Industrials

The U.S. Navy says it's awarded a ship's $3.9 billion contract to Bath Iron Works to build four new destroyers.

The aircraft giant outlasted Lockheed Martin and Leonardo in the competition.

Crews began work to shore up two cracked support beams that have shuttered a celebrated and newly opened $2 billion San Francisco transit center, authorities said Thursday.

U.S. stocks are higher Thursday morning as Apple and Amazon both jump.

After four days of modest losses, Apple and Amazon led the U.S. stock market to small gains on Thursday.

The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m.

German steel company and industrial equipment maker Thyssenkrupp says it plans to split into two firms in a setup that it says will be "much more focused and efficient."

An aide says that Poland's prime minister is working on a court-ordered correction to the criticism he made of the previous ruling team, now in opposition.

Businesses and individuals are confident enough to continue spending.

San Francisco's "Grand Central of the West" is closed out of safety concerns after workers discovered a crack in a support beam of the $2 billion transit terminal that opened just last month.

The House voted Wednesday to direct the federal government to set a minimum size for airline seats, bar passengers from being kicked off overbooked planes, and consider whether to restrict animals on planes.

The House has overwhelmingly passed legislation that would provide $1.7 billion to help residents of the Carolinas and elsewhere recover from recent natural disasters.

The Latest on the closure of San Francisco's new transit center (all times local): 12:55 p.m.

The former president of the largest U.S. fuel retailer has been sentenced to 12 ½ years in prison and fined $750,000 in a scheme to defraud trucking companies.

China has announced a new cut in import tariffs but no action on U.S. complaints about its technology policy that are fueling an escalating trade battle with Washington.

Three Muslim-majority South Asian countries have elected leaders who campaigned on a promise to temper Beijing's growing influence, but analysts say reducing China's foothold won't be easy because of the billions of dollars spent and invested already.

Amnesty International is accusing a contractor involved in building a stadium for the 2022 FIFA World Cup of not paying its workers.

A Rochester firm that makes a product that makes trucks more energy efficient has won a $1 million state competition.

Opponents of the California gas tax increase passed by state legislators last year to finance infrastructure improvements are proposing a new ballot measure for 2020 aimed at creating a new financing arrangement and eliminating the state's high speed rail project.

U.S. stock indexes are slightly higher Tuesday morning as energy companies continue to rise with oil prices.