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Increases in the costs of health care and auto parts, large jury awards and insurance fraud are the

Todd Shipyards Corp. reported second quarter net income of $173,000, compared with a loss of $4,306,

Shippers and truckers have appointed a joint committee to solve problems the carriers say are caused

Soo Line Railroad Posts Loss of $5.73 MillionSoo Line Railroad lost $5.73 million in the thi

A senior official with the U.S. Federal Reserve Board complained that West Germany's large trade sur

West Germany's automakers, enjoying a strong buyers market at home and a vigorous rise in their expo

The stock market could be vulnerable to rising interest rates and likely will take its cue from the

Boston Edison Co. will start paying commercial and industrial customers to use less power as it seek

The weekly general freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will be asked for an opinion on several questions stemming

Union Carbide Corp. officially opened a new 140,000-square-foot technology and operations center for

Robert D. Kennedy, Union Carbide president and chief executive, praised President Reagan for his act

The first 1,300-megawatt unit of the new nuclear power plant at Cattenom, strongly opposed by enviro

Alaska Marine Lines, a non-union, cost-conscious barge operator, has emerged as the dominant common

American Ventures Eyes Allegheny Power PactGREENWICH, Conn. - American Ventures Inc. began n

The European Space Agency has decided to go ahead with its preparatory program for development of th

Tomy Kogyo Co., a leading Japanese toymaker, will shut down two of its Japan- based factories hit ha

The Reagan administration still hopes the downward drift in commodity prices will trigger a recovery

Malaysia Tightens 1987 Fiscal BeltAt least one more grim year is in store for commodity-depe

Sulfur emissions from coal-fired power plants have long been regarded as a major cause of air pollut

Coniston Partners, a New York investors group, raised its tender offer for Gelco Corp. stock in a re

President Reagan signed into law legislation deregulating the nation's freight forwarding industry.<

SAI Names G. RamseyPresidentREADING, Pa. - Strategic Analysis Inc. named Gregory Ram

Bank of America is swinging the ax in Asia, pruning staff in almost every regional center office in

The Netherlands and Argentina again failed to reach agreement on their long- running dispute on debt

Qantas, the airline that koala bears hate for bringing so many people to Australia, is worried that

A former Justice Department economist said nothing in the public record suggests Federal Express Cor

The U.S. dollar continued to move higher Friday against most major foreign currencies. Analy

At least one more grim year is in store for commodity-dependent Malaysia, and possibly more than tha

U.S.-foreign cultural differences are the reason electronic data interchange has been slow to catch

The government of Prime Minister Edward Seaga is streamlining Jamaica's banana industry - cutting th

Andrew Nisbet has proved to be an effective commissioner of the port of Port Angeles, but sometimes

Texaco Inc. said consolidated worldwide net income for the third quarter of 1986 was $162 million, o

Ecuador's non-oil exports will hit a record $1.2 billion in 1986, said CarlosJulio Emanuel,

The conference that sets rates for shipments from India, Bangladesh, Ceylon, Burma and Pakistan to t

The newest farm product in this Delaware Valley dairy town is not bovines, but baby beans - Bovina h

Moroccan coal purchasing authorities are scouting the market for 60,000 tons of coal to be burned at

Lebanese all-cargo airline Trans Mediterranean Airlines looks set to make a surprise comeback to the

Oil prices are likely to remain volatile in the short term with prices likely to fluctuate around $1

Sterling Drug Inc. said H.D. Acquisition Corp., a newly formed corporation owned by Philip E. Kamins