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Digital Equipment Corp. invaded International Business Machines Corp.'s most secure and profitable t

Xerox Corp. introduced a new mid-volume copier that uses a computer to ensure quality and speed, acc

Pressure for a new trade bill is building as labor leaders repeated their calls for Congress to toug

Regional and short-line railroads have established a new lobby group to represent them before Congress.

GENERAL NEWSContinuing debate over economic outlook colors views of strong industrial produc

Sometimes house doors in parts of Ohio, Illinois and other states don't open properly. Some houses

Michigan has ruled that a new form for liability insurance be limited to the sort of risks that are

U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o.b., ex. barge. Pr

The Federal Maritime Commission yielded to industry requests and extended for another month the comm

Up to 175 representatives of ports, state and local governments, water carriers, dredging companies

The U.S. Court of Appeals threatened to strike down rules permitting the repayment of construction s

Wardair Orders European AirbusesWardair said it ordered 12 European A310 Airbuses valued at

Air France said preliminary figures report the airline posted a 1986 net profit of about $580 milli

Guinness PLC's new acting chairman admitted that the giant brewer illegally arranged for a Swiss ban

Air Canada and Canadian Pacific Air Lines are engaged in a global war over air freight services and

The Conference Board has some bad news for U.S. executives and other white- collar workers: their sa

The government is lifting a ban on exports of oil and gas drilling equipment to the Soviet Union to

Oil prices weakened slightly Friday, in the wake of a respite from a two-week spell of bitterly cold

In a major push for oil exploration, four U.S. companies are among eight foreign oil companies biddi

Lower 1986 crude oil production and increased petroleum consumption have resulted in the highest amo

A group of independent oil companies and investors plans to drill an exploratory well on the North S

Norsk Hydro Expects Poor Results for '86OSLO, Norway -- State-owned Norsk Hydro, one of Norw

After a 35-year effort, scientists at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory are closing in on thei

Canada Reports Plans For Truckload LimitsVANCOUVER, British Columbia - Public Works Canada i

Japanese steel mills have obtained price cuts of $5 to $6 a metric ton from some Australian and Cana

AN HONOR FOR MRS. DOLE: Secretary of Transportation Elizabeth Hanford Dole was honored as the first

A first agreement in national labor negotiations was reached Friday, Danish radio reported.

Retail sales of heavy-duty class 8 trucks plummeted 15.5 percent in the United States in 1986 while

Experts from the European Community and the Soviet Union ended two days of talks on establishing off

Grand Metropolitan PLC, a drinks and hotels group, announced Friday it has agreed to buy Heublein In

South Korea's current account surplus in 1986 totaled an unprecedented $5 billion, more than the gov

Japan posted a trade surplus of $8.7 billion in December, resulting in an overall historic record su

The dismissal of Hu Yaobang as China's Communist Party chief left analysts divided as to its impact

CP Hotels, a unit of Canadian Pacific Ltd. of Montreal, is talking to a sister company about taking

A steady stream of complaint about Indonesia's economic arrangements seems to be achieving results m

A steady stream of complaint about Indonesia's economic arrangements seems to be achieving results m

First it was Coke, then concrete, now communications as Atlanta plants its flag more firmly on Chine

Israel Seeks $3.9 Billion In US Economic AidIsrael formally requested $3.9 billion in U.S. e

The choice of David Wilson, a veteran British diplomat with broad Chinese experience, as Hong Kong's

Calif. Optimistic on Bid For Energy ProjectA site near Stockton has been chosen for the worl