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Ecolab Inc., formerly Economics Laboratory, has moved into the institutional laundry supply business

An opponent of a proposed mini-hydroelectric project near Oakhurst has charged that political pressu

The B.F. Goodrich Co. said it will shut down several manufacturing operations in Akron by the end of

Burlington Northern Railroad is considering selling up to 2,000 miles of lines this year as part of

Drivers Group Seeks Review on ICC RulingThe Owner Operators Independent Drivers Association

A determined effort to integrate Just-In-Time in its distribution network led to Sears Roebuck and C

Recognizing that an increasing number of fish, lobsters and crabs are flying these days, the Air Tra

Gelco Corp.'s second quarter earnings rose to $5.2 million, or 67 cents a share, from $3.2 million,

The National Transportation Safety Board urged the Defense Department to toughen qualification stand

All Nippon Airways To Buy Airbus AircraftAll Nippon Airways Co. of Japan signed a 160 billio

A North American representative of Renaldo Piaggio Co. says the Italian company remains committed to

Sabena's Martin Kovach is intrigued by the notion that two Catch-22 circumstances may conceivably ad

British Aerospace last year made significant sales in the U.S. market, but it was an even bigger cus

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

American Airlines' acquisition of 40 long-range, wide-bodied aircraft from Airbus Industrie and Boei

A Taiwanese delegation left for Washington Tuesday to try to negotiate an increase in this island's

U.S. textile, apparel and footwear manufacturers are stepping up their calls for import relief legis

Luncheon in honor of Clayton Yeutter, U.S. trade representative. Sponsored by the New York Chamber o

A strike at the four-month-old Ford Motor Co. plant here was in its third day Tuesday, but a company

On Competitiveness Competitiveness can be proved only in the testing lab, in the finance dep

Software to Simplify Electronics DesignA British company is introducing an advanced software

The voice of every member country of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade may carry equal weig

Seoul Demonstration SEOUL, South Korea - Demonstrators fought for hours against nearly 50,00

Hong Kong Firms Net Orders at US Toy FairThe Hong Kong Trade Council reported that the 19 Ho

Unilever PLC, the Anglo-Dutch conglomerate, announced fourth quarter 1986 pretax earnings of 276 mi

Prices paid by consumers in the major industrial countries rose an average of only 2.3 percent last

Representatives of SGS Control Services, a large cargo inspection company, speaking at a U.S. Intern

GENERAL NEWS The government's index of economic indicators points away from future growth, f

Sales of new homes fell 6.8 percent in January, the biggest decline since October, as the median pri

The National Association of Realtors said its housing affordability index fell to 109 percent in Jan

Congress should insist on playing an active role in helping set U.S. exchange rate policy, a promine

The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. said that it is closing tire plants in Des Moines, Iowa, Bloomington

The Federal Maritime Commission stressed again that it will insist ocean carriers stick to their tar

The Southern California-to-Hawaii seaborne trade has been dominated by conventional carriers such as

THOSE PROFITS keep rolling in. The port of Long Beach in the first six months of fiscal year 1987 co

Moves by the industrialized nations to stamp out protectionism in shipping gathered speed as U.S. of

United States Lines would lease five ships to Crowley Maritime Corp.'s American Transport Lines unde

Prospects that the marine shipping industry will see an end to the protracted crisis on the world's

Ports are spending millions of dollars to design and install automated information systems and are g

Container traffic through Hong Kong jumped 21 percent last year, making officials pretty sure" it ra