Delta cites weak passenger demand in reducing round-trip flights between NY and Ghana
Delta has reduced flights between New York and Ghana's capital of Accra by 18 percent, citing weaker passenger demand.
Talks resume on West Coast dockworkers' contract; cargo flow still slow but holiday goods OK
Labor strife on the West Coast waterfront isn't going to steal Christmas.
Michigan Senate rejects lower truck weights; GOP says heavy loads not a factor in poor roads
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 urges regulators to evaluate lead pollution along abandoned Union Pacific tracks
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.
Fewer nonstop flights, take-offs lead to sharp drop in passenger use of T.F. Green Airport
With fewer nonstop flights, airline seats and take-offs, the number of passengers at T.F.
Airlines companies shares mixed at 10 a.m.
Shares of some top airlines companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Delta Air fell $1.35 or 2.9 percent, to $45.32.
Amazon shows off army of new robots designed to help workers meet holiday shipping crunch
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.
Airlines companies shares up at 1 p.m.
Shares of some top airlines companies are up at 1 p.m.: Delta Air rose $2.44 or 5.5 percent, to $46.68.
Snow and rain slow Thanksgiving travelers in the Northeast; hundreds of flights canceled
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.
Airlines companies shares mixed at the close of trading
Shares of some top airlines companies were mixed at the close of trading: Delta Air rose $.16 or .4 percent, to $44.24.
Airlines companies shares mixed at 1 p.m.
Shares of some top airlines companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: Delta Air rose $.23 or .5 percent, to $44.31.
Coastal storm, including snow, could snarl plans for Thanksgiving travelers along East Coast
A nor'easter headed up the East Coast could cause havoc for millions of Thanksgiving travelers.
Environmental groups file lawsuit to stop dredging of Snake River intended to aid barges
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.
Airlines companies shares mixed at 10 a.m.
Shares of some top airlines companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Delta Air rose $.07 or .2 percent, to $43.58.
Airlines companies shares up at the close of trading
Shares of some top airlines companies were up at the close of trading: Delta Air rose $.42 or 1.0 percent, to $43.51.
Airlines companies shares up at 1 p.m.
Shares of some top airlines companies are up at 1 p.m.: Delta Air rose $.30 or .7 percent, to $43.39.
Airlines companies shares down at the close of trading
Shares of some top airlines companies were down at the close of trading: Delta Air fell $.87 or 2.0 percent, to $43.09.
In contract dispute with West Coast port dockworkers, employers say union is taking 'break'
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.
Pa. high court: judge properly reduced $14M verdict to $500K for girl run over by school bus
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.
Airlines companies shares down at 10 a.m.
Shares of some top airlines companies are down at 10 a.m.: Delta Air fell $.08 or .2 percent, to $44.37.