Industrials

China has overtaken Germany to become the world's third-biggest arms exporter, although its 5 percent share remains small compared to the combined 58 percent of exports from the U.S. and Russia, a new study says.

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Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Aeropostale Inc., down 64 cents to $3.06 The teen clothing retailer reported mixed fourth-quarter results and provided a weak first-quarter outlook.

Shares of some top aerospace companies are down at 1 p.m.: Boeing fell $1.31 or .9 percent, to $150.73.

Shares of some top construction companies are down at 1 p.m.: Fluor fell $1.55 or 2.7 percent, to $56.35.

Consol Energy is trimming the amount of money it spends on buying and developing land for oil production, joining other energy companies that are reducing spending due to falling oil prices.

Shares of some top airlines companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: Delta Air rose $.38 or .8 percent, to $45.71.

Shares of some top aerospace companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Boeing fell $.07 or percent, to $151.97.

France and Germany are leading a call for the European Union to ensure fair competition between EU airlines and those from the Gulf region that are accused of receiving major state backing.

Japan and France are set to sign an arms transfer deal as Japan seeks to play a greater military role internationally.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to rebuild the massive Lake Ontario breakwater built more than a century ago to protect Oswego Harbor.

Shares of some top construction companies are down at 10 a.m.: Fluor fell $.85 or 1.5 percent, to $57.05.

Shares of some top airlines companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Delta Air rose $.59 or 1.3 percent, to $45.92.

Shares of some top construction companies are up at 1 p.m.: Fluor rose $.53 or .9 percent, to $57.65.

Shares of some top airlines companies are up at 10 a.m.: Delta Air rose $1.15 or 2.6 percent, to $45.17.

A New York City-based developer plans to turn a long-vacant department store in downtown Buffalo into a 300-room hotel.

Shares of some top aerospace companies were mixed at the close of trading: Boeing fell $1.25 or .8 percent, to $151.17.

Shares of some top airlines companies were up at the close of trading: Delta Air rose $.60 or 1.4 percent, to $44.02.

A look at the 10 biggest percentage gainers on New York Stock Exchange at the close of trading: Global Cash Access Holdings Inc. rose 12.2 percent to $8.16.

United Technologies said Wednesday it is weighing options for its Sikorsky Aircraft division, including a possible spinoff of the maker of Black Hawk and other military and commercial helicopters.