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Pilots at American Airlines and US Airways have approved a single labor contract, a step toward combining workforces at the two carriers, which merged in December 2013.

Shares of some top airlines companies are down at 1 p.m.: Delta Air fell $1.49 or 3.0 percent, to $48.72.

Shares of some top airlines companies are down at 10 a.m.: Delta Air fell $1.28 or 2.5 percent, to $48.93.

Myanmar has held a ceremonial opening of a deep sea port off its western coast, part of a $2.45 billion port and pipeline project that will carry crude oil from the Middle East to China.

Shares of some top airlines companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: Delta Air rose $.11 or .2 percent, to $49.29.

Shares of some top airlines companies are up at 10 a.m.: Delta Air rose $.54 or 1.1 percent, to $49.72.

Meritor Inc. (MTOR) on Wednesday reported fiscal first-quarter earnings of $29 million.

Shares of some top airlines companies were down at the close of trading: Delta Air fell $.97 or 1.9 percent, to $49.18.

Safety regulators seek to fine United Airlines $1.3 million, claiming that the carrier violated rules about shipping hazardous material often by inaccurately describing the amount of the cargo.

American Airlines Group Inc. (AAL) on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter net income of $597 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier.

Airlines are cancelling thousands of flights into and out of East Coast airports as a major snowstorm packing up to three feet of snow barrels down on the region.

Shares of some top airlines companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Delta Air fell $.09 or .2 percent, to $50.47.

West Coast dockworkers and their employers have resolved a key dispute in new contract talks.

Thailand's coup-leader-turned-premier Prayuth Chan-ocha says debt-laden Thai Airways will not go bankrupt because the government is supporting it.

Airlines are preparing to shut down operations along the East Coast as a major snowstorm packing up to three feet of snow barrels down on the region.

Shares of some top airlines companies were mixed at the close of trading: Delta Air fell $.14 or .3 percent, to $50.56.

Shares of some top airlines companies are down at 1 p.m.: Delta Air fell $.24 or .5 percent, to $50.46.

Labor strife at seaports along the West Coast prompted thousands of dockworkers to rally against employers they say are trying to exploit a crisis of cargo congestion at harbors that handle about $1 trillion worth of goods annually.

Shares of some top airlines companies are up at 10 a.m.: Delta Air rose $.67 or 1.4 percent, to $49.85.

Negotiators trying to resolve labor strife at West Coast seaports took Thursday off, as dockworkers gathered to rally against employers they say are trying to exploit a crisis of cargo congestion at harbors that handle about $1 trillion worth of goods annually.