Industrials

More than 70 passengers aboard an Asiana Airlines flight that crashed in San Francisco two years ago have reached a settlement in their lawsuits against the airline.

The Obama administration is considering banning a type of ammunition used in one of the most popular types of rifles because it says the bullets can pierce a police officer's protective vest when fired from a handgun.

The Scottsbluff airport has joined airports in Kearney and North Platte in reaching new, one-year agreements with Great Lakes Airlines for government-subsidized flights.

Then-Fort Worth Police Chief Jeffrey Halstead and Taser International had a close relationship before and after the city signed a contract to purchase body cameras last year.

Delta Air Lines Inc. said Tuesday that a key revenue measure fell 1.5 percent in February mostly because the strong dollar reduced the value of international ticket sales.

A look at the 10 biggest percentage gainers on Nasdaq at 1 p.m.: Tracon Pharma rose 45.6 percent to $19.56.

A look at the 10 biggest percentage gainers on New York Stock Exchange at 1 p.m.: Mavenir Systems Inc. rose 13.7 percent to $16.57.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Freescale Semiconductor Ltd., up $4.25 to $40.36 The chipmaker agreed to be acquired by Dutch company NXP Semiconductors in a cash-and-stock deal worth about $12 billion.

A French company that operates Massachusetts' commuter rail system has been fined more than $434,000 after nearly two-thirds of trains were late or canceled during the heavy snowfalls that pounded the region last month.

Mexican authorities have fined a mining company about $1.5 million for an Aug. 7 spill of copper sulfate and heavy metals that contaminated two rivers in northern Mexico.

A lawyer for media organizations says a gag order in the criminal case of the West Virginia coal mine explosion that killed 29 men violates the First Amendment by barring virtually anyone from discussing it publicly.

Authorities say an SUV driven by an elderly woman has been hit by a train at a crossing in New York, about 40 miles south of a fatal crash last month that killed six.

Shares of some top construction companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: Fluor rose $.21 or .4 percent, to $58.21.

When Alison Norris couldn't find work in Detroit, she searched past the city limits, ending up with a part-time restaurant job that's 20 miles away but takes at least two hours to get to via separate city and suburban bus systems.

Two NASA astronauts have ventured out of the International Space Station in their third spacewalk in just over a week.

Shares of some top construction companies are down at 1 p.m.: Fluor fell $.53 or .9 percent, to $57.72.

A chairlift malfunction that injured seven skiers at the Sugarloaf ski area and resort was caused by a broken drive shaft on a gearbox that allowed the lift to move in reverse and by the failure of a brake system with a design flaw, officials said Wednesday.

Shares of some top construction companies are down at 10 a.m.: Fluor fell $.07 or .1 percent, to $58.18.

Shares of some top aerospace companies are down at 10 a.m.: Boeing fell $.69 or .5 percent, to $150.96.

Shares of some top airlines companies were down at the close of trading: Delta Air fell $1.51 or 3.3 percent, to $44.52.