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The smiles and good-natured ribbing between the two congressmen were just what you'd expect from a c

Kleinwort Benson Ltd., a large British merchant banking and securities house, said it appointed Nige

Dow Awards Soo Line For Rail SafetyMINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Soo Line Railroad Co. received the 1

When a flotilla of U.S. warships begins escorting a reflagged Kuwaiti tanker into the war-roiled Per

Michigan and California officials, fearing higher energy prices for thousands of farmers and homeown

A confident House Speaker Jim Wright, D-Tex., emphasized Tuesday that he ''would expect the administ

Thomas G. Plaskett, president and chief executive of Continental Airlines, resigned and Frank Lorenz

More than 1.3 million Americans, including 176,000 service industry workers, lost their jobs due to

The European Community Commission Tuesday approved a $7 billion plan to restructure the European ste

Want to be in a place where you can talk to people in both Asia and the U.S. mainland during normal

Japan's $40 billion package of economic pump-priming measures will help reduce the country's trade s

Chase Manhattan Corp. President Thomas G. Labrecque said his institution remains "quite optimistic"

It's a sign of the times: a third group aimed at representing airline passengers soon will join the

It's a warm California summer evening, the kind of luxurious evening made for drinking good wine and

A House subcommittee approved a bill Tuesday that would ban the sale of Toshiba Corp. products at sh

Expanded intermodal rail services, including double-stack operations, will not scuttle revenue and e

While pleased with a Transportation Department order, Coniston Partners still intends to pursue cour

The United Nations resolution calling for a cease-fire in the Iran-Iraq wardrew qualified pr

British Petroleum Co. said Tuesday it plans to raise about 1.5 billion (US$2.4 billion) by selling

A controversial plan to build a $165 million waste-to-energy plant in Pomona was scrapped by directo

Free light bulbs? On one side of the New England Energy debate, consumer and public interest

About 400 coal miners on the second day of a strike demanding pay hikes began a sit-down demonstrati

New Englanders are in a heated debate over how the region should meet the electric ity needs of its

Chrysler Corp. said its second-quarter profit fell by 12.2 percent from the same period last year, w

Intermodal managers at the West Coast's major import gateways say higher Panama Canal tolls are almo

Yugoslavia has reduced its net foreign debt by $1.5 billion over the past 18 months, but the deputy

A Taiwan trade mission announced plans to buy roughly $5 billion of U.S. goods, the latest step in T

There is a milk shortage in Mexico that is forcing the government to import more than 138 tons of po

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

After a full day of wrangling in federal court, members of the United Auto Workers came close to win

Boom times for the top builders of heavy trucks continued in June, capping a brisk six months of sal

From the rolling hills of the Napa Valley to the high-technology centers around San Jose to its bust

The crane involved in National Steel and Shipbuilding Co.'s worst shipyard accident was certified as

Insurance regulators are planning to invite all different kinds of people" in the insurance business

Two "priceless" porcelain swans on loan from the White House to a Moscow museum arrived in 1,000 pie

Thailand's exporters are expected to maintain their resilience in quickly changing world markets, th

California banks are disputing that the liability crunch is over even though a major East Coast unde

The Stars and Stripes were hoisted on the masts of two Kuwaiti tankers Tuesday as U.S. warships prep

Controller Suspended After Takeoff IncidentNEWARK, N.J. - An air traffic controller who dire

Arkansas Best Corp.'s second quarter earnings fell to $1.9 million, or 18 cents a share, from $7.3 m