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Polaroid Corp. said it earned $27.3 million in the second quarter, a 13 percent jump from the same p

Kemper Group Units Adopt New NameLONG GROVE, Ill. - Kemper Group said its four national prop

The Manville Corp. may be able to emerge from bankruptcy as early as June 1988 if the appeals proces

Do geishas carry poison pills? Does Aladdin want green shoes? Do bulldog owners like bunnies? Do but

General Motors Corp. has lost documents produced by an internal task force investigating engine fire

When President Lyndon Johnson signed the Medicare program into law in 1965, it was hailed as the mos

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is wearing a new hat these days: Auctioneer. Thirty-one

The American Association of Retired Persons is heavily lobbying all members of the House in anticipa

Consumers Power To Cut Work ForceJACKSON, Mich. - Consumers Power Co. announced Monday that

The Virginia-based developer of a proposed 180-megawatt coal-fired cogeneration plant will decide la

Detroit Edison's Fermi 2 nuclear plant won't begin commercial operation by Sept. 1 as planned, becau

WORLD BANK TUNISIA - $30 million for a farm credit program and the purchase of equipment for

The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

Exports of grain and other farm commodities to Eastern Europe have continued to decline in value des

St. Lucia Contracts For GTE Earth StationCASTRIES, St. Lucia - GTE Corp. of Stamford, Conn.,

Australian barley producers, upset about the effects of subsidized U.S. barley sales to Saudi Arabia

Toshiba's illegal sale of banned machinery to the Soviet Union has underscored complaints that Japan

On its long march out of the economic wilderness toward the Western camp of industrial democracies,

China's largest automaker has agreed to buy machinery and technical help from Chrysler Corp. to prod

EC to Investigate Trade With JapanBRUSSELS, Belgium - Foreign ministers of the European Comm

An influential economist says Soviet consumer goods ranging from cars to shoes are shoddy, old-fashi

Several major Chinese industries have fallen more than a decade behind their foreign competitors in

What's billed as the most significant legal exchange ever between the United States and China takes

Although 10 agreements were signed during last week's visit to Argentina by President Jose Sarney of

Illinois' airport consultants, projecting that Chicago's two major airports will be unable to meet f

The long-anticipated drop in the price of benzene has materialized, spurredmainly by rumors

Dow's Earnings, Sales Set RecordsMIDLAND, Mich. - Dow Chemical Co. reported its best-ever qu

Side by side in their plastic pots, Ronald Meeusen's two tobacco plants present a striking contrast.

Purolator Courier Corp. has inked a two-year pact with Cylix Communications Corp., allowing the data

In the fighter plane of the future, the pilot appears to touch a point in empty space as he selects

DOT Opens Hearings On USAir, PiedmontThe Transportation Department's oral hearing on the USA

Thai Airways International reports its best-ever first half with profits of 1.7 billion baht (US$68

Controllers here say their new dress code just plane won't work. Don D. Early, manager of th

As the debate over airline safety rages in Congress and elsewhere, almost half of Americans think fl

British Airways PLC and British Caledonian Airways presented an eight-point argument Monday defendin

Consolidated Freightways Inc. reported second quarter net income fell 24.2 percent to $20 million, o

Restructuring Will Cut 600 Union Pacific JobsOMAHA, Neb. - Union Pacific Railroad said a res

Trailer Train Co. will add 2,000 double-stack well cars to its fleet and 200 spine" cars to meet the

Florida has encouraged at least one major insurance company to think twice about operating exclusive

Pennzoil Co. has proposed a reorganization plan for Texaco Inc. that wouldallow Texaco to pa