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Smith-Corona Looks To Tougher Trade BillCORTLAND, N.Y. - Continued economic improvement at S

The biggest success in Mexico today is a skinny 12-ounce bottle with two cryptic creatures on its em

The House Ways and Means Committee approved major sections of a trade billdraft that aims to

Congress' decision to make repeal of the 55 mph speed limit part of the $87.5 billion highway and ma

Sen. John Heinz, R-Pa., has introduced legislation to correct the "tariff inversion" of levies on pi

Some U.S. multinational corporations are "ill prepared to deal with" the complexities of sourcing ab

The six principal economies of Southeast Asia must coordinate their economic policies or risk being

A leading Chinese banker charged that decentralization of the economy was a mistake and that it will

Asia tightened its stranglehold on the world shipbuilding market last year as Japan accounted for ne

After an 11-year effort, a Canadian consortium has won a C$25.8 million contract to equip Hong Kong

Great Lakes interests voiced fear about a proposed opening of U.S. and Canadian domestic shipping tr

A federal bankruptcy court will allow Chemical Bank to advance $4 million in cash to United States L

Francis A. Scanlan, a Philadelphia maritime attorney who has been prominent in North Atlantic port m

The indictment of a key House subcommittee chairman deepens the uncertainty surrounding efforts to p

Top state and local transportation officials who met here St. Patrick's Day for some chest-thumping

The European Shippers' Council attacked the forthcoming freight rate increase by the North Europe U.

After years of wallowing in heavy swells, Singapore's shipping industry appears to be sailing back i

The Virginia Port Authority hopes to divert 5 percent of landbridge cargo to Hampton Roads by establ

The 24,213-deadweight-metric-ton Panamanian bulk carrier Bursa Bay and the Panamanian freighter Tram

Puerto Rican Office Of FMC OperatingThe Federal Maritime Commission assured the shipping pub

A western Canadian export sulfur terminal is close to completing a major modernization program, to b

Kerr Steamship Co. has reorganized into three divisions - one responsible for ''K" Line, one in char

New England Electric System is projecting that its load will grow at anaverage annual rate o

W.J. Amoss Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. Inc., favors retai

Representatives from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, the Organization of Arab Pet

Kuwaiti Oil Minister Sheik Ali Khalifa al-Sabah predicted Wednesday thatpressure on the Org

Premier Richard Hatfield will appear before a special Commons committee soon to explain why New Brun

Officials at Argentina's state oil company, Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales, expect another fall i

Consolidated Gets Nod For Marketing UnitConsolidated Natural Gas Co. said it received author

Supplies of both distillate oil and gasoline declined, according to the American Petroleum Institute

The acrimony that's been brewing between New York state and Long Island Lighting Co. since 1983 bubb

A process using flue gas cleanup devices is moving to the head of the class of the clean coal burnin

Long Island Lighting Co. hired a new president last January after the post had been vacant for about

Most Long Islanders probably don't realize how close they came to freezing in the dark Feb. 9.

Great Lake Diversions Seen Taking NY PowerNew York Power Authority Chairman Richard M. Flynn

Howard C. Homeyer, Texas Eastern Gas Pipeline Co. president, testified recently that the company is

PPG Industries Inc. will operate a General Motors automotive painting facility at GM's Buick Reatta

Sandoz AG, the Basel chemical company that came under wide criticism after a toxic spill polluted th

Toxic chemical contamination at a railyard outside Philadelphia was the worst ever found by investig

Tall Oil Rosin Surplus Shrinks, Market FirmsThe U.S. tall oil rosin market strengthened due