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Boston Ed to Cut Contract WorkersBoston Edison Co. said it will reduce by about one third th

Call it pride. Call it prejudice. But some on the New Jersey side of the Delaware River will

Mexico's state oil company lowered its crude oil export prices by 28 cents a barrel for December del

A tariff on oil imports has become a campaign issue in Iowa and New Hampshire, with several Democrat

Netumar Lines to Hike Calls at CharlestonNetumar Lines, the privately owned Brazilian flag s

Mundane though it might seem, the China Telephone Directory is a landmark in the country's opening t

Kemper Group wants to form a non-profit mutual insurance company whose directors, Kemper says, could

Employers scaled back their hiring plans after the Oct. 19 stock market plunge but still plan to hir

After years of fighting an uphill battle to sell overseas, Silicon Valley manufacturers are getting

The Reagan administration is intentionally allowing the dollar to weaken to boost U.S. exports and t

It's hard to imagine that two containerports could have grown faster this decade than did Savannah,

Top Stories: A new marine terminal under construction at the port of Baltimore is the only major,

A strike by Air Canada ground workers effectively has shut down all freight and passenger operations

The Supreme Court Monday agreed to decide whether a railroad employee can be denied assistance from

A federal judge here approved a $35.5 million proposal by the Burlington Northern Railroad Co. to fr

Officials in Taiwan are seriously considering a bid to rejoin the General Agreement on Tariffs and T

Despite the ups and downs of coal exports since 1980, the Maritime Administration believes the coal-

Coast Guard officials say it will take at least 10 days to resolve the case of a McAllister Co. barg

British Shipbuilders, the state-owned corporation, reported a substantial improvement in its trading

The Department of Transportation is considering a policy change that wouldallow some insulin

Mon., Nov. 30, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

After looking to foreign suppliers to fill recent spot coal needs, fuel buyers for Florida Power Cor

It was a cliffhanger, but the real end still hasn't been reached in the saga of Thailand's efforts t

About 1,300 representatives of Japanese dairy farmers and food processors across the country staged

Officials in the Philippines are tightening rules for new garment exporters seeking government incen

The duty on cigarettes is now levied on a per-unit basis instead of by weight, in what the Hong Kong

WHY ARE THERE SO MANY AIRPLANE CRASHES? The answer, according to comic Bob Bobcat Goldthwait

Thomas W. "Teddy" Gleason, the 87-year-old retired head of the International Longshoremen's Associat

As the aftershocks from last month's stock market crisis and subsequent economic turmoil begin to su

A new method for performing bone marrow transplants on leukemia patients may double or triple their

Con Ed Seeks OK For Refunds on GasConsolidated Edison Co. of New York asked the state Public

The decision to create two separate work forces at the south of England port of Southampton is provi

A New York-based law organization has urged the Supreme Court to hear the appeal of the Norwegian ow

Fare Hike May Squeeze NJ Transit PassengersNEWARK, N.J. - People who ride New Jersey Transit

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Commercial fisherman Arthur Ochse sends 10 men out on his scallop boat for extended trips at sea wit

Organ Retrieval Groups Face Loss of FundingThe Association of Independent Organ Procurement

Japan No. 1 Market For South Korean SteelSEOUL, South Korea - Japan in the fist nine months

The new fall in the value of the peso is good news for silver mining, Mexico's oldest major export i

The U.S.-Canada free trade agreement may be jeopardized by a possible Canadian court challenge over