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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said the region's economy did very well in 1986 and pr

Bill Edwards leaned back in his chair, smiled slightly and said: "We seem to be steady plodders."

Dutch Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers said the Netherlands is providing India with 5.5 billion rupees (

A major Teamster union pension fund will file a claim for more than $9 million in liabilities agains

Speculators in takeover stocks should be specially registered and regulated by the Securities and Ex

Sun Refining & Marketing Co. raised its posted purchase price for West Texas Intermediate crude oil

Dow Chemical Hikes Price of ABS ResinsDow Chemical Co.'s Engineering Thermoplastics Departme

NY Commission Votes For NiMo Rate HikeALBANY, N.Y. - The New York State Public Service Commi

A joint venture involving energy companies from Colorado and Japan wants to explore the possibility

The U.S. electronics industry launched its campaign against Japanese competitors by announcing it wi

In a bid to take control of the Port of Portland Commission, Oregon Gov. Neil Goldschmidt asked the

The port of Oakland plans $226 million in capital spending over the next five years. Its exp

Twenty-eight members of the California congressional delegation complained that the Interior Departm

An administrative law judge at the Department of Transportation recommended Federal Express Corp. fo

Morocco Expo Set for April WASHINGTON - The Commerce Department is inviting U.S. equipment m

Trans World Airlines stunned competitors Wednesday by offering $1.4 billion cash to buy USAir Group

Beginning April 2, the Federal Maritime Commission will apply a new system of formal assessment to t

McDonnell Douglas To Increase WagesLONG BEACH, Calif. - After seven months of unsuccessful c

Pan American Taps Effman,RunnettePan American World Airways and its parent, Pan Am C

General Motors Corp.'s financing arm is offering $25 billion in already approved credit to more than

U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter has threatened to retaliate if the European Community puts

Contrasting statements on investment in priority sectors such as tourism and rail roads reflect inte

Policyholders' complaints about the handling of their claims on household insurance accounted for mo

Consumers and refiners are working in concert to hold down oil prices, a former chairman of the Orga

A 21-year project to deepen the port of Stockton's ship channel is finished, port Director Alexande

U.S. Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige isn't that excited about a semiconductor industry plan to f

There were no fanfares or formal opening ceremonies when the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement

On the back of a highly successful sales drive in Japan, a leading businessman is urging Hong Kong t

Across a campus square from the last Mao Tse-tung statue in Dalian, Chinese and U.S. experts are tra

Recognizing that an increasing number of fish, lobsters and crabs are flying these days, the Air Tra

An opponent of a proposed mini-hydroelectric project near Oakhurst has charged that political pressu

The B.F. Goodrich Co. said it will shut down several manufacturing operations in Akron by the end of

Sabena's Martin Kovach is intrigued by the notion that two Catch-22 circumstances may conceivably ad

The voice of every member country of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade may carry equal weig

Sales of new homes fell 6.8 percent in January, the biggest decline since October, as the median pri

Moves by the industrialized nations to stamp out protectionism in shipping gathered speed as U.S. of

EC Steelmakers Plan Cuts in ProductionBRUSSELS, Belgium - European Community steelmakers ann

European oil companies are liable to be the principal beneficiaries in Angola as U.S. companies with

The Canadian government selected a Canadian builder for a giant icebreaker to help defend its disput

Chrysler Corp. should gain a psychological advantage on both sides of the Atlantic when it re-enters