Christopher Hinton

F-35 engine work halted

NEW YORK -- The U.S. Department of Defense ordered General Electric Co. and its partner Rolls Royce Group PLC to stop development of the F136 jet engine, its first step to formally kill the controversial program to provide the F-35 warplane with an alternate engine.

(MICHAEL STRAVATO/The Associated Press) A newly painted United Airlines plane (bottom) leaves from Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston on Friday.

Continental, United complete merger

NEW YORK -- Continental Airlines and the parent of United concluded their merger Friday to form United Continental Holdings Inc., the world's largest carrier.

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