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Missouri Rep. Richard Gephardt called Wednesday for legislation forcing businesses to offer health i

Changing conditions in the world sweetener industry make it likely that future sugar price booms wil

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

There was agreement from all sides Thursday that the accord reached this week between Britain and Sp

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Tokyo Plans to Trade 30-Year US BondTOKYO - The Tokyo Stock Exchange is planning to trade in

The Seafarers International Union and a group of businessmen under the banner of Union Shipping Grou

In a deal that swaps debt for exports, Brazil's Caneco shipyard says it will build up to four contai

Supporters of the government's sugar program say its price supports and import quotas are needed to

Ryder Truck Rental Recipient of AwardThe International Customer Service Association has name

Increased foreign interest in whiting, a fish classified by U.S. fisheries managers as underused, ha

1226.5 (Dec. 3) Previous day - 1213.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in L

The Maritime Administration, confronted by unexpected opposition, apparently is having second though

Alleged discrepancies in the books of a Bayonne, N.J., warehouse company during 1981 and 1982 were d

U.S. Treasury Secretary James A. Baker III praised the announcement of the interest rates cuts in We

Japan and Iraq announced they have signed a new trade and technical cooperation agreement. N

AVIATION After years of service restrictions, renewed flights between the U.S. and the U.S.S

Both houses of Congress made progress Thursday on pieces of the budget plan for fiscal 1988.

A wholesale shake-up in Indonesia's fractious textile industry is promised for next year with help f

The general aviation manufacturing industry continues to press Congress for passage of aviation prod

CF AirFreight to Buy Five DC-8 FreightersPALO ALTO, Calif. - CF AirFreight, Inc. said it wil

Here are some recent transactions in which major Wall Street firms have been acquired or received in

U.S. coal exporters are being dragged into a trade dispute with Brazil over computer equipment and s

Producer members of the International Cocoa Organization have reached a common position on price sup

Maersk Line has reached an agreement with the port of Oakland that could double the size of its term

Peabody Coal Co. is carving a niche in a Japanese market some have thought out of reach to U.S. comp

World Trade Institute. Seminar on petroleum tankship operations. Dec. 7-10 at One World Trade Cente

Legislation requiring insurance companies to report massive amounts of data is appearing like brush

IT'S GOING TO BE a softer Christmas, was how economist David Wyss of Data Resources Inc. summed up t

Thanks to heavy advance staff work, conferees from the Senate and the House needed less than two hou

"Very serious" preparations are under way for possibly calling another meeting of the Group of Seven

Chinese Sell Rights To Use Tract of LandA real estate company in Shenzhen, south China, has

The Federal Maritime Commission has called upon member shipping companies in the TransPacific Westbo

Mobil Affiliate Makes Natural Gas DiscoveryMobil Oil Corp.'s Norwegian affiliate made a sign

Union Carbide Corp.'s chairman said the gas leak that killed thousands in Bhopal three years ago thi

Standard Alaska Petroleum Co., a subsidiary of British Petroleum, said it is dropping its prices for

Wider use of methanol, cleaner-burning than gasoline, will play a key role in efforts to reduce air

Hamburg-Sud and Deutsche Afrika-Linien, the nation's second- and third- largest shipping lines, resp

A jump in interest rates and higher operating costs could signal tough times ahead for the nation's

The U.S. economy will grow at a slower rate next year, three economists predicted this week, but onl