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The purchase by media magnate Rupert Murdoch of a substantial stake in the local South China Morning

Bulgaria has won its bid to start negotiations on becoming a member of the General Agreement on Tari

Federal and corporate policies must change if the U.S. merchandise trade deficit is to decline signi

China plans to increase its arms trade with foreign countries while at the same time developing weap

The United States, Canada and Australia backed a European Community request for an arbitration panel

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Richard Lyng reacted with dismay to the Canadian government's imposition

Energy Assistance Available in CaliforniaLOS ANGELES - About $78 million in federal energy a

IEP (UK), the investment group headed by New Zealander Ron Brierley, has raised its bid for the U.K.

U.S. companies rely heavily on overseas suppliers, but their international transportation and distri

Nine leading international maritime organizations have appealed for action by the United Nations to

Lebanese cargo airline TMA is targeting early December for a resumption of the wide-ranging freighte

Copper Glo Fuel Inc., Clarfield, Tenn., received a contract to supply 11,000 tons of coal to the Ten

For the week ended Oct. 25, 1986, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equ

South Korean defense minister Lee Ki-Baek said South Korea would be forced to take self-defensive me

Veronex Resources Ltd. received an official certificate of commerciality from Pertamina, the Indones

Transamerica Airlines Sells Seven FreightersOAKLAND, Calif. - Transamerica Airlines said it

People Express Airlines Inc. said it will eliminate service from Newark to Detroit and Washington D

Dominion Resources Inc. plans to restructure and diversify, with an eye toward getting involved in f

Brown Transport Offers 1.6 Million New SharesBrown Transport Co., a holding company for one

The nation's air traffic control systems are excellent but not sufficient to meet future air transpo

Gas from Norway's Haltenbanken offshore area could be used in the future to generate half of Sweden'

The performance of large fossil-fueled electric generating plants continued to improve in 1985, acco

Three Eastern Airlines labor unions say they have agreed to fund an employee stock ownership plan an

JAL Reports Slide In Net EarningsJapan Air Lines Co. reported unconsolidated net earnings fo

Mexican Ford Plant Opens for US ExportMercury Tracers are heading to the United States from

IMC Carbon Products Inc., Mundelein, Ill., shipped 38,481 metric tons of petroleum coke to Belgium d

U.S. firms, which in the past insisted Japan buy their telecommunications products as is, now are wi

Charter flights mean big business these days for the supersonic Concorde. The plane is in de

Increased aluminum production is to get top priority in China's drive to develop its nonferrous indu

Executives from an Ithaca-based computer manufacturer, Ironics Inc., are in Bombay, India, this week

A U.S. official has warned Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone that Japan faces a real threat

The civilian government of Thailand, a precarious institution at best, is facing a new crisis only t

U.S. firms, which in the past insisted Japan buy their telecommunications products as is, now are w

Japan is asking its top industries to avoid weakening the impact of U.S. economic sanctions against

Nissan Motor Co., Japan's second-largest automobile maker reported 38.6 billion yen (US$198.8 millio

Increased aluminum production is to get top priority in China's drive to develop its nonferrous indu

Mexican Ford Plant Opens for US ExportMercury Tracers are heading to the United States from

Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japan's prime minister, and his Chinese hosts are expected to tread softly around

The United States didn't violate the General Agreement on Tariffs and Tradewhen it imposed a trade e

China will spend 45 billion yuan (US$12 billion) on urban development during the rest of this decade