down at the close of trading: Fluor fell $.55 or 1.0 percent, to $55.63.

Shares of some top aerospace companies were mixed at the close of trading: Boeing rose $.30 or .2 percent, to $131.17.

The International Association of Machinists says it has enough support from Delta Air Lines flight attendants to force a union-representation election.

Shares of some top airlines companies were up at the close of trading: Delta Air rose $.55 or 1.2 percent, to $46.61.

CSX Corp.'s fourth-quarter profit rose 15 percent as the railroad operator hauled more freight in fall, a busy shipping season.

A new partnership that will research and create lighter and stronger manufacturing materials will be a boost to Michigan's economy and the auto industry, officials said.

After watching Americans suck down Big Gulps for decades, Coke and Pepsi are realizing less could be more.

A contractor blamed for starting a fire at a Connecticut home that killed three girls and two of their grandparents on Christmas morning in 2011 has agreed to settle a lawsuit by paying the children's father $5 million.

A planned 47-mile expressway between Illinois and Indiana is on hold after new Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner issued an executive order aimed at addressing the state's deep budget problems.

About one in five U.S. flights arrived at least 15 minutes late in October, and passengers on four planes sat on the tarmac for more than three hours, a violation of federal rules.

Miners in southern Poland protesting government plans to close four collieries threaten a larger strike after talks with Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz failed.

Shares of some top aerospace companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: Boeing rose $1.30 or 1.0 percent, to $132.17.

Alpha Natural Resources Inc. says president Paul Vining is resigning to become CEO of another coal-related company.