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An environmentalist told a federal hearing into offshore oil leases that the Interior Department has

The United States may soon lift a ban on imports of Soviet nickel, as one of a series of small steps

EC Studies Greek Plan BRUSSELS, Belgium - European Community finance ministers this week are

Ghana's Cocoa Board Reclaiming PlantationsACCRA, Ghana - The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) exp

OIL/GAS SUN CO. (Dallas) - John P. Neafsey was named executive vice president and James E. M

GENERAL NEWS The emerging Iran arms sales could reduce White House clout and complicate many

Norfolk Southern believes shippers will view RoadRailer, a truck trailer with rail wheels, as a tran

A private study on tax reform's impact projects higher effective tax rates for water, rail and air t

Here is a review of how some seasoned Washington hands think the Iran arms controversy could affect

The West German gross national product grew 1 percent in the third quarter, seasonally and annually

Honeywell Inc., a major U.S. electronics producer and defense contractor, will sell its South Africa

Hitachi Denies Charges Of TV Tube DumpingHitachi Electronic Devices (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. is

Pyongyang is prepared for the 24th Olympic Games, blares the improbable propaganda here. At

Conrail to Rebuild Ashtabula Coal FacilityConsolidated Rail Corp. said it is rebuilding the

Erik Tofsrud, former president of Vancouver Port Corp., is helping a rival British Columbia port dev

The following index charts weekly changes in motor carrier tonnage originatingfrom 49 produc

Getty Finishes Buy-out Of J.R. Sousa & SonsPLAINVIEW, N.Y. - Getty Petroleum Corp. concluded

Thursday, Dec. 4, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The U.S. dollar moved sharply higher Thursday in response to a large European order to buy dollars a

Two of Greece's main business groups have warned the Socialist government that this country's export

United States Lines said it is pulling out of the TransPacific Westbound Rate Agreement early next y

The government has shifted the exchange rate on most imports to increase costs by 25 percent and giv

BankAmerica to Close 8 Hong Kong OfficesBankAmerica Corp. will close eight of its 11 Hong Ko

China's textile and apparel sales to the United States are expected to soar to more than $2 billion

William Dement is known as the father of sleep disorders medicine" primarily for having founded the

Pfizer Inc. announced that on Nov. 30, 1986, it entered into a merger agreement with Angiomedics Inc

After an absence of nearly 30 years, trans-Hudson ferry service has been revived between this river

The U.S. oil industry, ending a year of unprecedented losses because of falling prices, is reprising

South Africa Transfers Reserves Out of USSouth Africa recently transferred $5 billion worth

The damaged Three Mile Island Unit 2 nuclear reactor will be put in storage indefinitely after a $1

Sterling Drug Inc. acquired substantially all of the prescription pharmaceutical line of products fr

The United States and Soviet Union will sign a massive arms reduction pact in the next two years, tr

Treasury Secretary James A. Baker III criticized plans that would offer broad debt forgiveness and i

A Japanese businessman is plotting to overturn his government's tight ban on rice imports by any mea

The German Insurance Industry Association pointed out in its first reaction that the EC court ruling

A group of businessmen and attorneys is pushing for legislation that would require legal costs in la

Companies proposing to change commercial insurance rates by more than 10 percent a year first must o

Japanese insurance companies are not likely to simply liquidate large-scale securities and currency

The stock market continued on Thursday the laborious process of digesting its big gains of Tuesday,

There is still no sign that Moscow is ready to abide by a long-term agreement to buy U.S. grain, par