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Denver & Rio Grande Orders New Rail CarsDenver & Rio Grande Railroad said it has placed orde

Brazilians' jovial love of celebrations was nowhere evident Wednesday as this country completed the

Ever since the proposed merger between Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. and Fujitsu Ltd. collapsed earl

Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., will try to add prescription drug coverage to leg islation from the Hou

Conn. Agents Elect Pinkney, LennoxWETHERSFIELD, Conn. - John E. Pinkney was elected presiden

Mild temperatures last winter saved Americans $2.2 billion by lower ing the demand for heat across m

When Alistair Jackson wanted to import wet suits into the United States from his native England in t

Dravo Mechling Corp. just signed a one-year contract with a major coal supplier to barge export coal

Stocks broke a string of five consecutive losses Thursday, as buyers were attracted by a relatively

National Maritime Day brought traditional tributes to the merchant marine's contributions to the nat

New York City Bridges Get Funds for RepairsTwo New York City bridges will be repaired in par

Officials trying to help a New Orleans family squeeze their sailboat under a bridge took careful mea

Low-power testing will resume shortly for a third time at the Shoreham nuclear plant as new safety e

The board of the Occidental Petroleum Corp. declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of 62.5 cents

Just when you thought your boss couldn't come up with one more special assignment in addition to you

WASHINGTON - For the week ended May 9, piggyback freight hauled by the nation's major railroads tota

A collection of steam whistles, salvaged from scows and barges, tugs and Liberty ships, filled New Y

Canada Approves Lumber Pact With USA controversial lumber agreement with the United States,

The House Merchant Marine Subcommittee approved a bill to increase the power of the Federal Maritime

The New Jersey Turnpike Authority awarded $21.6 million in construction contracts for the first part

Consolidated Natural Gas Co. elected George A. Davidson Jr. chairman and chief executive, succeeding

Lockheed Shipbuilding Co. has withdrawn its bid for a $1 billion Navy destroyer contract, fueling sp

The owner of a barge of garbage that went 6,100 miles only to end up where it started says he's not

Calif. Vintners Vote Statewide CommissionST. HELENA, Calif. - The state's winemakers voted W

Trading practices dating back more than a century will end next week when the London Metal Exchange

Depending on the laws of the countries where its branches operate, the Banco do Brasil faces in the

The Jaime Lusinchi administration's excessive fiscal demands on Petroleos de Venezuela SA have place

Senate Finance Committee chairman Lloyd Bentsen, D-Texas, said that he "would certainly oppose" any

Spain's Empresa Nacional de Petroleo has threatened to close its Tarragona refinery indefinitely if

The surge in U.S. grain exports has provided a much-needed boost to the grain transportation system.

Health costs, which have been outpacing the general rate of inflation, will continue an upward spira

Plans by Indonesia's state-owned air carrier, Garuda, to upgrade its fleet with new aircraft are bei

Transfracht, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Bundesbahn, West Germany's federal railways system, ha

South Korea to Build Port on West CoastSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea will build a $1 bill

The Agriculture Department said private exporters have sold the Soviet Union an additional 400,000 m

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

The port of San Francisco's director, Gene Gartland, has been cleared of conflict of interest charge

Great Lakes water levels are retreating, giving thousands of shoreline property owners a long-awaite

Several U.S. refiners increased their posted buying prices of West Texas Intermediate crude oil, the

Brazilians' jovial love of celebrations was nowhere evident Wednesday as this country completed the