Transportation

Priceline's 1Q profit improved 36% on continued growth in international bookings. Shares of the online travel booker slumped in response to a light 2Q outlook.

Despite having to end a 10-day trip early due to a gastrointestinal outbreak, shares of Royal Caribbean are soaring on a stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter profit and sunny outlook.

Priceline.com’s third-quarter profit jumped 40%, handily beating the Street amid a significant boost from its international operations. 

While lavish corporate events five years ago drew a negative stigma that executives tried desperately to avoid, new data show resorts are making a post-recession comeback.

Finding a way into India's vast but vexing market has long frustrated foreign retailers.

Airlines halt flights to Israel, and Amazon is bringing 'Fire' to your fingers.

General Electric is considering a sale of its asset management division to an investment management firm.

___ US probing possible airline collusion that kept fares high WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government is investigating possible collusion among major airlines to limit available seats, which keeps airfares high, according to a document obtained by The Associated Press.

Seven months after a racially charged email put the Atlanta Hawks on the market, there's an agreement to sell the NBA team for $850 million.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE UnitedHealth Group Inc., up $3.70 to $109.32 The nation's largest health insurance company reported a boost in fourth-quarter profit that beat Wall Street expectations.

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General Electric's fourth-quarter earnings rose 4.8%, as strength in the conglomerate's industrial units overshadowed declines at GE Capital.

AIG will sell its aircraft-leasing business to AerCap Holdings  in a $5.4 billion deal, marking the insurer's exit from its last non-core business.

The investment bank removed its 'attractive' rating on the U.S. auto sector for the first time since June 2009.

Business travel is forecast to fly higher this year despite the harsh winter weather in the first quarter that led to some of the worst days for air travel in years. 

The noise and bustle of nearby neighborhoods fade away at New Haven's sprawling port.

Connecticut exports powered by the aerospace industry reached a record $10.5 billion last year, ranking the Hartford area as the 30th largest export market in the nation, the U.S. Commerce Department said in a recent report.

The $3.9 billion transportation hub at New York's World Trade Center will open later this year.

Representatives of West Coast dockworkers are recommending that rank-and-file union members approve a tentative contract that their leaders reached with employers in February.

The Commerce Department reports on the February U.S. trade deficit at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Thursday.