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American Gets Nod To Buy Small CarrierThe Department of Transportation tentatively approved

Australia's minister for trade ripped into the United States for its protectionist farm policies, wa

A Brazilian company hopes to produce locally the expensive castor oil de rivatives that now are proc

An administrative law judge has reconsidered a case involving shipping-law violations and recommende

TRAINS GROUND TO A HALT at the Association of American Railroads' recent affair honoring former Sen.

The Philippine Board of Investments is expected to announce Tuesday new guidelines designed to match

Possible AIDS Vaccine Is Tested on HumansFor the last seven months, with very little fanfare

Bangladesh is making progress in a campaign to attract foreign investment by offering generous incen

Mole Develops Charger For Model AircraftMole Technology, a British company, has developed su

Despite the heat generated on Capitol Hill over ways to change the 1985 farm law, none of the propos

India May Exchange Soymeal for SoybeansThe Indian Commerce Ministry is examining a trade pro

U.S. exporters have sold China an additional 300,000 metric tons of wheat under a new million-ton su

An agreement by cattle executives from four major producers to urge their governments to seek an en

P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc. reported fourth quarter net earnings rose to $556,224, or 11 cen

British insurers see hope again in U.S. justice following a federal court's informal ruling giving t

Britain's coal industry will suffer a major setback next week when Parliament is expected to approve

Yellow Freight System Inc. raced past Roadway Express Inc. to become the nation's largest general fr

CF AirFreight said it will lease 14 jet cargo aircraft for its new Indianapolis overnight delivery h

OPEC Panel Postpones Parley Until AprilABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Industry sources sa

For the first month of 1987, net new orders of U.S. machine tools were 22.5 percent below a year ear

Norway should undertake a wide range of reforms to adjust its economy to lower oil earnings, the Or

The U.S. Coast Guard expects to have in place by mid-July regulations that would allow a crackdown o

United States Lines Inc. is looking for links with Chinese shipping organizations when it comes out

Australian Dockers Boycott Coastal BoxesSYDNEY, Australia - An Australian dockworkers' boyco

GENERAL NEWS Americans who went on a year-end buying spree in December, cut back sharply in

Seeking to ease concern over its January default on foreign debt payments, Ecuador has reiterated pl

Coffee Quotas Meeting LONDON - The executive council of the International Coffee Organizatio

After learning little or nothing about Federal Reserve policy from Chairman Paul A. Volcker's congre

Bangladesh is making progress in a campaign to attract foreign investment by offering generous incen

A U.S. company that exported no coal in 1986 is breaking in with a bang this year, selling steam co

Leading aircraft manufacturers are forecasting that between now and the year 2005 the value of new a

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission plans to adopt an aggressive schedule this year in its atte

The European Community may never take the touchy political step of selecting a capital. But it might

A new test of an International Longshoremen's Association contract provision, stemming from the unio

David B. Benadof thinks it's perfectly normal for foreign businessmen in Brazil to be perplexed by t

TVA Purchases Coal For Two Power PlantsThe Tennessee Valley Authority awarded seven spot coa

Chargeurs Reunis, the merchant marine affiliate of the French Chargeurs SA holding company, will rad

A lack of funds is forcing the Chinese city of Shanghai to cut investment and other spending this ye

World Steel Output Fell 11 percent in JanuaryBRUSSELS, Belgium - Crude steel output in the n

Japanese steel mills asked Quintette Coal Ltd., which holds an open-pit metallurgical coal mine in