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GENERAL NEWSThe U.S. economy grew at a minuscule annual rate of 0.6 percent from April throu

Provision Approved MANILA, Philippines - A panel drafting a new constitution approved a prov

Brazil decided Wednesday to free the importation of beef, pork and fish through the end of 1987 and

Foster Wheeler Gets Waste Plant ContractLIVINGSTON, N.J. - Foster Wheeler Passaic Inc., a un

Gasoline inventories continued to run counter to normal seasonal trends and rose for the fourth con

Polysar AcquiresBusinessLEOMINSTER, Mass. - The plastics division of Polysar Inc. an

Short-covering Lifts Spot Crude in EuropeCrude oil prices firmed on the Northwest European s

Imperial Chemical Industries PLC announced that it will merge four of its mainstream chemical busine

Squibb Mark, the consumer products division of Squibb United States, Thursday introduced Proto-Chol

Department of Transportation staffers proposed several changes in government truck safety. T

The Department of Transportation gave tentative approval to Texas Air Corp.'s new plan to purchase E

Continental Airlines Inc. received new temporary authority to provide jet service between Denver and

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

Marine underwriters were told Thursday they face a new type of risk owing to the greatly increased a

NMC Plans Luncheon Sept. 25 in BostonTwo ocean steamship conference executives are scheduled

The recovery of the U.S. merchant marine fleet depends on the active support of government and comme

National Electric Inc., environmental contractors, was granted approval by the EPA for a 10-year per

Barber Blue Names HjeldeChief of UnitHans J. Hjelde, veteran Norwegian shipping exec

GENERAL NEWSThe U.S. economy grew at a minuscule annual rate of 0.6 percent from April throu

A team from the International Monetary Fund has quietly arrived in Argentina to collect data for app

One of Asia's largest oil producers, Indonesia, will import Iranian crude for a refinery in central

Northwest Employees Facing LayoffsNorthwest Airlines is laying off nearly 800employees and f

The Argentine government suspended several joint projects with Paraguay to focus resources on the 2,

Sales of omega-3 fatty acids from fish oils are accelerating and will become ''the next big craze" a

American Telephone & Telegraph Co. appears on the verge of abandoning its first - unhappy - venture

World meat production in 1987 is expected to total 129.9 million metric tons, up 1 percent from 128.

It is sale time in the Philippines. Government-controlled banks, companies and assets, which bankers

Paducah & Louisville Railway Inc. is exempt from Interstate CommerceCommission regulation of

Vessel operators calling at Hampton Roads can transmit ship manifests to the U.S. Customs Service el

Sea-Land Corp. announced a further step in the restructuring of its principal operating unit, Sea-La

THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD, to use its own cliche, may not be taking away the punchbowl just as the p

Salvagers have recovered the last of a shipment of Soviet gold destined to pay for U.S. arms in Worl

For the week ended Sept. 6, 1986, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equ

And just when you thought it was safe to go back in the air again. All summer long the trave

The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission has begun an internal investigation into the source of a n

Second-quarter U.S. Gross National Product figures do not yet reflect the full positive effects of l

The cash petroleum market continues to be burdened by the large supplies that have pressured cash pr

The U.S. dollar fell below 2.000 deutsche marks Thursday for the first time since February 1981 and

Richard P. Leach agreed to stay at the Port of Houston Authority in a new position that could make h

The Bank of Boston is holding talks on purchase of a government-run bank in the Philippines under th