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Japan's Marubeni Corp. concluded a long-term contract with Australia's Wesfarmers Ltd. to import 13

It's a story often repeated in the energy industry: A producing company cannot sell natural gas beca

President Reagan proposed a 12 percent increase in spending on aviation programs in fiscal 1988, but

Car sales by the Big Three domestic automakers soared in mid-December to 26.3 percent above December

The government will spend more than $3 billion in 1987 to promote non- petroleum exports, said Alfre

Japanese construction firms operating in the United States may be danger of an antitrust review.

McDonnell NamesWorshamST. LOUIS - McDonnell Douglas Corp. named James E. Worsham cor

GENERAL NEWS The Reagan administration can expect help from Congress on the budget, like it

President Reagan's new budget recommends spending $350 million more over five years for projects dem

Only two surface transportation proposals in the president's new budget, involving highway funding a

A strike by French seamen and port personnel in effect since mid-December was called off after the g

President Reagan proposed new legislation to charge employers higher insurance fees if they don't ad

The Reagan administration will need help in achieving a fiscal 1988 budget def icit of $107.8 billio

The outlook for Asia's principal trading economies this year is brighter than 12 months ago, but muc

The Reagan administration unveiled part of its program to help make the U.S. economy more internatio

President Reagan's fiscal 1988 budget, like its recent predecessors, lacks any good news for the mar

Significant premium increases last year helped the property and casualty insurance industry to produ

British Company Changes Its NameThe word Shipping has been dropped from the name of a long-

The three Rotterdam conventional cargo handlers that hoped to merge under the name Triton abandoned

The Kansas City Southern Railroad put itself forward as an alternative to the proposed merger of the

US Pushes '87 Summit WASHINGTON - The White House renewed President Reagan's invitation to S

The Bahamian tanker Galerie was hit by missiles from an Iraqi warplane Jan. 2. The 66,113-gr

About 2,200 containers of cargo have been unloaded from the three United States Lines ships arrested

The government reinstated cost-of-living increases on savings and loan accounts in a move designed

A publisher says American music lovers shouldn't be able to buy an imported recording of Frank Sinat

Hotels, airlines and governments throughout the Caribbean are The ornate El San Juan Hotel reopened

The European Community Commission has approved development grants totaling 53.3 million European Cur

India Voices Concern COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - India expressed concern Monday over economic sanct

A leak of a dangerous chemical from one of 27 derailed cars in a Conrail freight train was plugged a

A hand-lettered sign on the door of the darkened store announces that the foreign-currency food shop

Supermarket workers who struck for nearly two and a half years rather than handle South African frui

Leaves for Washington NEW DELHI, India - Indian Foreign Secretary A.P. Venketeswaran leaves

Rescue workers using cranes pulled more bodies out of a crumpled Amtrak train Monday that derailed a

Prime Minister Robert Mugabe's decision to let pass a deadline for imposing sanctions against South

Amtrak, the government-subsidized passenger railroad, began service in 1971 after several private ra

Indemnification and absolution from liability are playing key roles in a dispute between the Boston

A flatbed trailer truck rolled through this hamlet carrying an 85-foot-long cylinder with the words

The Department of Defense may ease a transportation safety proposal that would have barred some truc

ICC Blocks B&O Plan To Abondon TrackThe Interstate Commerce Commission blocked the Baltimore

Flying Tiger Line Cancels Cargo ContractFlying Tiger Line said it canceled its contract last