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Hoechst Sets Price HikeFor Jan. 1American Hoechst Corp. will increase the price of m

Venezuela has asked creditors to give it until the year 2000 to repay $21 billion of foreign debts

This year will not be remembered with much affection by Australia's three major private banks.<

African Show Features Contemporary TrendsAfrican Trends is an exhibition designed to acquain

Day by day for the past four months, a wrecking ball has pounded at the concrete grain elevators in

Like many companies in the shipping industry, the Evergreen group is not especially eager to disclos

Iran wants Iraq to be suspended from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries since it is b

Jury Clears De Lorean DETROIT - A federal jury found former sports car maker John Z. De Lore

Can the depressed coal market support the opening of three or four new mines in southwestern West Vi

Exporters around the world are losing millions of dollars a year because of delays in receiving paym

W. German Sugar Beet Deliveries Seen DownFRANKFURT, W. Germany - Sugar beet deliveries in We

SmithKline Beckman Corp. is pursuing a three-point strategy for growth, Hen ry Wendt, president and

Long Island Lighting Co. ratepayers will shell out another $10 million in fuel costs in 1987 because

The top executive of Piedmont Airlines added his support to those airline officials who believe 1987

A decision from Britain's Civil Aviation Authority expected early in the New Year on whether a route

Lower stock index futures prices and caution ahead of Friday's triple witching hour combined to push

U.S. and Canadian negotiators set Friday as the goal for agreement on the softwood lumber dispute, b

West German and Swiss officials voiced concern over the Reagan administration's threat to impose im

The Japanese economy will worsen in fiscal 1987, starting April 1, partlybecause of a slowdo

Transco Exploration Partners Ltd. made its third successful natural gas completion on the B. Holmes

Marathon Hikes Price For All Crude GradesMarathon Petroleum Co., a unit of USX Corp., increa

European Community transport ministers have reached agreement after two years of talks on measures t

The port of Oakland agreed to spend more than $200,000 to test and inspect port cranes being built i

The Federal Maritime Commission agreed to allow the truck detention charge in the port of New York t

Transportation Research Board Railroad Transportation Meeting, Jan. 12-15, Sheraton Washington Hotel

The railroad industry is worried about an informal alliance of coal, utility and labor interests in

The tug strike in Belgian ports entered its third day Wednesday with tug owners blaming the governme

A capital boost of more than $100 million will be approved by the New Zealand government this month

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

GENERAL NEWS The U.S. economy, bolstered by a surge in car sales, expanded at an annual rate

A Japanese steelmaker tentatively plans to build a $60 million silicon production plant here that wi

Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone told European legislators that Japan is trying to open its market w

Underhill to Step Down From NY Life PostsJacob Underhill, president and chief operating offi

McDonnell Douglas Gets Large Order From SASScandinavian Airlines System said it has placed a

Re Capital Corp. said it expects to report a profit in the fourth quarterbecause of the low

Bay Area Future Linked With Silicon ValleyIf Silicon Valley's sluggish high-technology indus

The International Finance Corp. will help manage and underwrite the first fund in Thailand for inves

GPU Nuclear might restart the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station without reinforcing thin areas

Four major steamship lines have contributed containers for the first railroad revenue trial of a dou

The top three issues dominating the U.S.-Canada trade scene from July to September this year were th