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Budget airline Ryanair has signed a formal recognition agreement with the British Airline Pilots Association, a significant milestone in addressing the company's often testy relations with its employees.

The United States and Qatar have reached a deal to resolve a years-old quarrel over alleged government subsidies to Persian Gulf airlines, as Qatar's government works to defuse tensions with the Trump administration.

Australia's government announced a strategy Monday to create high-tech jobs and become one of the top 10 defense-industry-exporting countries within a decade through arms sales to liked-minded nations while also keeping those weapons from rogue regimes.

U.S. stocks are mixed Thursday morning as health care companies including Biogen and Celgene rise, but airlines continue to take steep losses as investors worry about rising costs and the possibility of falling fares.

American Airlines reported Thursday that fourth-quarter profit slipped 11 percent as higher costs for fuel and labor offset rising revenue.

Southwest Airlines is reporting that fourth-quarter net income soared to $1.89 billion on a massive tax benefit.

Banks and health care companies are rising Wednesday and retailers are making gains as stocks are on pace to add to a three-day winning streak.

U.S. stocks wobbled and finished mostly lower on Wall Street as technology companies including chipmakers dropped.

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American Airlines and Delta are reviving a deal that lets them put passengers on each other's planes when travelers are stranded by disruptions like winter storms and computer outages.

United just sent its rivals into a tailspin.

The Trump administration has imposed a slew of sanctions on North Korean financial and business networks in China and Russia in the latest effort to cut off revenues for its nuclear and missile development.

The International Trade Commission (ITC) has postponed to Friday a key decision on whether duties should be slapped on American sales of Canadian plane-and-trainmaker Bombardier Inc's largest jet, the U.S. agency said on Wednesday.

United Continental Holdings on Tuesday reported a higher quarterly profit, helped by higher fares and more last-minute ticket purchases.

A railway car plant in Lincoln, Nebraska, is poised to secure a large portion of a $3.6 billion contract to produce New York City subway cars.

FBN’s Tracee Carrasco on United Airlines adding flights to Minneapolis ahead of the Super Bowl, Proctor & Gamble’s efforts to stop teens from Tide laundry pods and Apple’s HomePod.

United Airlines adds flights to Minneapolis for Super Bowl LII.