Industrials

United Airlines says 2,500 flight attendants have accepted payments of up to $100,000 to leave, about 400 more than expected.

Duke Energy is submitting plans to North Carolina regulators to move millions of tons of coal ash from four high-risk plants to other locations, including open-pit clay mines.

Shares of some top aerospace companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Boeing rose $.05 or percent, to $128.58.

Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe says he'll retire Feb. 1 after leading the struggling agency for four years.

Shares of some top aerospace companies were mixed at the close of trading: Boeing rose $2.66 or 2.1 percent, to $128.53.

Shares of some top construction companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Fluor fell $.23 or .3 percent, to $65.72.

The former CEO who oversaw the West Virginia mine that exploded, killing 29 people, was indicted Thursday on federal charges related to a safety investigation that followed the worst U.S. coal mining disaster in 40 years.

Truckers who haul cargo in and out of the massive seaports in Los Angeles and Long Beach are again demonstrating against what they call unfair labor practices.

Hot air balloons drifting in multicolored splashes against a blue heaven are a common sight in the Napa Valley.

All times are Eastern MONDAY, Nov. 17 WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve releases industrial production for October, 9:15 a.m.

Shares of some top construction companies are down at 1 p.m.: Fluor fell $1.00 or 1.5 percent, to $64.95.

Shares of some top airlines companies are up at 1 p.m.: Delta Air rose $.67 or 1.5 percent, to $44.07.

The Houston City Council has approved allowing ridesharing companies such as Lyft and Uber to operate at airports.

Shares of some top construction companies were mixed at the close of trading: Fluor rose $.05 or .1 percent, to $65.95.

The National Transportation Safety Board says the pilot who survived the breakup of a Virgin Galactic spaceship was unaware his co-pilot had prematurely unlocked the craft's re-entry braking system, then was thrown clear of the disintegrating craft.

Call it a high-stakes political poker game.

The nation's transportation grid must be built to withstand a new normal of more serious natural disasters and it won't be cheap or easy, a top official of the U.S. Transportation Department warned Wednesday.

Shares of some top construction companies are down at 10 a.m.: Fluor fell $.35 or .5 percent, to $65.56.

Shares of some top airlines companies are down at 10 a.m.: Delta Air fell $.52 or 1.2 percent, to $43.32.

The Middle East's biggest airline, Emirates, says it earned $514 million in the first six months of its fiscal year as it grew its fleet and more passengers and fuller planes pushed its sales higher.