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League Urges ICC to Review MergerThe National Industrial Transportation League has urged the

A compromise may be reached in the battle over protectionist legislation toallow a larger qu

Peru says it will open offices in Washington and Paris within a month to arrange deals with creditor

BAT Industries PLC, the tobacco, retail and financial services conglomerate, reported 1986 pretax pr

Cyclops Corp. reconstituted its board Wednesday after Dixons Group PLC of the United Kingdom said it

The Playboy Bunny is coming to India. Later this year, the famous bunny logo will be feature

A conference to explore the future of ocean shipping and other maritime industries will be held at t

A Travelers Corp. unit is trying to take the place of another insurer to join in the insurance and f

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. says it will ask the Federal Energy RegulatoryCommission to chang

American Trucking Associations dropped its objections to random drug testing for drivers of big rigs

Poorly planned Electronic Data Interchange marketing and installation efforts by Marten Transport Lt

Customs inspection delays and storage expenses in San Francisco are forcing apparel shippers to cons

International Fur Fair Set for New YorkThe 1987 American International Fur Fair is designed

California is ready to raise the speed limit to 65 mph on 1,299 miles of nine major freeways if the

Peruvian President Alan Garcia, champion of debt defiance, is getting an ebullient Mexican welcome t

Thomas E. Moran is relinquishing his position as president of Moran Towing Corp. He appointed Malcol

Shipowners and operators are being scrutinized more carefully by insurance companies because of poor

The U.S. dollar was about unchanged Wednesday after rebounding from early losses on a widespread per

Unannounced wiretapping of employees' incoming telephone calls to plug leaks of insider trading info

Rising spot market prices last week pushed up gasoline prices in upstate New York, and boosted heati

China is developing an oil field on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau which is expected to produce 8.4 milli

Brazilian Bank Strike Paralyzes MarketsA strike by Brazilian bank workers entered its second

Integrity Insurance Co. was declared at least $50 million insolvent and placed under the control of

In virtually every nook and cranny of the U.S. Agricultural research community, there is a notation

Growth in Reinforced, Filled Products SeenSales of filled and reinforced plastics in special

National Starch Set For Price IncreaseNational Starch and Chemical Corp. has announced a pri

Foreign airlines are screaming for greater access to the U.S. market and eventually will open their

A British company has developed vacuum tweezers that can be used to eliminate mechanical damage and

South Korea will present a list of alleged Japanese non-tariff barriers against South Korean product

Virginia's first ever import-export directory will roll off the presses April 15, and 4,500 copies w

Two Chinese fish-processing vessels have asked for permission to take part in the whiting fishery of

Contracting for new construction fell 4 percent in February to an annualized rate of $227.6 billion,

The resignation of Argentina's labor minister sparked speculation that the government might abandon

China's bold and sweeping economic reforms will continue, and the door to the outside world will be

A single Canadian sealing ship headed for the ice fields off Labrador after officials approved the r

Oil, pharmaceutical and high-technology stocks were among the casualties Wednesday as profit-taking

Longshoremen briefly refused to tie up a Philippine freighter on Tuesday, saying that the tug compan

GENERAL NEWS Employers can use sex and race criteria in hiring decisions and airlines are ob

Insurance management through the 20th century will be discussed March 26-28 in Lake Placid, N.Y. The

Renewed uncertainty about the yen-U.S. dollar exchange rate makes it even less likely Japanese inves