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Bowing to pressure from the provinces and carriers, the federal government has decided to weaken its

The Department of Transportation should rescind United Airlines' right to operate daily service bet

SAS Scandinavian Airlines System tells us there is some good news indeed when it comes to our chance

The typical U.S. household is less crowded than ever before, with the number of people in each home

Honduras announced it will accept delivery in December of four advanced fighter jets from the United

World Lays Off 143 More EmployeesOAKLAND, Calif. - World Airways said it laid off 143 employ

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

Figures for both the industrial and consumer activity in March came in weak, adding to the view of a

As the yen takes off into the stratosphere, Japan is scrambling to move business offshore and to est

Contracts for new construction will decline 2 percent to $239.1 billion in 1987 as continued strengt

Hershey Plans to Buy Canadian Nabisco UnitHERSHEY, Pa. - Hershey Foods Corp. has entered int

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

Work on the placement of new safety valves at the Nine Mile Point 2 nuclear power plant is complete

Ashland Chemical Co. is targeting Florida's estimated $30-million-a-year market for marine resins wi

TECO Energy Inc.'s board authorized the formation of new subsidiaries in cogeneration and finance, a

Although overall U.S. production of sulfur declined in the first four months of the year and invento

A leak of sodium coolant in France's prototype breeder nuclear power reactor has been found, and rep

Merck Earnings Increase 28 percentRAHWAY, N.J. - Merck & Co. reported net income climbed 28

Seatrain Lines Inc. said its plan to emerge from Chapter 11 was confirmed as expected on April 9. Ef

U.S. allegations that Japanese companies sold semiconductor chips in Hong Kong at unfair prices have

S. Korea BOP Surplus Soared in 1st QuarterSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea posted a current

Nippon Steel Co., the world's largest steel maker, and the U.S. biotechnology firm Calgene Inc., of

The council of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade voted Wednesday to set up a panel to inves

Sonat Inc. said Wednesday it has completed the sale of Sonat Marine Inc.'s tug and barge operations

Standard & Poor's Corp. has upgraded the debt rating of the port of Long Beach to AA- from A+, based

A Philippines-flag vessel sailing to Kuwait with a load of Australian sheep was attacked and set abl

A Boston Fuel Transportation Co. tug lay alongside a Panamanian-registered cement carrier in a Bosto

Thomas W. Gleason, president of the International Longshoremen's Association, denied Wednesday that

The U.S. Coast Guard's new multimillion-dollar helicopters are spending more time in the shop than i

Trans Freight Lines and Transax/RATES, the maritime information company, have opened a mainframe-to

Anniversaries tend to commemorate singular events: a birth, a death. By the time a 75th rolls around

Federal mediation between the Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific and Crowley Maritime was called o

All 174 people who are confirmed to have died in the March 6 ferry disaster off this North Sea port

The British Customs labor dispute started to bite in Northern Ireland this week, while Spanish civil

A plan to close most Customs inspection sites in northern California could drive more cargo away fro

Truck drivers hauling burgers, fries and chicken nuggets to thousands of McDonalds restaurants will

The Philippine government moved its efforts to woo American and other foreign capital back to the Ph

Only three weeks after laboriously hammering out a deal to restructure some of its US$28 billion deb

H. Warner Krause, president and chief executive of Siemens Information Systems and its newly acquire

The commission of the European Community said Wednesday it will make a series of proposals over the