Transportation

In some spots, the train tracks rise 40 feet above some of Virginia's priciest real estate, held aloft by massive concrete trestles.

Fortune 500 packaging company Sealed Air Corp. will consolidate management operations from several states and relocate its New Jersey headquarters to the Charlotte area, where it plans to employ nearly 1,300 jobs in three years.

Donald Trump hopes to bring his signature brand of glitz to the nation's capital with a new luxury hotel in the city's third-tallest building.

Shares of some top airlines companies were up at the close of trading: Delta Air rose $1.47 or 3.9 percent, to $39.15.

Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL) on Wednesday reported earnings that climbed by 17 percent in its second quarter, and topped analysts' expectations.

Shares of some top airlines companies are up at 10 a.m.: Delta Air rose $.39 or 1.0 percent, to $37.54.

Shares of some top airlines companies are up at 1 p.m.: Delta Air rose $.52 or 1.4 percent, to $37.67.

Malaysia Airlines is in uncharted territory after the disappearance of Flight 370 in March with 239 people aboard was followed this week by the downing of another of its jets, carrying 298 people, over Ukraine.

The possibility that the civilian jetliner downed over war-torn eastern Ukraine with nearly 300 people onboard was hit by a missile could have profound consequences for the world's airlines.

Federal authorities have charged FedEx Corp. with assisting illegal pharmacies by knowingly delivering dangerous drugs to customers without prescriptions.

Shares of some top airlines companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: Delta Air fell $.20 or .5 percent, to $37.83.

United Airlines is defending the poisoning of birds at Houston's biggest airport, saying it was for health and safety reasons.

The New York City transit authority and unions are set to resume talks aimed at averting a weekend strike at the nation's largest commuter railroad.

Shares of some top airlines companies are up at 10 a.m.: Delta Air rose $.16 or .4 percent, to $38.19.

As many as 44 trains a week, each loaded with at least a million gallons of volatile crude oil from North Dakota's Bakken region, move through upstate New York, according to documents released Tuesday by the state.

Anxiety is growing among the nearly 300,000 daily riders caught in the middle of a labor dispute involving the nation's largest commuter railroad.

The Department of Veterans Affairs says it has made "tremendous progress" in reducing a disability claims backlog that reached above 600,000 early last year.

A timeline of events in the federal investigation into alleged rebate fraud at the Pilot Flying J truck-stop chain owned by the family of Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam and his brother, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam: — May 4, 2011: An informant contacts the FBI about a regional sales manager's statement that Pilot is cheating customers out of contractually set rebates.

Authorities say the truck-stop company owned by Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam and Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has agreed to pay $92 million in fines for cheating customers out of promised rebates and discounts.

Shares of some top airlines companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: Delta Air rose $.08 or .2 percent, to $37.31.