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Westinghouse Electric Corp. said it has purchased majority interest in Mictron Inc. from the Lamb Te

A joint venture to establish an advanced biomedical research laboratory near Rome was announced Thur

Exports of Washington apples are up 310 percent so far this year, thanks to a huge increase in sales

Lawyers in the Texaco bankruptcy case have earned nearly $6 million in four months since the giant o

Federal Express Corp. has expanded its emergency parts shipment program to regular routine service.<

The Polish liner Stefan Batory, after carrying more than 125,000 passengers between Montreal and Eur

A cutback in Inter-American Development Bank lending to Latin America and the Caribbean now appears

An agency of the World Wildlife Fund claims that Japan has been illegally importing vast amounts of

Mulroney Offers Bill To Halt Postal StrikePrime Minister Brian Mulroney's Conservative gover

Fed Gov. Heller Urges Monetary CoordinationWASHINGTON - Monetary policy should be coordinate

A dockworkers' union local must tell the Waterfront Commission why it is paying an organized crime f

Iranian commandos fired on a Saudi tanker Wednesday, and maritime executives predicted more of the s

Indonesia exported industrial products worth US$2.1 billion in this year's first five months, an inc

NY Legislator Seeks Underwriting ActionState Assembly Insurance Committee Chairman Howard La

The French insurer, Compagnie du Midi, emerged Wednesday as the victor in the takeover battle for Br

Top Stories The twin ports of Bremen/Bremerhaven are facing increased competition from other

The U.S. ban on imports of a synthetic fiber manufactured by the Dutch company Akzo NV is to be inve

The White House is expected to nominate James Burnley, deputy transportation secretary, as Secretary

Fujitsu Micelectronics Inc. will break ground here today for a $70 million semiconductor plant.<

European nations should place new restrictions on agricultural imports before they cut their farm su

McAllister Bros. Inc., one of the largest tugboat operators on the East Coast, is asking a court to

Six state representatives from Philadelphia Tuesday called for the resignation of the chairman of th

Officials of China Petrochemical Corp., Sinopec, the Chinese petrochemical production company recent

The Environmental Protection Agency has begun a $2 million emergency cleanup program at the Nyanza h

Process Evaluation & Development Corp. of Dallas has signed a contract with agencies of The People's

Computer Sciences Corp. said it has won a contract valued at up to $151 million to design a new comp

Supplies of distillate fuel oil and gasoline were virtually unchanged last week, according to the la

The United Mine Workers union violated federal labor law when it negotiated a new contract with with

Japan's energy needs will grow 1.4 percent annually, reaching 3.39 billion barrels of crude oil equi

Emery Air Freight reported September shipments rose 11 percent to 1.31 millionfrom 1.17 mill

Navistar International Transportation Corp. has begun start-up operations and pilot production at a

Oct. 7 Baltic International Freight Futures Exchangeprev.Close High Low

The head of Japan's prestigious Science Council says his country is looking for someone to build a c

New York City officials said they offered an attractive deal to Dole Fruit Co. to continue shipping

Major Banks Raise Prime Rate to 9.25 percentMajor U.S. banks raised their prime lending rate

LCP Chemicals Hikes Potassium PricesLCP Chemicals & Plastics Inc. announced off-schedule and

When a replica of the ship that English privateer Francis Drake used to haul off 30 tons of Spanish

Ohio Gov. Richard Celeste signed a tort reform bill Monday night that will significantly change civi

The insurance industry won a small battle late Tuesday when a federal ruling granted a stay in the c

With total cargo volume up more than 20 percent, American President Cos. Wednesday reported third qu