Transportation

Shares of some top airlines companies were mixed at the close of trading: Delta Air fell $.95 or 2.1 percent, to $44.67.

Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are ubiquitous in consumer goods from laptops to cellphones.

Dramatic government tests results are raising concern that bulk shipments of rechargeable lithium batteries carried in passenger airplanes are susceptible to fires or explosions that could destroy the airliners.

Delta has reduced flights between New York and Ghana's capital of Accra by 18 percent, citing weaker passenger demand.

Labor strife on the West Coast waterfront isn't going to steal Christmas.

Majority Republicans in the Senate defeated a bill Tuesday that would halve Michigan's highest-in-the-country limits on truck weight, rejecting arguments that the move would help keep roads from getting worse.

Asarco is appealing to federal regulators in its dispute with Union Pacific over lead pollution along railroad lines because it wants to make sure the $1.8 billion it has paid for cleanups is effective.

With fewer nonstop flights, airline seats and take-offs, the number of passengers at T.F.

Shares of some top airlines companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Delta Air fell $1.35 or 2.9 percent, to $45.32.

A year ago, Amazon.com workers like 34-year-old Rejinaldo Rosales hiked miles of aisles each shift to "pick" each item a customer ordered and prepare it for shipping.

Shares of some top airlines companies are up at 1 p.m.: Delta Air rose $2.44 or 5.5 percent, to $46.68.

Rain and snow rolled into the Northeast on Wednesday as millions of Americans made the big Thanksgiving getaway, grounding hundreds of flights and turning highways sloppy along the congested Washington-to-Boston corridor.

Shares of some top airlines companies were mixed at the close of trading: Delta Air rose $.16 or .4 percent, to $44.24.

Shares of some top airlines companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: Delta Air rose $.23 or .5 percent, to $44.31.

A nor'easter headed up the East Coast could cause havoc for millions of Thanksgiving travelers.

Environmental groups and the Nez Perce Tribe have filed a lawsuit to stop proposed dredging of the lower Snake River to aid barge traffic from Lewiston, Idaho — the farthest inland seaport on the West Coast.

Shares of some top airlines companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Delta Air rose $.07 or .2 percent, to $43.58.

Shares of some top airlines companies were up at the close of trading: Delta Air rose $.42 or 1.0 percent, to $43.51.

Shares of some top airlines companies are up at 1 p.m.: Delta Air rose $.30 or .7 percent, to $43.39.

Shares of some top airlines companies were down at the close of trading: Delta Air fell $.87 or 2.0 percent, to $43.09.