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Sweden's biggest condom manufacturer said it's having trouble keeping up with demand. Kjell

U.S. manufacturers should have an easier time exporting to Mexico in coming months, thanks to a new

An administration official signaled that President Reagan might be persuaded to sign banking legisla

Britain's Civil Aviation Authority strongly defended its record Thursday for safely controlling civi

Sometimes when the engine is off and the boat is drifting on the turquoise waters off the old whalin

U.S. Maritime Academy Alumni Association. Marine insurance luncheon. Sept. 16 at the Downtown Athlet

Pennzoil Co. violated federal securities law in its alleged contract to acquire Getty Oil Co., the

Big oil and big autos say two new clean air rules proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency wi

Bay State Gas Co. posted a loss of $479,000 for the third quarter, ended June 30, compared with a lo

Carson Petroleum Co. has won a contract with Metra, the Chicago commuter rail service, to supply No.

Swiss trader Panchaud et Cie. SA confirmed it has invoked the prohibition clause in contracts to sup

Construction contracting across the nation likely will be valued at $236.1 billion in 1987, a drop o

Foreign Investment Increases in ChinaChina concluded 738 joint-venture contracts in the firs

A row has broken out between Texaco and Numast, the union that represents 23,000 British merchant of

The tiny International Futures Exchange in Bermuda has been trading fewer than 200 contracts a day o

Loucas Hajioannou, owner of one of the world's largest oil tanker fleets, says financially strapped

Midland Bank PLC reported a loss of 548 million (US$877 million) for the first half of 1987 followi

Three Peruvian-flag liner companies have asked the U.S. Federal MaritimeCommission for anoth

Puget Sound port leaders say steamship lines are likely to continue dropping off Canadian-bound carg

Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Japan's leading maker of industrial flooring, is laying the groundwork f

Union Carbide Corp. reported a 92 percent increase in second quarter net income of $69.0 million, or

Echoing themes he sounded last fall, Senate majority leader Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., charged the Rea

The port of San Francisco has let Todd Shipyards Corp. out of a lease, leaving Todd free to close it

Three electric generators in western Japan blew up from an overload, cutting power to millions of ho

The world AIDS scare has boosted the global demand and the price for Malaysia's natural rubber, whic

C.H. Sprague & Son Co. promoted Edward E. Bulmer to president and chief executive of this large dist

The U.S. merchandise trade deficit will improve this year and next but worsen again in 1989, two eco

A top maritime labor leader said it would be better for the United States to lease idle U.S. tankers

A major containerport operator is planning a promotional swing through the United States and Europe

The chances look good for House passage of the bill voted this week by the House Interior Committee

The Federal Reserve has allowed a recent easing in overall restraint on the money supply, but withou

Those maliciously mischievous men at the KGB may have unwittingly tripped an insurance policy reimbu

AVIATION The Defense Department threatened to withhold needed technology if Japan pursues pl

J. Henry Schroder Wagg & Co. of London and Financial Security Assurance of New York announced an agr

For Lloyd's of London insurance brokers, today is D-Day - the deadline for divesting their interests

Pakistan has issued an arrest warrant for a Pakistani citizen implicated in an alleged plot to expor

As Kuwaiti tankers started sailing under the U.S. flag, the British government has said that normal

Ryder System Inc. posted a 20 percent gain in its second quarter earnings, fueled by strong demand i

Aquino Signs Decree On Land ReformMANILA, Philippines -President Corazon Aquino Wednesday de

France Plans to Sell Portion of Air FranceThe government intends to offer up to 15 percent o