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Gunmen suspected of belonging to the Polisario Front fired machine guns and mortars Thursday at a Sp

Daniel International Corp., a subsidiary of Fluor Corp., announced that it was awarded a contract fr

Conversion Industries Inc. completed acquisitions of Western Hydropower Inc., Shawmut Engineering In

Strikes Hit Brazil SAO PAULO, Brazil - Hundreds of thousands of Brazilian bank workers, dema

For 44 years, Le Restaurant de la Tour Eiffel served the likes of de Gaulle, Bardot, Picasso, Chapli

The International Finance Corp., a World Bank affiliate, is discussing with the Mexican government a

Stock Market Plunges NEW YORK - Stocks plunged Thursday as Wall Street was spooked by an ear

Freight rates on the U.S. Gulf to Japan run continued to hover around $12 a ton, with Dreyfus report

Northern Tankers of Cyprus has agreed to lease four supertankers to Texaco and the Belgian shipping

An Israeli navy patrol intercepted a ship carrying arms and supplies to Lebanon for Yasser Arafat's

Alarmed by its growing trade deficit with Japan, South Korea hasdecided to limit its imports from Ja

To one degree or another, Washington, D.C., is a company town. More than a third of the work force i

For the week ended Aug. 30, 1986, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equ

News from the third day of the International Freight Industry Conference in London: U.S. ope

The following table lists the spot coal contracts signed between the Tennessee Valley Authority and

The Soviet Union may place orders for new ships with Western countries as it embarks on a major flee

The shrinking oil revenues of the wealthy Middle East have caused a reduction of aid for the world's

A dozen new power stations are to be built by the South Korean government over the next 10 years, wh

Leaders of the European Community are returning from their summer break this week to face an agenda

Citizens Resources Corp. received a letter of credit for a "garden variety" oil purchase financing d

Portugal will be mum on its opposition to agricultural subsidies if the European Community has to de

Black African Summit BLANTYRE, Malawi - Four black African leaders met for a mini-summit tha

GENERAL NEWSIndexes of a business study group indicate better U.S. employment, less decline

Consumer confidence hit a three-year low last month, with an increase in the number of surveyed cons

The automotive industry spent 18 percent more on television advertising in the first half of this ye

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