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Germany to Ban Lead In Regular GasolineBONN, West Germany - The West German government clear

On New Immigration Bill: We have the potential for a real (farm) crisis on our hands.- Sen.

On Trade Wars Today's trade wars are based on wage competition - on squeezing more out of wo

Delta to Increase Order for MD-88sATLANTA - Delta Air Lines announced an agreement with the

Kuwait stepped up its campaign Wednesday to rally regional and international support to avert furthe

Logistics Group Honors W.A. RaedelThe New York Roundtable of the Council of Logistics Manage

The compact pickup market, once the domain of trucks imported from Japan and today the highest-volum

The Maritime Administration has published a pamphlet explaining the details of this country's strict

Great Lakes port officials are trying to get their marketing act together before they take it on the

An Indian relief ship left this southern port Wednesday with about 800 metric tons of food and medic

Top Stories Investors and traders are adopting a generally optimistic stance toward the poli

Carriers are going to have to do even more adapting to stay abreast of technological advances and in

Tupperware Home Parties, a unit of Premark International Inc., will close an Idaho plant and expand

The ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that Washington state's manufacturing tax discriminates against

The tremendous dependence" by Asian exporters on the United States as a market is piling up serious

The port of Freeport, Texas, has called for changes in "flagrantly discriminatory" federal laws that

The Australian subsidiary of General Motors has become the country's largest exporter of manufacture

GENERAL NEWS Top superconductor physicists predict a room-temperature superconductor will be

The declining dollar and U.S. tax law changes substantially influenced interna tional investment flo

The government of Sri Lanka has opened a tea promotion board in the United States in hopes of recapt

A U.S. Navy team Wednesday began mine-sweeping operations off Kuwait in a area where Iran reported

Crowley Maritime Corp.'s American Transport Lines is changing its back-and- forth , trans-Pacific ro

Three of the 11 Kuwaiti tankers President Reagan wants to protect in the Persian Gulf have been atta

June 24 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High Low

The U.S. dollar moved broadly lower Wednesday in quiet, nervous trading. Analysts said there

The House Ways and Means Committee voted Wednesday to add prescription drugs to catastrophic health

The weakening dollar is causing problems for Japanese insurance companies, according to John J. Robe

Declaring itself "bullish" on prospects, the Malaysian unit of Exxon Corp.plans to invest M$

Jobs created by Japanese firms in California have increased by 56 percent since 1983, and all indica

Japan, China Sign Loan Accord for 1987Japan will provide China with 85 billion yen, or $586

The tremendous dependence" by Asian exporters on the United States as a market is piling up serious

Shipping industry officials blame a 17 percent decline in coal shipments from Lake Erie ports during

The current upheaval in South Korea is not likely to tarnish that nation's long-term economic outloo

Peat Marwick named several partners. Steven R. Kay audit partner, insurance and government auditing,

The United States and Brazil appear close to a major accord on computer software protection.

A federal judge whose court is handling more than 1,500 asbestos-related claims by seamen against sh

Electric Pulse Record Set by IBM ScientistsYORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. - IBM scientists here have

Nuclear Power Output Up 22 percent, OECD SaysThe amount of electricity generated by nuclear

Jobs created by Japanese firms in California have increased by 56 percent since 1983, and all indica

The House voted 340-81 Wednesday to give the Army Corps of Engineers $3.2 billion for port dredging,