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Some farm lobbyists and others think the Reagan administration soon may unveil a package of goodies

Mexican Border Firms To Bank in DollarsThe government said businesses along the U.S.-Mexico

Britain announced plans to spend 600 million (US$900 million) to cut sulfur emissions from coal-fue

The clean-up of Three Mile Island Unit 2 is being slowed for a second time by single-celled organism

An international consortium led by Texaco made a discovery of crude oil in a wildcat well off the no

To one degree or another, Washington, D.C., is a company town. More than a third of the work force i

Unocal scientists are developing new technology for using satellites and spacecraft of the National

Robert J. Aaronson, director of aviation for the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, said he is

For the week ended Aug. 30, 1986, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equ

News from the third day of the International Freight Industry Conference in London: U.S. ope

A nationwide railway strike could have a major impact on the coal and utility industries, depending

Airbus Industrie said McDonnell Douglas Corp.'s unwillingness to consider the development of the A33

Two Reagan administration officials indicated they were fed up with foreign government policies rest

A nationwide rail strike would boost freight levels for many full truckload motor carriers, but coul

Guilford, Union Discuss Panel RecommendationsThe Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes

Railroad companies say they would use managers to keep high-priority double- stack cargo trains movi

Lettuce, cantaloupes, cucumbers and other Western-grown produce would have a hard time getting to Ea

Attorneys for an airline whose military charter crashed in Canada, killing 248 Fort Campbell soldier

P-I-E Nationwide Inc. reported $4.7 million in pretax profit for the first half of 1986, a $52 milli

GENERAL NEWSKnight-Ridder Press, a new book publishing division of Knight Ridder Inc.'s HPBo

Two key executives involved in Liberian-flag shipping operations say a sure- fire recipe for disaste

Sun Chemical Corp. and Chromalloy American Corp. announced they have reached an agreement in princip

The major eastbound trans-Pacific shipping conference voted to postpone until Sept. 30 the implement

AAEI Midwest Unit Plans Import SeminarThe Midwest unit of the American Association of Export

Crowley Maritime Corp.'s acquisition of Coordinated Caribbean Transport's assets could damage seriou

The European Community's Directive on Product Liability, scheduled to come into force in two years

NY Unveils Program For Seniors' DrugsA $125 million insurance program to help senior citizen

Spokesmen for the insurance industry, the nation's trial lawyers, consumer advocates and organized l

Major truck lines will convert double-digit tonnage gains into solid third quarter profits, but anal

Another aftershock of July's big earthquake shook the desert Tuesday, but was met with indifference

A Massachusetts legislator next week will propose a bill that would provide guidelines to determine

Permea Inc. developed advanced-generation membrane gas separators that are 200 percent to 400 percen

Stocks declined for the fourth day in a row Wednesday and one widely-followed newsletter said Wall S

Twenty years ago the federal government began regulating auto safety, and as cars became safer the n

Compared with some of the long-winded and often confusing language of international trade, the agric

Dow to Sell BusinessTo BPMIDLAND, Mich. - The Dow Chemical Co. and BP Performance Po

Vulsay Industries Inc., a 50-50 joint venture between Vulcan Packaging Inc. of Toronto and S.A.Y. In

Fluor Corp.'s net earnings declined to $1.1 million or 1 cent a share in its third quarter ended Jul

Moody's Downgrades Australia's DebtMoody's Investors Service said it lowered its ratings on

Borg-Warner Chemicals, with headquarters at Parkersburg, W.Va., sold its surfactant and phosphate es