Federal Aviation Administration officials recently have become concerned by a high rate of safety problems at
in recent weeks and are stepping up scrutiny of the carrier, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Sasha Johnson, United’s vice president of corporate safety, said in a memo seen by the Journal that “the number of safety-related events in recent weeks have rightfully caused us to pause and evaluate whether there is anything we can and should do differently.” United shares were down 4.3% in premarket trading.
was falling 2.9% and
declined 2.3% following a report from the Financial Times that said China has begun implementing guidelines that will have microprocessors made by the chip makers phased out of government PCs and servers. The guidance, issued Dec. 26 with little fanfare,…