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Orders for "big ticket" durable goods rose 0.9 percent in December as civilian demand showed the big

Exchange rates, not productivity trends, have been behind the U.S. manufacturing industry's recent d

The Reagan administration is stepping up efforts to get West European governments to stop subsidizin

Beirut Kidnappings WASHINGTON - The groups responsible for the kidnapping of 11 foreigners -

Murdoch Nears Victory In Takeover Battle?SYDNEY, Australia - International media magnate Rup

Calif. Probes Abuses In Insurance SalesAbuses in the marketing and sale of so-called medigap

The head of the J.W. Robinson Co. Department Stores has resigned after 10 months and its new owner,

Toshiba Corp. will increase its overseas production in 1987 to expand its markets abroad and offset

The port of San Francisco wants to build a six-berth container terminal that could cost up to $215 m

Spurred by the yen's sharp rise, Japan's direct overseas investment will reach a record high in the

Oregon Gov. Neil Goldschmidt named five new members to the Port of PortlandCommission.

A U.S. official said Japan faces unfavorable monetary exchange rates, falling exports and possible r

Fuji Heavy Industries and Isuzu Motor Co. of Japan may scrap plans to build trucks and utility vehic

Producers in the engineering plastics market are jockeying to position their products for ever more

Toshiba Corp. will increase its overseas production in 1987 to expand its markets abroad and offset

Murdoch Nears Victory In Takeover Battle?SYDNEY, Australia - International media magnate Rup

Spurred by the yen's sharp rise, Japan's direct overseas investment will reach a record high in the

Tariff rates on 24 manufactured and agricultural products will be cut by 5 percentage points in com

The U.S. dollar was slightly higher against most major foreign currencies Thursday as the market awa

The House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee expects to produce legislation this year to provide cat

The stock market tried to push higher Thursday, but the strain of the month- long advance was beginn

The U.S. Energy Department's announcement that it cannot open a national waste dump for high-level r

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Xerox Corp. said a $51 million charge to boost loss reserves in a discontinued insurance operation l

State regulators gave Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. permission to award cost- plus contracts on its own

The Seabrook nuclear power plant, 10 years and $5 billion in the making, has generated more problems

The Appellate Division of the state Supreme Court upheld a $2.45 million rate increase the Public Se

Tenn. Firms Sell TVA 13,600 Tons of CoalThe Tennessee Valley Authority bought 13,600 tons of

Ruhrkohle Trading delivered two shipments totaling 52,727 tons of bituminous steam coal to Morocco i

Union Carbide Corp. reported worse results for the fourth quarter with a $495 million net loss compa

Most people in Britain oppose the building of more nuclear power stations, according to a public opi

Provesta Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Phillips Petroleum Co., will build a fermentation produ

Schering-Plough Corp. reported fourth quarter earnings increased to $59.9 million, or $1 a share, fr

Reichhold Chemicals Inc. reported fourth quarter net income of $0.9 million, or 11 cents a share, co

National Distillers & Chemical Corp. reported fourth quarter 1986 net income fell slightly to $33.3

Pretax Charge to Result In Loss for Soo LineJoining the list of other railroads that chose t

The Reagan administration pins the blame for air travel delays on unrealistic airline scheduling pra

Kalium Hikes List PricesFor PotashKalium Chemicals is raising its list prices for po

President Reagan has signed a law ordering Long Island Rail Road employees back to work for a 60-day

Ticket refunds for passengers affected by the Long Island Rail Road strike were announced by the rai