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Oil prices could rise in the next quarter even if the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

An environmentalist told a federal hearing into offshore oil leases that the Interior Department has

The global oil price slump forced Amoco, the multinational U.S. petroleum company, to suspend oil ex

Spot Natural Gas Prices Increase SlightlySpot natural gas prices for December show a margina

Coastal Corp. signed a letter of intent with Pester Marketing Co., Des Moines, Iowa, to assume opera

Atlantic Petroleum Corp., King of Prussia, Pa., completed its acquisition of Ultramar Petroleum Inc.

A higher profile in the international small package/courier market, a new service to Japan and expan

Top Stories Soviet Trade Minister Boris Aristov says expanding trade with the United States

Prudential Insurance Co. of America and the McLean Industries companies are waging a court battle ov

After 66 test flights, an 11,900-mile closed circuit record attempt, new propellers and hundreds of

Opening the world's first full-scale tidal power plant 20 years ago, President Charles de Gaulle sai

Conrail Expands Newark FacilityConrail is completing a $5.3 million expansion of its Doremus

A federal court of appeals has upheld another Interstate Commerce Commission decision not to impose

15-Day Rates Notice Struck Down by DOTThe Department of Transportation turned down a proposa

Air Canada's hopes of taking over the international routes of rival Canadian Pacific Air Lines are u

General Motors Corp.'s Fisher Guide Division is putting its 2,080-worker component plant in Elyria,

Mont. Power Names NeillTo New PostBUTTE, Mont. - Montana Power Co., Montana's larges

Brazil's finance minister said his country will seek to renegotiate its $100 billion debt. I

Foreign banks are up in arms over what they see as high-handed and discriminatory action by the sult

GENERAL NEWSNovember jobs figures were somewhat stronger than expected, helping the fourth-q

The United States may soon lift a ban on imports of Soviet nickel, as one of a series of small steps

The stronger-than-expected November jobs report helped the outlook for economic growth through this

EC Studies Greek Plan BRUSSELS, Belgium - European Community finance ministers this week are

The withdrawal of United States Lines from the North Atlantic leaves the door open for Sea-Land Serv

The new Soviet law on joint ventures with foreign companies and the new economic restructuring steps

Inequities in the nation's highway funding programs are increasing thepressure for higher tr

High-speed, low-cost information technology will make secondary markets more accessible to investors

Josephine Driscoll winds up her one-year term as president of the National Association of Insurance

The credit markets have come through the Armsgate crisis without adverse impact thus far and they ap

Open Market Sought ROME - Henry Goldfield, U.S. undersecretary of commerce for trade develop

Treasury Secretary James A. Baker III criticized plans that would offer broad debt forgiveness and i

As Democrats prepare to take over Congress, the bared fangs of U.S. protectionists are having a prof

London's influential insurance groups are welcoming long-awaited European Court of Justice rulings g

The controversy over U.S. arms sales to Iran and the diversion of funds to the Nicaraguan rebels cou

Business executives in the United States and England fear the Iran arms controversy could seriously

The westbound shipping conference for the trade from the Western Mediterranean to U.S. Atlantic and

Speakes Resignation WASHINGTON - Presidential spokesman Larry Speakes said he is resigning h

Factory Orrders Plummet Orders to U.S. factories plunged 3.6 percent in October, the biggest

United States Lines said it is pulling out of the TransPacific Westbound Rate Agreement early next y

Norfolk Southern believes shippers will view RoadRailer, a truck trailer with rail wheels, as a tran