Industrials

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Records show that employees at a Houston-area pesticide plant where a poisonous gas killed four workers in November may have been exposed to dangerous fumes for years.

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.

Boeing Co. topped Airbus in deliveries to customers for the third straight year in 2014 — but Airbus edged ahead with more future orders in the rival companies' annual sales battle.

Shares of some top construction companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: Fluor fell $.26 or .5 percent, to $55.92.

Cargo continues to move slowly through the West Coast's major sea ports, despite the intervention of a federal mediator to help dockworkers and their employers reach a new contract.

Shares of some top aerospace companies are down at 10 a.m.: Boeing fell $.92 or .7 percent, to $130.62.

Shares of some top construction companies are down at 10 a.m.: Fluor fell $1.52 or 2.6 percent, to $56.19.

Strong demand for autos and airplanes along with higher aluminum prices helped Alcoa Inc. beat expectations for the fourth quarter.

Shares of some top airlines companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Delta Air fell $.67 or 1.4 percent, to $46.21.

Another Chinese automaker is showing vehicles this year at the auto show in Detroit, raising the perennial question about when these companies might sell in the United States.

State and federal officials have unveiled plans for a $55 million upgrade of a more than century-old New Jersey train station.

Donald Trump, no stranger to noisy publicity, is complaining again about the roar of jets in a $100 million lawsuit over air traffic he says is purposely being directed to fly over his ritzy Palm Beach club.