Industrials

Microsoft kept its personal computer partners largely in the dark about its plans to launch a competing tablet computer, with some long-time collaborators learning of the new gadget only days before its unveiling, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Altria is working on developing new products to entice smokers that are open to trying different types of tobacco and want a change from cigarettes. 

As a U.S. Navy commander, Jose Luis Sanchez helped oversee operations in an area spanning Japan, Russia, Singapore, Australia and many other countries across Asia.

Some residents of the New Hampshire town of Mason say they feel singled out by a proposed natural gas pipeline project that would cross the town twice over.

A Canadian company plans to submit a new application for exploratory drilling northeast of Mount St. Helens after a federal judge invalidated its prospecting permits last year.

California officials are marking the start of work on nation's first high-speed train, which, when completed, would take travelers from Los Angeles to San Francisco in less than three hours.

Shares of some top aerospace companies are down at 1 p.m.: Boeing fell $1.23 or .9 percent, to $128.73.

Shares of some top airlines companies are down at 1 p.m.: Delta Air fell $1.08 or 2.2 percent, to $48.10.

Shares of some top airlines companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Delta Air fell $.38 or .8 percent, to $48.80.

Shares of some top aerospace companies are down at 10 a.m.: Boeing fell $.80 or .6 percent, to $129.15.

Shares of some top construction companies are down at 10 a.m.: Fluor fell $2.36 or 3.9 percent, to $58.33.

A federal mediator has agreed to intervene in stalled contract talks between West Coast dockworkers and their employers.

Fewer ships sailed through Arctic waters in 2014.

Delta Air Lines Inc. said Monday that a key revenue figure fell 4.5 percent in December, which it blamed on holiday travel that spilled over into other months because of the changing calendar.

The nation's coal mines set a record for the lowest number of on-the-job fatalities last year, with 16.

Shares of some top construction companies were down at the close of trading: Fluor fell $2.13 or 3.5 percent, to $58.56.

The U.S. Forest Service is taking public comments on its approval of a gold mining company's plan to reopen a 4-mile road in a central Idaho wilderness and drill core samples to find out if two of its claims are profitable enough to be mined.

Shares of some top construction companies are down at 1 p.m.: Fluor fell $2.47 or 4.1 percent, to $58.23.

SpaceX is making another supply run to the International Space Station for NASA.

Shares of some top construction companies were mixed at the close of trading: Fluor rose $.06 or .1 percent, to $60.69.