Industrials

A large fire outside a plastics manufacturing and supply facility in suburban Detroit is sending clouds of black smoke into the air that are visible from far away.

Home Depot's fourth-quarter profit is short of expectations with rising real estate prices cooling home sales.

Nikki Haley, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, is being nominated for a seat on the board of directors at Boeing Co.

The investment comes as industry analysts say the U.S. auto market is cooling.

The nomination comes as Boeing continues to see strong demand in China despite the trade dispute.

A business group says American companies in China increasingly worry U.S.-Chinese relations will deteriorate and are "hedging their bets" by delaying investment or moving operations.

A judge has ordered a former New Zealand prime minister to pay several million dollars in compensation for her role in the collapse of a construction company.

Authorities continue to scour the shallow waters of a southeast Texas bay for clues about what led to the sudden crash of a Boeing 767 cargo plane, and for the body of one of the three people aboard.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Monday: Spark Therapeutics Inc., up $61.92 to $113.48

The Brazilian state of Minas Gerais is banning the type of dam that collapsed a month ago, leading to the death of at least 179 people.

Google's plan to build a $600 million wind-powered data center in central Minnesota may hinge on the tech giant's request for officials to waive 20 years' worth of future taxes.

In acquiring Newmont, the largest U.S. miner, Barrick would create a mining company that could be four times the size of its next closest rival.

The deal also includes $21 billion in cash as well as Danaher’s assumption of certain pension liabilities.

Canada's Barrick Gold, with a focus on Nevada, wants to buy Newmont Mining in an all-stock deal.

Safety inspectors say the operators of China's largest silver mine bought a broken down bus online, then overloaded it with miners, leading to brake failure and a crash that left 21 dead and 29 injured.

The Latest on the crash of a Boeing 767 jet freighter into Trinity Bay in Texas (all times local): 4 p.m.

A zinc mine that opened last June in northern New York has announced it's laying off more than half its workforce.

The federal agency overseeing the deepening of Savannah's busy shipping channel is performing critical tests to determine if mechanically pumping oxygen into the waterway will give enough of a boost to help fish breathe.

Hawaiian Airlines wants to more than double its daily service from Tokyo's Haneda airport to Hawaii.

Now there's one more place where cameras could start watching you — from 30,000 feet.