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A $4.5 million eyeglass frame manufacturing plant developed by U.S., West German and Egyptian invest

More foreign investment is needed if a key development area in southeastern China is to meet its gov

While many Chinese provinces are making direct pitches for U.S. investment, southeastern Fujian is r

World Bank Approves Credit to ArgentinaThe World Bank approved $500 million in credit to sup

While many Chinese provinces are making direct pitches for U.S. investment, southeastern Fujian is r

It was the moon walk of the 1930s, the bridge that couldn't be built at a time when America despera

The stock market stretched its losing streak to four successive sessions Tuesday as the uncertain ou

The U.S. dollar drifted lower Tuesday as the foreign exchange market waited for clues to emerge from

A U.S. bankruptcy court Tuesday approved two contracts totaling $800,000 to keep key United States L

Bowman Transportation Inc. has strengthened its intrastate service for its Georgia home market.<

Computer Voice System Takes Routine QueriesA computer voice system that handles routine cust

Boston Tugboat Muster Scheduled for July 25The third annual Boston Tugboat Muster and Parade

Navistar International Corp. has joined the race with the wind in introducing its new aerodynamic b

Two California companies controlled by Hollywood producer Burt Sugarman disclosed they may seek to t

The world's shipbuilding order book slumped to a new low during the first quarter of the year.

Evergreen International Corp. plans to establish a shipbuilding and heavy industrial complex in cent

Ferry service has come back to Brooklyn, as part of the city's effort to rediscover "the beauty and

Back at work, plying the waters of Elliott Bay in Puget Sound, the nearly century-old Arthur Foss sh

Royal Nedlloyd, the Dutch shipping, transportation and energy group, is considering the possibility

A leading life insurance firm in Barbados has reached an agreement in principle for the acquisition

The April housing construction figures were moderately weak, but Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige

Senate and House leaders in the health and benefits areas urged businesses providing health insuranc

The United States will seek at the seven-power Venice economic summit to bolster ongoing internation

The attack this week on the U.S. frigate U.S.S. Stark is unlikely on its own to have any effect on i

President Jose Sarney announced plans to sacrifice one year of his presidency to cool political temp

Hospital Corp. of America, the nation's largest owner and manager of hospitals, said it will sell ab

The call from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative caught Glen Fukushima by surprise.

The U.S. government should promote the sale of U.S.-built warships to friendly nations, shipbuilding

In 1984 the United Mine Workers of America struck the A.T. Massey Coal Co. in West Virginia and Kent

Argentina's May 5 agreement to supply Iran with enriched uranium fuel for a research reactor rupture

Saudi King Fahd Tuesday called for maintaining a fixed price for oil "at least for the next two year

The Senate Banking Committee approved legislation aimed at reducing the bulging U.S. trade deficit b

It's business as usual in the oil-rich Persian Gulf. Sunday's rocket attack on a U.S. warship hasn't

How small a road can a big truck travel? That is among the questions facing the Department o

New Jersey Natural Gas Co. is negotiating with Central Hudson Gas & Electric Co., Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

An official from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said operators of the Nine Mile Point 2 powe

The volume of South African coal exports will plummet this year and could remain depressed for the n

May 19, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Unocal Corp. is stepping up spending on natural gas development in the Gulf of Thailand as demand re

Southern Pacific Pipe Lines Inc., a subsidiary of Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp., said Tuesday it w