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Of all places, why here? That was one local reaction to the announcement by the Internationa

The century-old Bath Iron Works Inc. said it was sold Thursday to Givens, Green, and Van Amerongen L

Rough seas Thursday forced rescuers to postpone a search for two men presumed drowned after a ship c

The United States Atlantic and Gulf Southeastern Caribbean Conference announced it will increase U.S

Argentina's hydrocarbons output rose in July compared with the previous month but still lagged behin

As of mid-afternoon Thursday, there was no announcement of the time and place for resumption of cont

The Federal Aviation Administration allocated close to $247 million toairports during the se

Even though the goal of creating machines that think remains somewhere off in the 21st century, arti

Top officials from the Argentine government will fly to Spain later this month for yet another attem

Air Cargo Inc. announced that Midway Airlines of Chicago has joined its nationwide air freight serv

Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Hanford Dole directed the Federal Aviation Administration to act

Not the least of the controversies surrounding the airline frequent flyer awards programs has been t

Japan was pressed once again by a U.S. official Thursday to completely open bidding on construction

The following are the highlights of Thursday's St. Louis Merchants Exchange call session for barge f

WTC Air Freight North America has made some sweeping changes in its management structure as part of

Qantas, Australia's international airline, has accused its U.S. competitors of dumping capacity on t

Trans European Airways, of Brussels, Belgium, and it's subsidiary Aircraft Lease Co., have ordered f

Plans for Tokyo Service Remain BCAL PriorityBritish Caledonian Airways, the U.K.'s biggest i

The new congressional tax reform bill may offer broader benefits for truckers than the industry firs

ICC Won't Reopen Rate InvestigationThe Interstate Commerce Commission will not reopen an eig

A General Motors Corp. official staunchly maintained that the company would try to expand, not reduc

Gordon E. Neuenschwander, chairman and chief executive of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Co.,

An armored diving suit, incorporating fiber optics and microchips, could become the walking-out unif

Low-Cost Korean Model May Spur IBM MoveHyundai, the South Korean company known for its cheap

Japan has replaced the United States as the world's most competitive nation in business, the Geneva-

Taiwan continues to be the front-runner in economic growth, according to the latest report from the

Australia is willing to help the Soviet Union market its agriculturalmachinery in Australia

Nedlloyd Move CreatesNew PositionsSeveral new positions were created by Nedlloyd Lin

Another steep decline in gasoline costs held consumer prices steady in July as Americans enjoyed the

John D. Wurz has a bone to pick with the U.S. Customs Service. The farmer from Sweetgrass, M

Mubarak, Peres to Meet TEL AVIV, Israel - Prime Minister Shimon Peres said he will meet with

The planned Tokyo offshore money market likely will be far smaller than anticipated, due to the appl

An Internal Affair ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - The government complained that the United States a

MY FRIEND JOE is an optimist, and he says the economy is ready for some very nice growth. Businesses

Sixty million people in China have an annual income lower than the government poverty line of 150 yu

There have been protests before over proposals to build coal-handling facilities here. But t

Teknor Apex Unveils LineOf CompoundsA new series of specially formulated polyvinyl c

U.S. automakers scheduled the assembly of 135,374 cars in domestic factories this week, Ward's Autom

They don't work when the grass gets cut. Perfume drives them up the wall, and coffee is forbidden in

A 2,000-acre lake used by Commonwealth Edison Co. as a cooling pond for its LaSalle Nuclear Generati