Industrials

Shares of some top construction companies were mixed at the close of trading: Fluor fell $.33 or .5 percent, to $65.96.

A cement shortage has delayed some construction projects in Michigan, but roadwork that's wrapping up for the year hasn't been affected, officials said.

A group of West Virginia mineral owners will receive more than $100 million from lease agreements with a gas drilling company.

New York's biggest subway hub is opening in lower Manhattan — a vital link between the new World Trade Center and the rest of the city.

Flight attendants at American Airlines have rejected a five-year contract, forcing the world's largest carrier and its union for cabin-crew workers into binding arbitration.

An Illinois-based scrap metal and recycling company plans to build a $35 million plant in Hutchinson to refurbish rail cars used to transport crude oil and other combustible liquids.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved commercial planting of a potato that is genetically modified to resist bruising and to produce less of a chemical that has caused cancer in animals.

The survival of a test pilot who safely parachuted from a spacecraft that disintegrated over the Mojave Desert is being hailed as a miracle.

Shares of some top construction companies were mixed at the close of trading: Fluor rose $.62 or .9 percent, to $66.29.

Shares of some top construction companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: Fluor rose $.93 or 1.4 percent, to $66.60.

Shares of some top construction companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Fluor rose $.55 or .8 percent, to $66.22.

Shares of some top aerospace companies are down at 10 a.m.: Boeing fell $.18 or .1 percent, to $124.40.

Myanmar's transformation from pariah state to aspiring democracy has been kind to blogger Nay Phone Latt.

Federal investigators who have been in the Mojave Desert trying to find out why an experimental spaceship crashed are wrapping up their work in Southern California.

ArcelorMittal SA, the world's largest steelmaker, says operating profits rose strongly in the third quarter on improved European operations and higher steel volumes, despite a decline in iron ore prices.

The U.S. Postal Service will deliver packages on Sundays in major cities and high volume areas during the holiday season.

Industrial equipment maker Siemens AG says net profit rose 40 percent in the fourth quarter but issued a cautious outlook for the coming year, saying global tensions would affect its business and predicting flat revenue.

The company that wants to build a natural gas pipeline across northern Massachusetts has filed sections of its draft environmental report, rejecting several alternatives.

Shares of some top airlines companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Delta Air fell $.16 or .4 percent, to $42.07.

Shares of some top construction companies were up at the close of trading: Fluor rose $1.73 or 2.7 percent, to $65.50.