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To help its clients assess hiring trends, a construction consulting firm created a crane index, which also provides a snapshot of the economy.

A host of regulatory issues have slowed the progress of drone-delivery companies but they are making some progress and lots of tests are underway.

Pacific Gas & Electric, California’s largest utility, has been responsible for wildfires in recent years that destroyed hundreds of thousands of acres. Several proved deadly.

A federal judge’s dismissal of a market manipulation case against a former Barclays trader is further evidence of the difficulty of proving fraud when sophisticated parties are involved.

An app called Citizen promises “awareness” of nearby danger. What it provides is more complicated.

Business leaders are feeling the repercussions of charges issued by prosecutors relating to a college admissions scandal in which parents were accused of fraud and bribery to help their children.

The talks precede Uber’s initial public offering and may ease worries about how costly it is to develop autonomous vehicles.

During Mr. Boardman’s tenure as overseer of the nation’s passenger railroads, from 2008 to 2016, he presided over increases in ridership and revenue.

A natural gas discovery could bolster the economy and revive the country’s regional clout. But Egyptians battling unemployment and inflation might gain little.

The plane is the latest generation of the Boeing 737. American Airlines and Southwest Airlines are among the major U.S. carriers that use it.