Transportation

Negotiations over a new contract for dockworkers at 29 West Coast ports took an unexpected turn Thursday, as the union insisted on "small table" talks while employers decried the "extended break." The full teams for the longshoreman's union and the association representing trans-ocean shipping lines and operators of port terminals aren't scheduled to meet again until Dec. 2.

A $14 million jury award to a suburban Philadelphia girl who was run over by a school bus was properly reduced to $500,000, the state's highest court ruled.

Shares of some top airlines companies are down at 10 a.m.: Delta Air fell $.08 or .2 percent, to $44.37.

It will soon cost you money to check a bag on JetBlue if you buy the cheapest level of tickets.

Shares of some top airlines companies are up at 10 a.m.: Delta Air rose $.63 or 1.5 percent, to $44.06.

Shares of some top airlines companies were mixed at the close of trading: Delta Air fell $.32 or .7 percent, to $43.43.

Shares of some top airlines companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: Delta Air rose $.23 or .5 percent, to $43.98.

A century-old rail bridge that causes regular delays on the heavily traveled Northeast Corridor is awaiting funding to finish a replacement project.

America's new postmaster general will face the same daunting problems as the man she will succeed: budget losses in the billions and battles with Congress over cost-cutting.

Shares of some top airlines companies were mixed at the close of trading: Delta Air fell $.33 or .7 percent, to $43.75.

United Airlines says 2,500 flight attendants have accepted payments of up to $100,000 to leave, about 400 more than expected.

Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe says he'll retire Feb. 1 after leading the struggling agency for four years.

Truckers who haul cargo in and out of the massive seaports in Los Angeles and Long Beach are again demonstrating against what they call unfair labor practices.

Shares of some top airlines companies are up at 1 p.m.: Delta Air rose $.67 or 1.5 percent, to $44.07.

The Houston City Council has approved allowing ridesharing companies such as Lyft and Uber to operate at airports.

The nation's transportation grid must be built to withstand a new normal of more serious natural disasters and it won't be cheap or easy, a top official of the U.S. Transportation Department warned Wednesday.

Shares of some top airlines companies are down at 10 a.m.: Delta Air fell $.52 or 1.2 percent, to $43.32.

The Middle East's biggest airline, Emirates, says it earned $514 million in the first six months of its fiscal year as it grew its fleet and more passengers and fuller planes pushed its sales higher.

The shipping company with the largest share of the Hawaii market said Tuesday it will buy the Alaska operations of its competitor.

Shares of some top airlines companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: Delta Air rose $.51 or 1.2 percent, to $43.88.