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Toxic waste disposal companies in Switzerland will be required for the first time to obtain licenses

Kuhlman Unit Settles Labor Dispute TROY, Mich. - Employees at Kuhlman Corp.'s Bronson Plasti

Domestic fertilizer consumption declined slightly in September from the year before. In addi

Sixteen months ago, Capt. Chuck Hutson didn't believe he was an alcoholic. A commercial airl

Vista Chemical Co. filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission coveri

First Albany Corp. recommended that all income-oriented investors switch out of investments in Cent

A national coal advisory group will tell the federal government next June how the substitution of do

People Express Airlines says it will begin once-daily Boeing 747 service next month between Honolulu

The coal industry is trying to convince the Supreme Court to invalidate a Pennsylvania law requiring

Northwest Airline's order of two 747-200 freighters gives it the flexibility to put freighters back

Babcock & Wilcox Unit To Build Egyptian PlantBabcock & Wilcox, an operating unit of McDermot

Union Carbide Corp. announced agreement in principle to sell the assets of its electrical carbon bus

Council of Logistics Management, New York City round-table. Nov. 14, Bristol- Myers Co., second floo

The Brazilian government could swap railway equipment and iron ore for Chinese coking coal in a $50

Two of Britain's largest general lines insurance companies, Commercial Union Assur ance Co. PLC and

The maker of a stomach balloon used to treat obesity is warning doctors to curtail its use after 80

Antitrust problems in the health-care industry will be the focus of the Federal Trade Commission in

Heavy-duty trucks are starting to live longer on the road than in deal er catalogues. While

Lloyd's of London lawyers say a proposed state rule governing surplus and excess lines insurance bro

Santa Fe Railway has begun offering shippers a network of high-speed, low-cost freight trains opera

Newark Airport to Get Rail Station, MonorailNewark International Airport will be linked with

US Sanctions Expected WASHINGTON - President Reagan is expected to act promptly on recommend

As Hanjin Container Lines and Hyundai Merchant Marine realign from their recent breakup, a port offi

YEARS AGO, IN SWITZERLAND, George Telfer, then our world trade editor, asked a clerk at his hotel fo

The director of the Teamsters union's largest pension fund said he is pleased with a labor/managemen

Hyman Freightways Inc. expects to provide more direct truck service to Midwestern cities through its

When Alexander Krygsman, director of the port of Stockton, thought he'd been smeared by a civil gran

Alfredo del Mazo, Mexico's recently appointed minister of energy and state industry, outlined an amb

The official opening of a new session of Parliament Wednesday confirmed Prime Minister Margaret That

Toshiba Corp., the Japanese electronics company, will open a plant here to produce color television

S. Koreans to Expand Semiconductor OutputSEOUL, South Korea - Anticipating booming exports,

2nd Saga Ship Enters Westwood ServiceVANCOUVER, British Columbia - The second of a new class

Top-to-bottom computerization and company-wide information sharing, the next step in U.S. industry's

The U.S. semiconductor market showed modest gains in October, according to an industry group.

A trip to Japan by two California businessmen two years ago sparked a tie between two cities that wa

Vancouver longshoremen get paid for riding 40 miles by taxi to work at a pulp-handling terminal at t

GENERAL NEWSAbout 43,000 Ford Motor Co. salaried employees in the United States and Canada w

When steamship companies require additional personnel during peak busi ness periods, they normally d

With the official go-ahead for a third bottling plant, Pepsico Inc. believes it will be the largest

Xerox Corp. unveiled a long-term research plan aimed at cutting the $25 billion annual cost for U.S.