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A proposed $10 million contribution from the family behind the A.H. Robins Co. to resolve Dalkon Shi

Treasury Secretary James A. Baker III said Monday that Japan, South Korea and Taiwan may want to fol

The notoriously polluted air in the Los Angeles basin is turning out to be a serious problem for the

Japan Approves Yard RestructuringThe Japanese Transport Ministry has approved a joint restru

An article in Monday's edition on a coal slurry pipeline that stated that Peabody Coal Co. would co

Britain's fastest growing scheduled airline has flung down the gauntlet to its competitors by announ

For the week ended Jan. 16 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 99

A federal mediator is meeting with tugboat owners and union officers, seeking to avert a harbor work

J.P. Stevens & Co. said it received a merger proposal from a new company formed by a group of its se

Debt-for-Nature Swap Benefits Costa RicaWASHINGTON - Fleet/Norstar Financial Group Inc., bas

Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Peter W. Gillies said no decision has been made yet whether an ap

Southern Co. Services Inc. of Atlanta has entered the market to buy spot coal needed at Mississippi

A group of 10 Japanese steelmakers is seeking to speed arbitration of a dispute over the price of co

Burlington Northern Railroad is moving a test shipment of 60,000 tons of thermal coal from the Powde

Group Seeks to Allow Freer Electric MarketThe federal government should be given authority t

More than 2,500 oil workers, including boat-borne pickets in Texas, struck refineries in five states

The hazardous cargo that forced the emergency evacuation of 125 people from an American Airlines jet

Private burial services are being held today for Harry G. Allen, a retired executive with the Boyd,

Executives of the Trans-Pacific Freight Conference of Japan and the Japan- Atlantic and Gulf Freight

When automobiles were young, fuel gauges and speedometers were options. Car owners had to hire mecha

Keep On Truckin must have been the Grateful Dead preaching to Philadelphia. The city's taken

1488.0 (Feb. 5, 1988) Previous day - 1468.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchang

World Bank Capital Agreement ExpectedWASHINGTON - An agreement is expected shortly on a capi

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

Like free-marketers anywhere, the managers of two factories relying on U.S. technology to make compu

Top Stories International cocoa and coffee agreements' efficacy in stabilizing prices is tes

In the year 2000, service companies will generate almost all new jobs, while firms that produce good

A survey of 200 college business students revealed indications that many are opposed to women as man

Documentary Preparation for Export Seminar. Feb. 10-12. World Trade Institute, World Trade Center, N

CAN DOT TEACH a new bureaucrat old tricks? If not, Federal Aviation Administration chief Allan McArt

Two Peruvian-flag carriers want the Federal Maritime Commission to reconsider a decision to cancel t

A bill to raise the pay of Seattle and Tacoma port commissioners from $5,800 a year to $18,000 a yea

The number of ships calling at Hong Kong in the third quarter was down from the second quarter, as w

U.S. automakers, encouraged by the Reagan administration, are trying to prepare a major trade action

CREDIT AGRICOLE U.S.A. (New York) - Robert Keener was named first vice president and manager of bran

With the clock running out on a special session, the Legislature late Thursday passed a measure desi

Confidential corporate documents released during a federal trial indicate cigarette companies were r

American Broadcasting Cos., based in New York, is paying the 15th Winter Games Organizing Committee

An international treaty to control cross-border transportation of hazardous wastes could be ready fo

A Mobil Chemical Co. polystyrene plant here is so pristine that it looks misplaced in the heart of a