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W.R. Grace & Co. has opened its first specialty chemical plant in China and hopes to follow the inve

IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG for the International Longshoremen's Association to make an inroad, albeit a sma

The U.S. Customs Service is sending an urgent message to Congress: Dec. 1 is the absolute deadline f

The import beer business is far from flat, in fact it's not even come to a head yet, the man in char

Reagan administration officials expressed opposition to a pending House of Representatives bill that

India is seeking to buy a second supercomputer from the United States after months of wrangling over

Hungary may be a member of the Eastern Bloc, but reforms under way since the late 1960s have produce

When Carlos Salinas de Gortari was selected in October as the ruling party candidate in Mexico's 198

Northern Border Pipeline Co., Omaha, Neb., Tuesday announced a major new pipeline expansion and exte

The Interstate Commerce Commission will reopen a case involving the rights of two Western railroads

The Supreme Court has agreed to decide a complicated maritime case involving a fatal accident on a s

The U.S. dollar declined Tuesday in the absence of a budget-cutting pact from Washington negotiators

It will be a full house and full debate this week at the annual National Industrial Transportation L

Last week's record-breaking $53.9 million sale of Vincent Van Gogh's ''Irises" is a classic good new

The Office of Management and Budget will try to settle the 18-month-old dispute over whether the Nav

Pfizer Inc. said that it has developed a water-soluble antioxidant formula that can slash smog-induc

The Environmental Protection Agency has softened its threat to ban construction in cities that fail

A controversial proposal to modify union shipping rules is being voted on by members of the Internat

Pa. Turnpike to Start 3rd Automation PhaseThe Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission gave the go-a

A backlash is growing among Japanese lawmakers against what they call "high- handed" pressure from t

Ill. Soybean Processor Focuses on ExportsSoybean processor, Archer Daniels Midland Co., has

U.S. shoe technology has transformed a factory here from obscurity to national prominence, though th

Tourism is the third largest foreign currency earner for Hong Kong and drove hotel occupancy to a cl

China's first locally formed tax consultancy is trying to help foreign investors befuddled by comple

Air Canada will begin regularly scheduled service to South America now that Canada and Venezuela hav

The Interstate Commerce Commission Tuesday heard four Wisconsin paper mills argue for freight rebate

Commerce Secretary C. William Verity warned Japan Tuesday that its continued reluctance to slash its

An antitrust suit by Topgallant Group against Sea-Land Corp. underscores the conflicts in the govern

Aviation safety programs would be crippled if automatic federal spending cuts take effect this Frida

Electric Bills Highest In Chicago, New YorkChicago residents paid about eight times as much

On July 1, 1997, the Union Jack - first unfurled in 1841 by Capt. John Elliot of the Royal Navy - wi

A series of strike-caused flight cancellations Monday at Rome's main international airport began wha

A House subcommittee is slated to begin drafting product liability reform legislation today that wil

Top Stories: International business is emerging as one of Houston's primary targets for broadenin

Short-term market shares for a major anti-hypertensive drug - worth as much as $350 million a year -

Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. reduced the size of the electric rate increase it is seeking from the sta

Ronald Torres is behind bars and his boat is in the Atlantic Ocean. At the bottom. His attor

The 27,401-deadweight-ton Kuwaiti tanker Ras al Barshah will be renamed the Sandgate under the U.K.

In a story appearing on these pages Nov. 13, a memorandum by American President Lines Ltd. is meant

Unisys Defense Systems announced a $40 million, two year contract to provide data processing support