Industrials

Dramatic government test results raise new concern that bulk shipments of rechargeable lithium batteries carried as cargo on passenger planes are susceptible to fires or explosions that could destroy the airliners.

Shares of some top airlines companies were mixed at the close of trading: Delta Air fell $.95 or 2.1 percent, to $44.67.

Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are ubiquitous in consumer goods from laptops to cellphones.

Dramatic government tests results are raising concern that bulk shipments of rechargeable lithium batteries carried in passenger airplanes are susceptible to fires or explosions that could destroy the airliners.

Delta has reduced flights between New York and Ghana's capital of Accra by 18 percent, citing weaker passenger demand.

Shares of some top aerospace companies were mixed at the close of trading: Boeing fell $.11 or .1 percent, to $132.28.

Labor strife on the West Coast waterfront isn't going to steal Christmas.

Majority Republicans in the Senate defeated a bill Tuesday that would halve Michigan's highest-in-the-country limits on truck weight, rejecting arguments that the move would help keep roads from getting worse.

Asarco is appealing to federal regulators in its dispute with Union Pacific over lead pollution along railroad lines because it wants to make sure the $1.8 billion it has paid for cleanups is effective.

Capital Southwest Corp.'s stock is rising on news that it plans to separate its industrial and lending businesses into two publicly traded companies.

With fewer nonstop flights, airline seats and take-offs, the number of passengers at T.F.

Shares of some top airlines companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Delta Air fell $1.35 or 2.9 percent, to $45.32.

A look at the 10 biggest percentage gainers on Nasdaq at 1 p.m.: Liberty Media Corp. B rose 16.4 percent to $43.64.

Shares of some top construction companies are down at 10 a.m.: Fluor fell $2.52 or 4.1 percent, to $59.47.

Shares of some top aerospace companies are down at 10 a.m.: Boeing fell $1.19 or .9 percent, to $133.17.

Utah could afford to manage more than 30 million acres of public land within its borders if the state somehow took control of the property from federal agencies, according to a state report released Monday.

Shares of some top construction companies were down at the close of trading: Fluor fell $1.74 or 2.8 percent, to $60.25.

A report by federal accident investigators points to a manufacturing defect as the likely cause of an internal short circuit that led to a battery fire in a Boeing 787 airliner parked at Boston's airport last year.

Shares of some top construction companies are down at 1 p.m.: Fluor fell $2.48 or 4.0 percent, to $59.51.

A year ago, Amazon.com workers like 34-year-old Rejinaldo Rosales hiked miles of aisles each shift to "pick" each item a customer ordered and prepare it for shipping.