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A compromise bill to modify the landmark legislation that deregulated much of the railroad industry

The Delaware Bay, one of the vessels in the Topgallant Group's trans-Atlantic liner service, loads c

American Trading Transportation Co. of New York City is spearheading a move to prevent bulk ocean ca

Union Carbide Corp. announced that the company's board of directors has endorsed a restructuring of

A toxic cloud of burning phosphorus spewed from a derailed rail tanker and spread slowly across five

More shots were fired Tuesday in what is becoming a bitter fight to control Pennwalt Corp., the Phil

NATIONAL STARCH INCREASES PRICESBRIDGEWATER, N.J. - The Resins and Specialty Chemicals divis

AIR PRODUCTS HIKES CATALYST PRICEALLENTOWN, Pa. Air Products & Chemicals Inc. is raising al

The European Community announced Wednesday it would take urgent action to reduce exports of toxic wa

In the June 22 edition, LCP Chemicals' price increase for methyl chloride should have read an increa

ETHYL UNIT INCREASES POLYIMIDE CAPACITYMAGNOLIA, Ark. - Ethyl Corp. subsidiary Imi-Tech Corp

Two Australian companies are to build chemical plants with production largely directed towards the c

Arco Chemical Co. announced plans to build a 75 million-pound-a-year butanediol and derivatives faci

Air Products & Chemicals Inc. licensed Super Octanos CA of Caracas, Venezuela, to use Air Products'

After two years of debate over the safety of lap-only rear seat belts, there is congressional pressu

Rear-seat lap belts expose victims of car crashes to greater risk of paralysis or death than lap-and

The government can't force the financially ailing LTV Corp. to take back more than $2 billion in pen

A federal judge in San Francisco outlined key legal guidelines and a timetable at a hearing Thursday

CIGNA CORP. (Philadelphia) - George R. Trumbull was named president of the Cigna Investment Group, a

Illinois Gov. James Thompson is expected to sign a bill requiring all motorists in Illinois buy car

COURT UPHOLDS RULES FOR PURCHASING GROUPSThe 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Ne

Batus Inc. sued the California Insurance Department in an effort to reverse the state agency's refus

New Jersey Assembly Republicans unveiled an automobile insurance reform plan that would eliminate ma

Now that Taiwan's martial law has been lifted and democracy has survived its first trial by civil di

Fundamental changes in the U.S. educational system are needed to attract students to technical field

The House Ways and Means Committee voted Thursday to extend the expiring tax credit for research and

The United States and the 12-nation European Community will start talks July 12 in Geneva on U.S. ag

Molex Inc., a Lisle, Ill.-based manufacturer of electronic equipment, plans major expansions of its

Huntsman Chemical Corp. subsidiary Huntsman Chemical Co. Ltd., based in Carrington, England, is incr

Morton Thiokol Inc. specialty chemicals group agreed in principle to purchase the solid thermoplasti

M.A. Hanna Co. has reached a tentative agreement to sell its Wenatchee, Wash., silicon operation to

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of Commerce , U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, Room HCHB

June 22, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has ordered about 30 U.S. and foreign- flag liner companies to

Developing the technology to make warships all but invisible at sea may be attractive and affordable

The British government must act immediately if the decline in the country's merchant shipping fleet

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed adding 242 hazardous waste sites to the Superfund N

Union dockworkers and stevedoring companies are cutting cargo fees in half to attract business from

Mobay Corp. announced plans for a 130 million-pound-a-year expansion of methylene diphenyl diisocyan

Some 65,000 plastics enthusiasts from nearly 1,000 companies around the world are estimated to have