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The government of St. Lucia is studying proposals from a U.S. company for a new hotel and casino com

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

A U.S.-Indonesian joint venture is building southeast Asia's first plant to produce fatty alcohol et

Escalating research in genetic chemistry is driving the $50-million to $55- million U.S. market for

Witco Corp. announced it has acquired U.S. Emulsifier Inc., Memphis, Tenn., a subsidiary of Valley F

Chalk up one more for the Japanese - to the annoyance of U.S. business. They're building an

Shipping analysts are confident that the merger of the Cunard Steam-Ship and Eller man Lines shippin

US International Reinsurance Co. announced the appointments of two new officers hired from the compe

The Brazilian government broadened its international debt moratorium to include principal payments o

The Miami insurance exchange was left waiting down to the wire about its future. Florida Gov

The Senate agreed to amend pending trade legislation to address specifically unfair foreign shipping

Reliance Insurance Co. said it formed a specialty property/casualty insurance unit headed by two for

Business analysts here see the abrupt resignation of two top Toshiba Corp. executives primarily as a

British Develop Telescopic SpreaderA telescopic spreader beam for ship-to-shore container ha

The Federal Aviation Administration withdrew eight test problems for air traffic controllers after c

Potash Co. of America has announced present and future price changes for muriate of potash.

Owens-Corning Teams With Taiwan GlassTOLEDO, Ohio - Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp. signed an

Lilly Industrial Coatings Inc. reported net income for the second quarter ending May 31 was $2.8 mil

Air traffic on the French domestic airline Air Inter was cut by 40 percent Monday as another strike

Britain and Spain failed Monday to resolve their dispute over Gibraltar airport, which threatens to

Magazine Examines Railroad RegulationRailroad regulation is examined in the new issue of Reg

Look for Burlington Northern Railroad to decide very soon whether it will introduce containers into

Oil production by the 11 members of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Ex porting Countries rose by

GM to Lay Off 3,000 As Phase-Outs BeginGeneral Motors Corp. will lay off 3,000 hourly worker

The America of the future is going to be vastly different from the country in which most of us have

Legislation to overhaul the Florida insurance exchange may not be adopted after all. Gov. Bo

Illinois Lawmakers Pass AIDS LegislationSPRINGFIELD, Ill. - State lawmakers passed a sweepin

Ship salvage operators took slightly more than eight weeks to refloat the English Channel ferry that

Soviet ships are calling at Montreal to pick up U.S. cargo in increasing numbers to the frustration

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

A New York district court ruled that an ocean carrier is a maritime employer and is thus responsible

Trading in Eurobond issues floated by U.S. borrowers through the Netherlands Antilles came to a virt

TOM DONOHUE, president of the American Trucking Associations, came in for some heavy shelling when h

Lockport Marine Co. has became the second ship repair company in three days to terminate operations

Stock prices declined sharply Tuesday on a rumor the U.S. embassy in Kuwait had been bombed.

Two Banks to Deal In Japanese BondsTOKYO - The Japanese Finance Ministry Tuesday allowed two

Change, or the prospect of it, breeds uncertainty; and in turn this casts a pall of obscurity on the

Denver to Become Site For ISAL Mail ServiceDenver will become an acceptance site for the Pos

About 35 local protesters said they'll lose money with Monday's inauguration of a detour around the

It's "nail-biting" time for Harmonized System advocates, but an International Trade Commission offic