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The steamship conference covering imports from Asia to the United States has scaled back a scheduled

Adrian Schmuker looked thoughtfully at the red and yellow box, studying the picture of tacos on it.<

Top Stories: Texans are establishing symbols for a new economy with roles for high-technology ent

A young job-seeker answers a newspaper advertisement for a truck driver position. His visit

A newly discovered shipwreck off the Florida coast represents the best opportunity yet for scientist

The crisis gripping the European Community deepened Thursday as the United Kingdom defiantly stuck t

The port of Portland is looking for someone to operate part of its main Terminal 6 container dock in

The mandatory independent action system included in the new U.S. shipping act should be completely a

In the southern gulf, the Norwegian supertanker Happy Kari became the latest victim of the so-called

Waterman Steamship Corp., Farrell Lines Inc. and Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. have locked horns over se

Charleston port officials expect Sea-Land Service Inc. to double its container volume through the po

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. has filed for a patent on a formula for a superconducting ceramic that

State officials will hold special meetings with New Yorkers who will be affected most by a new set o

Nearly a dozen firms along the Merrimack River routinely dump illegal amounts of potentially lethal

The agreements reached this week by the environmental ministers of 22 major industrial nations focus

Hoechst Celanese Corp. plans a 20-million pounds a year expansion of cellulose acetate tow capacity

Chemical Waste Posts Increase in Net IncomeOAK BROOK, Ill. - Chemical Waste Management Inc.

Pfizer to Construct Paper Pigment PlantPfizer Inc. said it will build an on-site precipitate

Brazil's Politeno SA, a producer of low-pressure polyethylene, has signed a contract with the Canadi

Thermo Electron Posts 26 percent Rise in IncomeWALTHAM, Mass. - Thermo Electron Corp. report

In January 1982, a team of biologists from Philadelphia, Seattle and San Diego began what seemed to

Dennis Clouthier is a conservative Republican - pro-Star Wars, pro-Contra aid and opposed to the U.S

The threat of formidable competition from China highlighted the first round of topics addressed at a

Some Australian Miners Remain on StrikeNEW SOUTH WALES, Australia - Coal miners at the Howic

Coal is starting to move to Haiti again. Ruhrkohle Trading, New York, began shipping at the

Picture Republican presidential hopeful George Bush wearing a parka, a snow- covered mountain behind

Feb. 11, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

The New York State Court of Appeals has upheld a law allowing state regulators to require natural ga

Major U.S. oil companies realized decades ago that their crude oil was worth more to them if, after

January's cold weather cost U.S. homeowners nearly a half-billion dollars in extra heating costs, ac

The Monetary Authority of Singapore has invited oil companies and traders to a meeting at the end of

A South Jersey terminal operator has asked a Commonwealth Court judge to appoint a receiver to take

Yankee Agrees to Sell Its Gas SubsidiaryThe Yankee Cos., Boston, said that it signed a defin

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

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

Firm Will Monitor OPEC's Crude OutputA consulting firm this week will begin monitoring crude

Official letters sent by the Japan Shippers' Council to two more freight conferences seek six-month

A car import terminal near Vancouver is to be used to ship a test load of 4.4 million board feet of

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

U.S. consumers will pay anywhere from $5 to $75 for a box of chocolates for loved ones this Valentin