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A heated work rule dispute between the National Railway Labor Conference and the Brotherhood Railway

New business was slow to emerge in the tanker market Thursday, although in the Persian Gulf brokers

Agricultural experts from nine Southern African nations will meet in Harare later this month to agre

Calif. Attorney General Joins Airport LawsuitOAKLAND, Calif. - John Van de Kamp, California

The weathered remains of a pirogue, or dugout canoe, thought to have been used in the 1806 explorati

The U.S. dollar struggled to top a six-week high against the deutsche mark Wednesday after a strong

Mexican Border Firms To Bank in DollarsThe government said businesses along the U.S.-Mexico

Two Reagan administration officials indicated they were fed up with foreign government policies rest

A nationwide rail strike would boost freight levels for many full truckload motor carriers, but coul

The Evergreen shipping conglomerate is transferring eight Panamanian-flag ships to its Taiwanese-fla

Oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau is preparing for the second leg of a five-year expedition aboard

The complaint filed by the U.S. Rice Millers' Association against Japanese rice import restrictions

The image of the Japanese as workaholics steadfastly loyal to their companies and giving up vacatio

Spanish Line Names Omnium Gulf AgentOmnium Agencies (Louisiana) Inc. was appointed Eastern G

Dexter Eyes AcquisitionOf RPIWINDSOR LOCKS, Conn., - The Dexter Corp. announced it h

Controls Seen Hindering Clean Coal DevelopmentCurrent emissions legislation before Congress

Norway's decision to cut its North Sea oil exports by 10 percent in November and December is seen as

The Union Pacific Rail System asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to take another look at its d

Argentina's Agriculture Secretariat confirmed earlier re ports that wheat sowings would fall sharply

The Port of Portland Commission approved a hurry-up deal in which the port will spend $1 million ren

Some farm lobbyists and others think the Reagan administration soon may unveil a package of goodies

Attorneys for an airline whose military charter crashed in Canada, killing 248 Fort Campbell soldier

A group of soybean industry economists predict a decline in U.S. soybean exports coupled with an inc

Cocoa-trading nations have decided that they should allow four months for the new price-stabilizatio

Honda Motor Corp.'s top man is urging the company's employees to strive for a three-fold gain in pro

Honda Motor Corp.'s top man is urging the company's employees to strive for a three-fold gain in pro

The wider agreement in east Asia on the services question in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Tr

A congressional technical research office questioned whether the United States can effectively negot

COMMODITIES IMPERIAL COMMODITIES CORP. (New York) - Lee J. Muenzen was named to the new posi

The return to a limited version of prior approval for commercial insurance rates in New York was unv

Gotaas-Larsen Shipping Corp. plans to build four 145,000 deadweight-ton crude carriers in South Kor

Beef cattle producers, disgruntled over the Agriculture Department's whole- herd dairy buy-out progr

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange was informed that on Oct. 9, the United States may impose a counterv

The clean-up of Three Mile Island Unit 2 is being slowed for a second time by single-celled organism

A nationwide railway strike could have a major impact on the coal and utility industries, depending

P-I-E Nationwide Inc. reported $4.7 million in pretax profit for the first half of 1986, a $52 milli

Air Products and Chemicals Inc. announced it signed a contract with Nippon Steel Corp. for the suppl

The Coast Guard took to the skies to survey damage from a spreading 295,000- gallon oil spill in the

Saudi Arabia Denies Excessive ProductionRIYAD, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia denied reports th

The city's largest municipal pension fund said it has sold 2.5 million shares of stock in 17 compani