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The coal industry is trying to convince the Supreme Court to invalidate a Pennsylvania law requiring

Northwest Airline's order of two 747-200 freighters gives it the flexibility to put freighters back

Babcock & Wilcox Unit To Build Egyptian PlantBabcock & Wilcox, an operating unit of McDermot

Union Carbide Corp. announced agreement in principle to sell the assets of its electrical carbon bus

Council of Logistics Management, New York City round-table. Nov. 14, Bristol- Myers Co., second floo

The Brazilian government could swap railway equipment and iron ore for Chinese coking coal in a $50

Two of Britain's largest general lines insurance companies, Commercial Union Assur ance Co. PLC and

The maker of a stomach balloon used to treat obesity is warning doctors to curtail its use after 80

Antitrust problems in the health-care industry will be the focus of the Federal Trade Commission in

Heavy-duty trucks are starting to live longer on the road than in deal er catalogues. While

Lloyd's of London lawyers say a proposed state rule governing surplus and excess lines insurance bro

Santa Fe Railway has begun offering shippers a network of high-speed, low-cost freight trains opera

Newark Airport to Get Rail Station, MonorailNewark International Airport will be linked with

US Sanctions Expected WASHINGTON - President Reagan is expected to act promptly on recommend

As Hanjin Container Lines and Hyundai Merchant Marine realign from their recent breakup, a port offi

YEARS AGO, IN SWITZERLAND, George Telfer, then our world trade editor, asked a clerk at his hotel fo

The director of the Teamsters union's largest pension fund said he is pleased with a labor/managemen

Hyman Freightways Inc. expects to provide more direct truck service to Midwestern cities through its

When Alexander Krygsman, director of the port of Stockton, thought he'd been smeared by a civil gran

Alfredo del Mazo, Mexico's recently appointed minister of energy and state industry, outlined an amb

The official opening of a new session of Parliament Wednesday confirmed Prime Minister Margaret That

Toshiba Corp., the Japanese electronics company, will open a plant here to produce color television

S. Koreans to Expand Semiconductor OutputSEOUL, South Korea - Anticipating booming exports,

2nd Saga Ship Enters Westwood ServiceVANCOUVER, British Columbia - The second of a new class

Top-to-bottom computerization and company-wide information sharing, the next step in U.S. industry's

The U.S. semiconductor market showed modest gains in October, according to an industry group.

A trip to Japan by two California businessmen two years ago sparked a tie between two cities that wa

Vancouver longshoremen get paid for riding 40 miles by taxi to work at a pulp-handling terminal at t

GENERAL NEWSAbout 43,000 Ford Motor Co. salaried employees in the United States and Canada w

When steamship companies require additional personnel during peak busi ness periods, they normally d

With the official go-ahead for a third bottling plant, Pepsico Inc. believes it will be the largest

Xerox Corp. unveiled a long-term research plan aimed at cutting the $25 billion annual cost for U.S.

Britain is likely to overtake the United States as the world's top invisible exporter soon, the Brit

Some 85,000 visitors are expected to explore new techniques and technologies of the computer industr

Houston Puts BakerIn Port JobThe Port of Houston Authority tapped shipping industry

Reverse discrimination denying men promotions to advance women and minorities will be the focus of S

China will at last become a significant commercial borrower in the next five years, U.S. bankers att

President Reagan should quickly agree to raise legislated targets for U.S. budget deficits, to help

Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. reported its net income for the three months ended Sept. 30 was $10,

The marketing patterns and plans of U.S. farmers for the rest of this year are not likely to be chan