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Coal is more likely to gain market share in the unified European economy after 1992 than competing f

A fall in Soviet oil exports to traditional East European markets is pushing extra business toward O

KEMPER AUTHORIZES BIG STOCK REPURCHASELONG GROVE, Ill. - Kemper Corp. Thursday announced pla

JAPAN WEIGHS APPLYING MONOPOLY LAWS ABROADJapan's Fair Trade Commission said Thursday its in

U.S. shoe importers are turning away from their largest traditional suppliers in a bid to cut costs

Argentina late Wednesday slapped massive increases on public service tariffs and gasoline prices tha

When Silicon Valley's hottest new personal computer hit the stores back in 1986, Lucian Wencel was o

Start-up of Boeing Co.'s program to convert used 747 passenger planes to giant air freighters has be

Southwest Airlines' net income for the fourth quarter was $8.1 million, or 27 cents a share, on reve

A Northwest Airlines flight attendant has retired at age 70 after logging nearly four and one-half y

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc.'s fourth-quarter earnings fell to $8.4 million, or 36 cents a shar

WASHINGTON - For the week ended Jan. 27, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railro

Foreshadowing the channel-deepening project scheduled to begin this summer, yearly maintenance dredg

The Senate has adopted an amendment to its clean air bill that would ban use of the solvent methyl c

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter stressed that it was "not realistic" to ex

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS FOR SHIPMENTS OF WEARING APPAREL AND TEXTILES FROM THE SOVIET UNION. In anticipat

Zurich Insurance Co., Europe's second largest insurer, is restructuring its United Kingdom operation

Chile's 1989 trade surplus totaled US$1.599 billion, down 27.9 percent from a year ago, the Chilean

Feb. 1, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

The U.K. Home Grown Cereals Authority Wednesday announced that exports of wheat in December 1989 tot

Mention the Ukraine to most people, and thoughts of Chernobyl, chicken Kiev and elaborate Easter egg

HITACHI AMERICA LTD. (Tarrytown, N.Y.) - Keishi Toda was named president of this U.S. subsidiary of

The International Trade Commission has cleared the way for anti-dumping duties on imports of mechani

December job creation in construction, retail and overall services more than offset job shrinkage in

Turkish Cargo Lines is increasing its container capacity on North American routes, as it proceeds wi

A consultancy for the master plan design of Hong Kong's new airport should be awarded by the second

INTERNATIONAL AERO GETS ORDER FOR 30 ENGINESEAST HARTFORD, Conn. - International Aero Engine

While the forecast is optimistic for shipbuilding in the 1990s, industry officials are concerned tha

William D. Hathaway encountered no problems during a friendly confirmation hearing Thursday on his n

FOOD SHIPPERS VOICE mixed reactions for a bill that could make Pennsylvania the first state to forbi

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

B.F. Goodrich Co. said Thursday that income last year fell 8.9 percent from record levels in 1988, p

Maryland Gov. William Donald Schaefer says that when the Port of Baltimore's newest terminal opens i

NYK Line, Japan's largest shipping company, will move additional containerships onto its Pacific No

A high-level Soviet delegation wrapped up a five-day visit to Italy this week, leaving business lead

Hungarians face steep price hikes for housing, transport, phones, water and sewage services in the s

A consortium of Japanese businesses is debating whether to help finance construction of high-speed m

The U.S. government is calling on other nations to end shipbuilding subsidies ''cold turkey" or ulti

Officials in counties throughout California are being asked to consider an out-of-court legal settle

Merrett Holdings PLC, the largest Lloyd's of London underwriting agents and insurance services group