The labour dispute at a London locomotive factory was nasty, brutish and short - a depressingly Hobbesian scenario in which brute strength prevailed over civilized rules of conduct.

Caterpillar Inc., the largest construction and mining-equipment maker, plans to close a Canadian locomotive plant that employs about 800 people after failing to reach an agreement with locked-out union members.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is seeking offers for more of the mortgage bonds assumed in the government rescue of American International Group Inc.

The Weirton United Way is hosting a pre-Super Bowl party at the Knights of Columbus on Saturday.

U.S. stocks advanced, extending the best start to a year for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index since 1987, after a report showed that employment growth topped estimates and the jobless rate unexpectedly fell to 8.3 percent.