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New York to Permit Refuse IncineratorALBANY, N.Y. - The state Department of Environmental Co

General Motors' closure of 11 plants will bring increased pressure on Japan to limit auto exports, a

Olin Raises Toluene DI Price Olin Corp. is increasing its price of TDI-80 (toluene diisocyan

An attorney for an export company says an agreement has been reached to extend the shipment of Alask

Boeing Co. said it will begin screening prospective employees for drug use on Feb. 1, drawing concer

Southern California Gas Co. issued a call for spot gas bids from natural gas producers who will lose

Norway's Kvaerner concern and the Havtor Group have taken delivery of the nine gas ships they purcha

A great deal more work is needed before Hong Kong can establish its independent shipping registry on

The Canada Labour Relations Board scheduled hearings in Quebec City today and Tuesday to review comp

GENERAL NEWSCharitable contributions by U.S. firms are likely to drop or register no growth.

Mass screening of women for susceptibility to toxic shock syndrome might theoretically be done with

The Maritime Administration will contract with private companies to handle 70 merchant-type ready re

Judge Throws Out Suit Against Time MagazineNEWARK, N.J. - The reputation of Schiavone Constr

A company named in a $890 million lawsuit for allegedly selling thousands of faulty heart pacemakers

A new trial lawyer-related organization in Georgia was to begin advertising over the weekend in a mo

Two of the nation's most active state insurance commissioners - James P. Corcoran in New York and Jo

NOVEMBER 9-12 - National Association of Professional Insurance Agents, annual meeting - Hono

A new AIDS virus discovered in West Africa last year may be as deadly as the original virus and coul

The initial public stock offering announced by Brown Transport Co. Inc. makes it the largest truckin

The New York foreign exchange market generally expects only limited - perhaps slightly bullish - mov

Aquino's Goals in Japan MANILA, Philippines - Philippine President Corazon Aquino is schedul

African and Latin American bankers are asking commercial and central banks in their respective regio

Prime Minister Edward Seaga has submitted a tax reform plan to the Jamaican Parliament calling for a

Steel companies must develop orderly marketing programs to achieve a turnaround from industry proble

Iveco Trucks AnnouncesPromotionsBLUE BELL, Pa. - Iveco trucks of North America Inc.,

Allied-Signal Enters Pact With Italian FirmAllied-Signal International Inc. said it signed a

The increase in the value of the Japanese yen against the U.S. dollar since September 1985 has cause

A perceived lack of Japanese corporate confidence in the permanence of China's economic reforms is a

The purchase by media magnate Rupert Murdoch of a substantial stake in the local South China Morning

Bulgaria has won its bid to start negotiations on becoming a member of the General Agreement on Tari

Federal and corporate policies must change if the U.S. merchandise trade deficit is to decline signi

China plans to increase its arms trade with foreign countries while at the same time developing weap

The United States, Canada and Australia backed a European Community request for an arbitration panel

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Richard Lyng reacted with dismay to the Canadian government's imposition

Energy Assistance Available in CaliforniaLOS ANGELES - About $78 million in federal energy a

IEP (UK), the investment group headed by New Zealander Ron Brierley, has raised its bid for the U.K.

U.S. companies rely heavily on overseas suppliers, but their international transportation and distri

Nine leading international maritime organizations have appealed for action by the United Nations to

Lebanese cargo airline TMA is targeting early December for a resumption of the wide-ranging freighte

Copper Glo Fuel Inc., Clarfield, Tenn., received a contract to supply 11,000 tons of coal to the Ten