Industrials

Shares of some top construction companies are up at 1 p.m.: Fluor rose $1.30 or 2.0 percent, to $65.07.

Shares of some top aerospace companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: Boeing fell $.38 or .3 percent, to $124.73.

Shares of some top construction companies are up at 10 a.m.: Fluor rose $1.12 or 1.8 percent, to $64.89.

Shares of some top aerospace companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Boeing fell $.53 or .4 percent, to $124.58.

Federal transportation officials are gathering in New York to discuss long-term plans for the aging Northeast Corridor rail line.

The fatal crash of a small plane into a flight safety training center at the Wichita Airport has disrupted pilot training on some Cessna models, but efforts are being made to provide alternatives, company officials said.

Raytheon Co. said Wednesday that it bought privately held cybersecurity company Blackbird Technologies for about $420 million.

Shares of some top aerospace companies were mixed at the close of trading: Boeing fell $.19 or .2 percent, to $125.84.

Duluth Metals says it's selling its operations to Chilean mining giant Antofagasta PLC for about $85 million.

Airplane engine-maker Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC says it will reduce its staff by 2,600 over the next 18 months as part of a restructuring focused on its aerospace decision.

Delta Air Lines said Tuesday that a key financial figure rose last month due to strong revenue from flights within the U.S. and across the Atlantic.

Shares of some top construction companies were down at the close of trading: Fluor fell $.56 or .8 percent, to $65.78.

Shares of some top airlines companies were up at the close of trading: Delta Air rose $.38 or .9 percent, to $40.61.

Shares of some top aerospace companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: Boeing rose $.99 or .8 percent, to $125.90.

Shares of some top construction companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: Fluor rose $.07 or .1 percent, to $66.41.

Shares of some top airlines companies are up at 1 p.m.: Delta Air rose $.25 or .6 percent, to $40.48.

A consortium headed by China Railway Construction Corp. Ltd. has won the contract to build a high-speed inter-city rail line in central Mexico after submitting the only bid on the project.

Medical implant maker Stryker will pay at least $1.43 billion to settle thousands of lawsuits from patients who had to have surgery to remove problematic hip implants.

Billionaire Richard Branson is promising to find out what caused the crash of his Virgin Galactic prototype space tourism rocket that killed a test pilot, but federal investigators are cautioning that it may take up to a year to learn exactly what went wrong.

Federal accident investigators are headed to a desert crash site where a winged spaceship designed to give wealthy tourists a high-altitude view of Earth broke up during a test flight, killing one pilot and badly injuring another.