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The Soviet Union's nuclear power program, continued and even accelerated, remains at the heart of So

The No. 3 reactor at Chernobyl will come back on line next year, and plans to build a fifth and sixt

Professionals in the maritime industry who act as expert witnesses at trials and arbitration proceed

Refiners, producing more heating oil to gear up for the winter heating season, are counting on lower

Midwestern farmers, already suffering heavy losses in the depressed agricultural economy, are being

The port of San Francisco is hoping a new city attorney will solve a controversial port problem.

A Reagan administration program has reduced the flow of foreign steel into the United States, but ne

Italy retaliated against what it calls discrimination by Algeria in the two countries' bilateral shi

THE CREDIT FOR GETTING PROVISIONS imposing labor protective conditions on short line sales dropped f

Local Dock Talks NEW YORK - Local contract negotiations between the the International Longsh

Orders and shipments for U.S. and foreign semiconductor manufacturers in the U.S. market increased s

Overcapacity, the scourge of the shipping industry, could be solved through a plan that gives banker

Hidden away in remote mountains of China's southwest Sichuan province lies China's most advanced spa

A valve failed and caused a two-hour leak at Brazil's only nuclear power plant, but the reactor was

The financial condition of the property and casualty insurance industry appears to be improving unev

City officials are considering allowing the start-up of ferry service between Elizabeth and Manhatta

Frontier Attendants Ratify AgreementFrontier Airlines flight attendants have ratified the ag

The port of Sacramento said it expects to start a truck brokerage program early next year. T

Sheller-Globe Corp. signed a long-term contract to supply cabs for a new series of trucks that Mack

Redmond Joins Xerox AffiliateAs PresidentST. LOUIS - Donald P. Redmond joined Nation

A Singapore court has ordered two local units of troubled conglomerate Promet Bhd. into receivership

Kodak to Sell Lenses To Nitto OpticalROCHESTER, N.Y. - Lenses made by Eastman Kodak Co. in R

The visit of Queen Elizabeth II to China will give a boost to British businessmen who lag behind oth

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Consumption of fertilizer products into domestic markets was 4 percent less in August 1986 than in A

Manville Corp. said it has reached out-of-court agreements with five additional insurance carriers f

Commission Extends Moratorium on PenaltiesThe Federal Maritime Commission extended until fur

The life of this one-time coal town, where an underground mine fire has been burning since 1962, is

GENERAL NEWS Corporate leaders expect little pep from the economy. Page 2ARetail prices ro

After thirty years of political repression in Haiti under Duvalier rule - with political parties and

Higher pay and broader corporate responsibility mark the role of today's distribution-logistics exec

Claus Koehler, a directorate member of the West German Bundesbank, reportedly said the German centra

Having made good its purchase of an ailing local bank, the fast-moving First Pacific group is moving

Lower Mississippi River coal terminals loaded 1,162,000 tons of export coal in September, the busies

The state should have the power to set auto insurance rates, a critic of the auto insurance industry

Total Soviet grain imports in 1986-87 (July-June) are forecast at 32 million metric tons, down from

Hugely increased crude oil and refined products transshipments boosted the volume of cargo handled a

Pa. High Court Upholds Law on Liability LimitHARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania's Supreme Court,

Marine Industries Ltd. confirmed it reached an agreement in principle topurchase the eastern

Wholesale prices rose 0.4 percent in September as the year's biggest gain in gasoline prices more th