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UK Clears BTR's Bid For Pilkington Bros.The government cleared on Thursday BTR PLC's hostile

Two leading experts on China offered different assessments concerning the impact of political troubl

The multibillion-dollar lawsuits against Union Carbide over the Bhopal chemical disaster should sta

Alan Lord, the deputy chairman and chief executive of Lloyd's of London, expects a government-backed

The stock market's explosive New Year's rally caught fire again Thursday, fueled by declining intere

Pan Am Won't Confirm Acquisition RumorsPan Am Corp. and AMR Corp. declined comment on a publ

One of Britain's largest but lowest-profile trading and service groups is reorganizing its Far Easte

Back in the ancient times of the personal computer revolution, say about three years ago, there was

Ship simulator A multi-ship maneuvering simulator from Britian allows ship designers to see

Truck Group Denounces ATA Policy ReportThe Private Truck Council of America denounced Americ

Inventories Edged DownIn NovemberBusiness inventories edged downward 0.2 percent in

Egypt Raises Oil Prices By $1 to $1.25 a BarrelCAIRO, Egypt - Egypt raised the price of its

January 15, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallo

A national consumer group has sided with the Reagan administration against any move in Congress to l

The Air Transportation Association began its expected drive to restructure the Federal Aviation Adm

Two of Europe's largest airlines, Air France and Lufthansa German Airlines, have place separate orde

A senior Japanese official announced a new plan that he said would boost industrial exports from Sou

AMA Awaits Ruling On Medicare FeesA federal judge is expected to rule as early as today in a

No champagne was uncorked, no ribbon cut, no long-winded politician made a speech. Instead, as one o

South Korea's Yukong Ltd. has chosen the M.W. Kellogg Co., an engineering contractor, to design and

Miles Laboratories Inc. is introducing a new Extra Strength Alka-Seltzer that combines more aspirin

Farm Machinery Output Hit Record Low in '86The production of tractors and other farm machine

The average U.S. factory worker earned as much as $9 for every dollar paid a worker in South Korea i

Tennessee Valley Authority purchased coal for the John Sevier, Kingston and Widows Creek steam plan

The Hudson River Pilots Association has scaled back in recent years, reflecting the industry trend t

Two leading experts on China offered different assessments concerning the impact of political troubl

S. Calif. Air Controllers Hid Evidence of ErrorsSANTA ANA, Calif. - Controllers at Southern

Foreign investment is important to Mexican industrial development and creation of jobs but is not th

The dollar's plunge to a six-year low against the Deutsche mark this week has left West German expor

American Transport Line's decision to start a container service to South America could have signific

The wintertime doldrums disappeared from this quiet farm town after a small army of well drillers ro

Scientists have shown for the first time that certain bacteria can be used to transfer foreign genes

Some of the planned changes in the London Metal Exchange's trading practices look unlikely to be in

Nakasone in Poland WARSAW, Poland - Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone of Japan was to begin a

Sears, Roebuck & Co. and the C.P. Group of Bangkok, Thailand said Sears World Trade Inc. reached agr

With harvesting of the 1986-87 Australian crop nearing completion, wheat producers in this country

SC Electric & Gas Told To File Rate ReductionCOLUMBIA, S.C. South Carolina Electric & Gas

Maritime Safety and Security Conference. Sponsored by Eletson Corp., Piraeus Marine Club, Naftiliaki

U.S. industry's competitiveness will decline even further if Congress passes protectionist legislati

The insurance industry is hopping mad at the Department of Transportation for denying a petition aim