Industrials

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.

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.

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 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 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.

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

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.

Shares of some top construction companies are up at 10 a.m.: Fluor rose $.13 or .2 percent, to $57.13.

The board overseeing the Boston-area's beleaguered public transit system has voted to offer free fares for one day and discounts for monthly pass holders to compensate riders for massive weather-related breakdowns.

Southwest Airlines Co. has won U.S. approval to fly from Houston to Mexico City and the San Jose del Cabo.

Toledo officials are finalizing an incentives package this week in an effort to keep Jeep Wrangler production in the northwest Ohio city.

Shares of some top construction companies were down at the close of trading: Fluor fell $.87 or 1.5 percent, to $57.00.

The industrial conglomerate run by the billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch is refusing to provide Democratic lawmakers with information on whether it has paid for climate change research.

Activist investor Starboard Value said Tuesday it has nominated five candidates for spots on the board of directors of LSB Industries, seeking a shake-up at the company that makes chemicals as well as heating and air conditioning products.

Shares of some top aerospace companies are down at 1 p.m.: Boeing fell $1.81 or 1.2 percent, to $152.94.