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The European Common Market decided not to ban imports of South African coal at this time, but will h

The oil-fueled economy in Alaska may be on the skids right now, but thathasn't deterred Amer

Four projects approved for India's Cochin Export Processing Zone will concentrate on re-exporting es

The number of private businesses in China has declined for the first time since they were legalized

Pharmacia AB and Electro-Nucleonics Inc. announced the closing of a contract for ENI to purchase U.

Dow to Adjust PolyethylenePricesThe Dow Chemical Co. will adjust its less-than-truck

Pennwalt Corp. announced the acquisition of Desarrolo Quimica Industrial S.A. (Dequisa), a dithiocar

USI Hikes Price of Vinyl AcetateU.S.I. Chemicals announced that the company's price for viny

The official overseeing cleanup operations at the Chernobyl nuclear plant said two of the four react

A plan for New England regional power needs may be jeopardized by faulty projections used in formula

The U.S. chemical industry would support a free trade agreement with Canada if certain "fair and eq

Island Creek Acquires Laurel Run Mining Co.LEXINGTON, Ky. - Island Creek Corp. said it acqui

Failing crops in Africa and dwindling worldwide demand for U.S. wheat have combined to catapult Sout

U.S. agricultural exports to South Asia are expected to drop 20 percent in fiscal 1987 to $414 milli

Columnist Abigail Van Buren is appealing to Congress not for advice, but to urge it to change the So

Japanese gold imports this year are likely to rise to almost 50 percent of total non-socialist world

Citing a newly declassified intelligence report, Sen. William Proxmire says the United States is in

India's state commerce minister, Brahna Dutt, has estimated the country's natural rubber production

The French Association of Ships' Captains suggested Premier Jacques Chirac order close protection by

The Panamanian maritime authority hopes to forge closer ties with China on licensing and other matte

The International Maritime Organization is asking all member countries to implement tough new anti-t

The purchase of a large tanker abroad helped limit the amount of merchant shipping tonnage that left

Western Gas Marketing, the subsidiary that administers gas contracts forTrans- Canada PipeL

South Africa continues to import huge amounts of crude oil despite a United Nations embargo on such

The first Taiwan-built chemical carrier, the 30,000-ton Formosa 3, is on its maiden voyage to the Un

Singapore wants to become a major oil trading, distribution and storage center in southeast Asia, Ed

There is no reason to delay imposing sanctions against the United Kingdom for its discrimination aga

Air Atlanta Inc. announced plans for daily round trip service between Atlanta and National Airport i

When Scandinavian Airlines organized its Distribution and Publishing Service Inc. as a special U.S.

The Massachusetts attorney general department says it may institute antitrust objections to the prop

Circle Acquires Advance DistributionCircle Express Inc., a holding company for several full

Growing sea-air traffic out of the Far East has encouraged the Netherlands supplemental airline Mart

Ryder System, which built its name leasing trucks, has been playing Pac Man in the aviation business

Colin Pease, Guilford Transportation Industries vice president, threw down the gauntlet to Brotherho

Despite predictions that air cargo traffic will double by the end of the century, McDonnell Douglas

In a continuing "war on truck safety" and other traffic problems, the state of Connecticut has begun

Shultz to Visit S. Africa WASHINGTON - George P. Shultz, secretary of State, is planning a n

The Dutch government presented a fiscally austere 1987 budget marked by heavy spending cuts, but it

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK INDIA - The Export-Import Bank announced another win in its efforts to be

Jamaica's efforts to establish itself in the U.S. market for winter vegetables have suffered a setba