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Power plants in the Far East will triple their coal imports by the year 2000 though there won't be a

A 29-year-old coal miner died early Friday after a slab of rock fell from the roof of an underground

Pesticide pollution affecting aqueducts in five north Italian agricultural provinces has triggered a

European airlines should have enjoyed profitability under state ownership that guaranteed them monop

The world lost - or perhaps misplaced - more than $388 billion in the first half of the 1980s, accor

The Swedish merchant shipping fleet is following the same pattern as that of its Norwegian counterpa

The Justice Department will allow the Fashion Accessories Association Inc. to form a shippers associ

Tucked away in the House version of the trade bill is a shipping provision, aimed at gaining a share

The 50-mile container rule, which was designed to preserve work for longshoremen, has failed and eve

U.S. inflation is on the rise, despite a moderation of consumer price increases in February, and wil

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

The following is an exerpt of an interview with U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Richard Lyn

Noble Affiliates Inc. made a significant natural gas discovery on Ship Shoal 80, about 10 miles offs

Israel is facing a paradox. Whatever happens to the price of crude oil, up or down, the results won'

The Brazilian state oil company, Petrobras, plans to spend between $120 million and $140 million on

There's reason for U.S. coal exporters to be concerned in Turkey, commented a European trader.

Since the disastrous Sandoz AG fire, West Germany's chemical industry has been fighting an uphill ba

The M.W. Kellogg Co., a unit of Wheelabrator Technologies Inc., is in the running for a piece of a $

McDonnell Douglas Awards Gear ContractsLONG BEACH, Calif. - McDonnell Douglas said it has aw

Ralph Waldo Emerson's century-old saw - "If a man can make a better mousetrap the world will make a

For the week ended Mar. 14, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

A top national truck renting and leasing company said it backs pending federal legislation to requir

A man who makes much of his living promoting U.S. apparel exports says he'll fight U.S. barriers to

The Japanese government may appeal to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade if the United State

South Korea Considers Plan to Open MarketsSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea is studying plans

One of the world's poorest nations is pinning its hopes for future economic growth on the private se

GENERAL NEWS Consumers paid 0.4 percent more for goods in February. Page 3AU.S. inflation i

Matson Navigation Co., a name closely associated with intermodalism on the West Coast, is forming a

The Navy will proceed with construction on the Staten Island, N.Y., homeport, even though it faces t

The Senate approved compromise banking legislation that imposes a limited freeze on new powers for b

The Senate will settle the fate this week of the highway and mass transit legislation vetoed by Pres

National Council on Compensation Insurance holds annual meeting April 1-2 in Boca Raton, Fla. Infor

Nuclear Insurer Posts Higher NetAmerican Nuclear Insurers, one of three pools that provide i

The U.S. dollar declined again against most foreign currencies Friday despite renewed talk in the ma

March 27, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Texas oil man T. Boone Pickens predicted Thursday that Saudi Arabia will be able to keep oil at $18

The rally in North Sea oil prices continued with Brent crude ending the week at $18.35 a barrel for

The wholesale electricity purchases that utilities must make under federal law should be competitive

National Starch Slates Price Hike for April 6National Starch & Chemical Corp. announced a pr

The Hoechst Group's 1986 worldwide sales declined 11 percent to $17.52 billion from a 1985 figure of