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Local officials here are upset that Belcher New England Inc. wants to convert some former Texaco oil

Brazil, a significant petroleum importer, expects to reach petroleum self- sufficiency in a decade,

The owner of a radioactive materials storage site whose license expired two years ago has been charg

Nippon Steel Corp. of Japan has paid a Malaysian government-backed company 467.5 million ringgits ($

Businesses plan to increase spending for new plant and equipment 1.8 percent this year after cutting

Conrail Registers 43 percent Rise in NetConrail reported net income increased 43.3 percent t

Ryder System Changes Customs Service NameLONG BEACH, Calif. - Ryder System Inc. of Miami, an

Caterpillar Inc. has thrown a heavy hat into the ring in the race for the electronic diesel engine m

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

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

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

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

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

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

The European Commission said it opened an anti-dumping investigation against Japanese exports of pri

Fires following earthquakes are a greater threat to property insurance companies than building colla

For many people, spring is a season for renewal, a pickup in the pace of life. But it is als

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Mexico is renewing oil sales to Guatemala, the Ministry of Energy and Mines announced. The o

Gasoline inventories declined moderately, according to the latest weekly supply bulletin from the Am

The seven-month-old U.S.-Japan Semiconductor Arrangement of 1986 will work if given sufficient time

GATT Will Probe US-Japan Chip PactThe council of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

US Energy Corp. Plans Uranium MineRIVERTON, Wyo. - The U.S. Energy Corp. said it intends to

Textile importers claim their problems with Customs began to worsen when Con gress passed the Anti-D

GENERAL NEWS The Philippines is threatening to demand new talks on its debt restructuring.

The U.S. dollar edged higher Wednesday with the aid of an expanded currency swap program among major

Officials claimed the Argentine government won most of its demands in negotiations on a new loan and

Early last January the U.S. Customs Service seized a shipment of men's pantsfrom Hong Kong.<

Longshoremen are sailing across the Hudson River as fast as their jobs are moving from New York to

Torchmark Income Rises SlightlyBIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A price war in the property business is un

The America's Cup is back in America, and the vessels that competed in it are on their way. Seven 12

Presentation of the AIG Insurance Industry Ski Cup to Kendall Insurance Inc., winners of the 1987 Ad

Pennsylvania Blue Shield and its Keystone Health Plan East affiliatesaid they will pay for subscribe

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

Shoichiro Toyoda, president of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers' Association, plans to renew the

A panel of leading financial executives foresees moderate gains for the U.S. economy for two more ye

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

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

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

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