Exxon Mobil will build or expand 11 projects along the U.S. Gulf Coast in a $20-billion, 10-year program, Darren Woods, Exxon Mobil Corp.’s chairman and CEO, told the annual CERAWeek energy conference in Houston earlier this month.

Airports face an annual $10-billion shortfall to meet their rising infrastructure needs, which total $99.9 billion over the next five years, an airport group says in a new report.

Volvo Construction Equipment reported improved profitability through 2016, but uneven sales growth among its key markets.

Specialty trade contractors lead jobs gains, adding 36,400.

Rail sector rates the best, with a grade of B; transit ranks at the bottom, with a D-minus.