Transportation

Southwest Airlines Co. said Monday that a key revenue figure rose between 4 and 5 percent in November thanks to higher traffic than a year earlier.

Engineered and applied products maker TriMas is planning to spin off its Cequent businesses into a separate, publicly traded company.

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Shares of some top airlines companies are up at 10 a.m.: Delta Air rose $.87 or 1.9 percent, to $47.29.

Shares of some top airlines companies are up at 1 p.m.: Delta Air rose $1.97 or 4.4 percent, to $46.72.

Ryanair keeps soaring higher and higher.

The FBI has arrested the treasurer of a debt-ridden public agency in Puerto Rico that the government is trying to bail out with help from a proposed tax increase that has angered many.

Customer-service agents at Southwest have approved a new labor contract, a boost for the airline, which hasn't been able to get a deal with pilots or ramp workers.

Dramatic government test results raise new concern that bulk shipments of rechargeable lithium batteries carried as cargo on passenger planes are susceptible to fires or explosions that could destroy the airliners.

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.