Industrials

Three satellites for the Canadian Space Agency's Earth-monitoring Radarsat program are heading toward orbit aboard a SpaceX rocket.

Mississippi's capital city is suing the German company it hired to overhaul its water billing system, saying the company orchestrated "massive fraud" and failed to deliver on promises of saving the city $120 million.

The Latest on the launch of three Canadian satellites from California (all times local): 7:50 a.m.

Driving the partnerships is the need to invest significantly in new technology as a slowdown in auto sales squeeze margins.

Shares declined in Asia on Wednesday and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index tumbled nearly 2% as thousands continued protests against proposed legislation that many city residents fear could further erode the territory's legal autonomy.

Ackman cited the volatility of the Pentagon's annual budget as a top concern over the tie-up.

U.S. stocks marched higher in early trading Tuesday on Wall Street and extended a winning streak that has recouped much of May's sharp losses.

North Dakota's congressional delegation is calling on President Donald Trump's administration to address the state's year-old request for $38 million to cover the cost of policing protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline.

The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m.

Lynn Osborne has been remodeling two homes.

Raytheon Technologies Corp. will have a research and development budget almost four times that of Boeing's aviation division.

The European Union's antitrust regulator says it's blocking a planned merger between German steelmaker Thyssenkrupp and India's Tata Steel because the move would have cut competition and pushed up prices.

U.S. stocks moved broadly higher in early trading Monday on Wall Street after the U.S. and Mexico averted a trade war and potentially damaging tariffs, while several companies inked billion-dollar deals.

Connecticut's reputation has taken another major blow with the announcement that United Technologies Corp. will be moving its headquarters to Massachusetts as part of its planned merger with Raytheon.

___ US employers hired a record number of people in April WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers hired the most people on record in April, while the number of open jobs was largely unchanged, evidence that the job report remains solid.

The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether residents of two Montana communities can continue their decade-long effort to get the Atlantic Richfield Co. to pay for a more thorough cleanup of arsenic left on properties after a century of copper smelting.

Raytheon Co. and United Technologies Corp. are merging in a deal that creates one of the world's largest defense companies.

The Supreme Court is siding with an Alabama company over the U.S. Postal Service in a patent dispute.

Chrylser is trying to turnaround its business in China, while Renault is dealing with the fallout of the Carlos Ghosn scandal.

President Trump expressed concern about the merger between United Technologies and defense contractor Raytheon, questioning whether the move would create less competition and make it more difficult for the United States to negotiate.