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First they take the caffeine out of coffee and cola drinks. Then they take the fat out of potato chi

U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter says $4.7 billion worth of productsfrom developing

William M. Kinch speaks no Chinese and says he has no plans to study it. But long years of patience

The shoe's on the other foot for U.S. footwear manufacturers, a newly released industry study shows.

The United States' urgent drive to open up Japanese markets to U.S. goods is provoking cautious opti

Mexico has reduced its population growth rate from 2.4 percent a year to 2 percent in the past five

Medsac is the name of a new international joint container service to be offered by six public and pr

The National Transportation Safety Board recommends banning barge fleeting areas on river bends in a

Beef Export Prices Decline in AustraliaSYDNEY, Australia - The Australian Meat and Livestock

North Sea oil prices are testing the $19-a-barrel barrier as traders anticipate a short-term squeeze

At 6:45 p.m., all across Japan, the office lights stay lit. Above Tokyo's neon streets, here in blue

General Reinsurance Corp. promoted Peter M. Nance to senior vice president. He remains in charge of

A mid-sized California truck line joined the expanding ranks of motor carriers launching initial pub

The 49th parallel is not viewed as the friendly border by some U.S. motor carriers. In fact, the tra

British Coal received a sorely needed boost with the government's announcement of plans to build the

Japan should further increase market access for foreign farm products while improving productivity i

City Faces Fine In Butterfly CaseFederal prosecutors have filed a misdemeanor charge against

At least $600 million worth of California highway work is poised to beginbecause of the U.S.

Several years ago a U.S. merchant ship picked up a boat filled with Vietnamese refugees who were sic

Long Island Lighting Co. is making a push to convert residential home heating customers to natural g

Some independent gasoline station owners could be driven out of business by proposed federal regula

GENERAL NEWS Car sales by the Big Three U.S. automakers Improved 15.2 percent in late March.

Finance Minister Dilson Funaro formally has stated his nation's position on restructuring its $108 b

Some truck equipment manufacturers see a potential windfall in the raising of the speed limit to 65

Freight Traffic Rose 5.4 percent in FebruaryU.S. airlines carried 5.4 percent more freight i

Citibank and American Airlines said they would offer a credit card enabling users to earn mileage po

Polysar Ltd. signed an agreement with Raision Tehtaat Group of Finland to form a joint venture to bu

A highly automated bulk-to-bag cargo handling system that Houston port officials want to introduce t

Outlying industrial areas in Japan face ruin if the dollar falls to the 140- yen level, according to

Transportation Secretary Elizabeth H. Dole told Rep. Norman Mineta, chairman of the House Aviation S

Shell Francaise, the local affiliate of the Royal/Dutch Shell group, has threatened to contest befor

The Maritime Administration gave United States Lines conditional approval to sell the authority it h

Port authorities and pleasure boaters, condo developers and homeowners, public agencies and people j

Colonial Realty Buys Cigna BuildingHARTFORD, Conn. - Colonial Realty said it completed the p

The North Carolina Department of Insurance is wasting no time taking advantage of its new authority

The next asbestos" may be lurking in a variety of industries ranging from metals to petroleum refini

Destinations for Brazil's February sugar exports as estimated by West German statistician F.O. Licht

Occidental Sells Division to HenkelDARIEN, Conn. - Occidental Chemical Corp. announced that

Alaskans aren't candid about recession blues. They talk of past hard times, the state's attempt to d

Financial profiles of trucking since deregulation have concluded that the industry has enjoyed only