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A formal construction permit was issued Wednesday for China's first nuclear power plant, at Daya Bay

Demand Record Set At Rochester UtilityROCHESTER, N.Y. - Tuesday's cold weather pushed electr

Atlantic States Association of Rail Shippers, annual seminar, Jan. 13, Hershey Philadelphia Hotel, P

The nation's 14 largest airlines suffered a record number of consumer complaints in 1987 and a drop

Midway Service To Bahamas ApprovedMidway Airlines has received government approval to begin

The new U.S.-Mexico textile trade pact is far more generous to Mexico than the United States indicat

APC Initiates New Stack Train ServicesOAKLAND, Calif. - American President Cos. has started

The commercial fishing industry at the port of Los Angeles is beginning to experience a renaissance.

Transit agencies are taking in stride a federal judge's decision ordering them to provide services f

The stalemate at the Springfield Terminal Railway continues, as a strike by its 1,200 union workers

Argentina's balance of trade slipped into deficit last September, underlining growing concern that n

The Federal Maritime Commission, in advance of a Friday deadline, has postponed for 60 days its sche

AVIATIONThe dollar's decline against foreign currencies has hit most overseas airliner manuf

The blue metal boom rises some 240 feet above the asphalt. It is silent, in contrast to the bustle t

Electric Boat shipyard has beaten back the competition to preserve its 13- year monopoly of contract

A Nov. 16 article incorrectly reported that port of Gulfport, Miss., had a 16 percent increase in ca

APC Names Dahl ChiefOf FinancesOAKLAND, Calif. - Robert K. Dahl was named senior vic

The Australian government is expected to decide soon whether to change the maritime insurance rules

The Federal Maritime Commission has received a raft of appeals seeking to head off stiff FMC retalia

The Pentagon has begun ground-testing a chemical laser that might one day become one of the first co

The rate-setting conference for ships operating between Australia and Southeast Asia raised rates by

Diamond Shamrock Sets Stock ProgramSAN ANTONIO, Texas - Diamond Shamrock R&M Inc. announced

Air Products Increases PricesALLENTOWN, Pa. - Air Products & Chemicals Inc. increased the pr

Swiss pharmaceutical giant F. Hoffmann-La Roche & Co. AG announced that it made a hostile $72-a-shar

Himont Acquires UK Plastics FirmWILMINGTON, Del. - Himont Inc. has announced the acquisition

Witco Corp. Acquires Emery Surfactants UnitWitco Corp. has acquired the West Coast surfactan

Hanson Industries, the U.S. arm of Hanson PLC, has sold its Brazilian paint operation, Tintas Ypiran

Governments in South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and other rapidly industrializing Asian countries are

In an effort to boost their intra-Europe carriage, most of the continent's airlines are offering dee

Air cargo shipments through Seattle-Tacoma International Airport jumped by 24 percent in 1987, a rec

Air-fare warfare began anew Monday, with Eastern Airlines, Continental and Northwest announcing rest

Braniff Inc. has renewed its negotiations with Pan Am Corp.'s unions in an attempt to gain wage conc

Calgary Airport Safe, General Manager SaysCALGARY, Alberta - Security at the Calgary Interna

The question that is posed concerns customer trends: Has the air freight shipper, as a few airlines

The British government announced Tuesday that it has asked the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to mon

National Shipping Corp. of the Philippines, the country's only ship line that operates to the United

The Interstate Commerce Commission is working on a plan to move the $1.8 billion sale of the Souther

ICC Refuses to Revoke Exemption for SaleThe Interstate Commerce Commission declined to revok

Western Canadian grain growers may ask for government action to end a strike at the most modern term

Grain Export Pace Slows Down in CanadaWINNIPEG, Manitoba - The Canadian Wheat Board will not