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A Commerce Department-sponsored conference to help U.S. companies set up plants in Mexico is pushin

Wrightson Names VPAt US UnitPeter D. Wood rejoined Stewart Smith East Inc., a broker

The productivity of U.S. non-farm businesses rose at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 0.2 percen

Many United States companies are using marketing strategies and performance based on the thinking of

Contracts for construction slipped 6 percent in September, led by a decline in public works projects

The U.S. dollar steadied in quiet trading Wednesday, moving higher against some major foreign curren

"They just didn't do their homework," complained the head equities dealer at one investment bank ang

Medium-sized corporations grew an average of 15 percent over the past year and are projecting a cont

Rampant speculation on rumored takeover-or-restructuring issues highlighted trading Wednesday as the

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

GENERAL NEWSThe slump in public works projects led the decline in construction contracting.

US Pressed on Syria BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Community is asking the United States t

Koch Carbon Inc. of Wichita, Kan., purchased C. Reiss Coal Co., Sheboygan, Wis., a 100-year-old fami

Japan's shipbuilding industry faces more hard times in the next few years, but the outlook should be

Top Stories New tax law is expected to take a big bite out of transportation profits, but th

Houston Lighting & Power Co. is turning the Gulf Coast geology to its advantage with construction of

Before the development of offshore platforms and automated aids to navigation, coasts from Maine to

ICF Inc., a Washington, D.C.-based consulting firm, has won the first major contract awarded by the

Ship operators, fearing resumption of a lockout that was temporarily lifted Oct. 8, soon may start a

Canada's two major railways are stalking container business to be generated by four Asian car assemb

The new Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. service from the U.S. East Coast to South America appears to be a

The No. 2 reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, three new nuclear reactors and new capacity

West Germany's 1986 cocoa imports could be near the 1985 record of 220,000 metric tons after imports

Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. says it is ready to load fuel into the core of its Nine Mile Point unit 2

Sulfate DemandSeen FlatOverall demand for aluminum sulfate has been flat and is expe

As hundreds cheered and applauded, former Governor and U.S. Senator Abraham Ribicoff told federal en

One of the most respected bastions of modern agriculture, the specialized farm operation, is being q

PPG Industries announced that it purchased Chemfil Corp. of Troy, Mich., the leading supplier of met

Chemed Corp. and Merck & Co. announced that they have entered into an agreement in principle for Mer

Adm. Thomas B. Hayward, USN (Ret.), will be main speaker at the 94th annual banquet of the Society o

Issues involving financing and load centers entangled a meeting of the Advisory Group on Strategic P

British Ships Advised To Avoid Syrian PortsThe U.K. government has advised British ships to

Grain storage problems are not as bad as merchandisers and market analysts predicted they would be a

One of the U.S. maritime industry's staunchest supporters on Capitol Hill is battling America's most

Negotiations on local work rules continued Wednesday between shipping associations in the North Atla

The head of the Maritime Employers Association in eastern Canada accused the International Longshore

The Federal Maritime Commission believes it has the authority to prescribe attorneys' fees in procee

USS Great Lakes Fleet Inc. asked the Maritime Administration for permission to sell two cargo vessel

Shipments of iron ore, coal and grain on the Great Lakes in August totaled 11.7 million tons, a decr

The Port of Houston Authority is trying to get a $100 million port improvement bond issue on electio