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The nation's largest general retailers have begun their fiscal year on a sour note, with February sa

Transcon Lines Inc. will ask its Teamsters employees to accept further wage cuts in an 11th-hour bid

Scientists at the IBM Almaden Research Center here have found superconductivity , the loss of all el

The nation's efficiency in churning out goods and services improved slightly in the fourth quarter o

Led by a huge jump in industry-leader General Motors Corp.'s sales, automakers sold 25 percent more

US, Soviets to Meet To Discuss Grain PactThe United States and the Soviet Union will meet Ma

The coming of interactive computer airline reservation systems was as essential to our modern air tr

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries has no plans to hold an emergency conference, desp

SHELL OIL CO. (Houston) - John F. Bookout said he will resign June 30 as president and chief executi

Pemex Announces Cut In Far Eastern PricesThe government oil monopoly Pemex announced a 45-ce

Do trade incentives promote commerce? In the case of Scottish Development Agency they sure d

Under pressure from congressional investigators, the Army has told its top Corps of Engineers genera

In order to supply quickly the $100 million worth of goods required for its major Exhibition India p

AAR Corp. Purchases Fourth Boeing 737-300ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. - AAR Corp. has purchased a

Airbus Industrie, the European commercial jet manufacturer, says a year-long search for a site to bu

The United States and South Korea are unlikely to resume talks on access to South Korea's shipping i

Provisions in a contract between the Springfield Terminal Railway and the United Transportation Unio

The head of the Military Traffic Management Command doesn't believe cuts in the Pentagon budget will

The nation's most modern steel rail-making plant, shuttered since mid-1987 as a result of the bankru

Union Tank Ordered To Pay Disputed FeesThe Interstate Commerce Commission ordered the Union

Officials of Guilford Transportation Industries Inc. met Thursday with representatives of its railro

Sea-Land Gets OK On Sailing RequestThe Maritime Administration has agreed to allow Sea-Land

John F. McCaffrey, a former chairman and chief executive of Frank B. Hall & Co., was named senior vi

Being a top national athlete isn't enough anymore. Olympic Organizing Committee President Peter Uebe

Quebec's insurance brokers are seeking a court injunction to stop the giant credit union, Mouvement

Gov. Michael S. Dukakis' first-in-the-nation proposal to provide health insurance to all Massachuset

BATUS Inc. Thursday launched a $4.5 billion hostile tender offer for Farmers Group Inc., one of the

John Hancock Unit Plans Sale to AcmatHARTFORD, Conn. - Acmat Corp. said Thursday that it sig

AIG Operating Net Rose in Fourth QuarterAmerican International Group Inc. Thursday reported

Marvin W. Ham, president and chief operating officer of Maryland Casualty Co., was named chairman of

The upcoming soft market will be another hurdle the insurance industry must clear as it moves towar

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

The Kansallis Group of Finland said earnings rose 17 percent last year to $169.8 million, or $1.32 a

The U.S. dollar declined slightly against most currencies Thursday in quiet trading. Analyst

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

West Germany's planned financial futures market is still on target for a late 1989 start-up, Ruedig

Uruguay to Sign Pact With Creditor BanksUruguay today will sign a $1.8 billion refinancing a

FIDELITY BANK (Philadelphia) - Bernard J. Morgan was named chairman and chief executive officer of F

The neighboring ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have each recorded double-digit gains in net inc

National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America. Annual convention. March 6-11 at the S