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Prices paid by consumers in the major industrial countries rose an average of only 2.3 percent last

Representatives of SGS Control Services, a large cargo inspection company, speaking at a U.S. Intern

GENERAL NEWS The government's index of economic indicators points away from future growth, f

Sales of new homes fell 6.8 percent in January, the biggest decline since October, as the median pri

The National Association of Realtors said its housing affordability index fell to 109 percent in Jan

Congress should insist on playing an active role in helping set U.S. exchange rate policy, a promine

The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. said that it is closing tire plants in Des Moines, Iowa, Bloomington

The Federal Maritime Commission stressed again that it will insist ocean carriers stick to their tar

The Southern California-to-Hawaii seaborne trade has been dominated by conventional carriers such as

THOSE PROFITS keep rolling in. The port of Long Beach in the first six months of fiscal year 1987 co

Moves by the industrialized nations to stamp out protectionism in shipping gathered speed as U.S. of

United States Lines would lease five ships to Crowley Maritime Corp.'s American Transport Lines unde

Prospects that the marine shipping industry will see an end to the protracted crisis on the world's

Ports are spending millions of dollars to design and install automated information systems and are g

Container traffic through Hong Kong jumped 21 percent last year, making officials pretty sure" it ra

Electric Boat will combine its second and third work shifts on March 29 and restructure its first sh

New York state lawmakers are planning to look into all kinds of life insurance investment activities

Beijing Fair Contracts Worth $80 MillionThe Chinese capital's first export trade fair closed

Equitable Reports Rise in EarningsNEW YORK - Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United

Two influential congressmen joined senior citizens groups trying to turn the administration-backed c

Metropolitan in Pact With Seattle HMOMetropolitan Life Insurance Co. said it entered an agre

With champagne and sprays of flowers, the mayor of San Francisco and the deputy governor of Guangdon

Each weekday morning, four examiners from the Pennsylvania Insurance Department report to the eighth

Royal Insurance USA was profitable in commercial multiperil last year. An earlier article misstated

Danish Vessel Located After Distress CallLERWICK, Shetland Islands - A Danish trawler that s

Coast Guard Plans Security Zone ExerciseThe U.S. Coast Guard will establish a temporary secu

The Soviet Union has swooped onto the depressed dry cargo shipping market, chartering Western vessel

The Mediterranean/USA Freight Conference has dropped its requirement that ocean carriers that belong

A Philippine delegation began informal meetings Monday with creditor banks prior to what are expecte

Japan faces industrial problems like those the United States faced - low-cost offshore assembly plan

When it comes to trading with the Pacific Rim, we have met the enemy and he is us. That was

The National Labor Relations Board is expected to charge Dillingham Ship Repair of Portland with un

New regulations issued by South Korea mean a sharp curtailing of incentives to foreign investors and

A second bidder has emerged for western Canada's largest shipyard and a third may be in the wings.

Armco Inc., in a move to expand its European operations, announced corporate changes in its division

A senior Reagan administration official asked Japan to remove restrictions on farm product imports o

It took an extra month for the governor of Washington to get answers to his environmental questions

Construction spending rose 1 percent in January, the biggest increase in nine months, the government

Three weeks ago, a joint government-industry task force recommended that the Pentagon spend $2 bill

Beijing Fair Contracts Worth $80 MillionThe Chinese capital's first export trade fair closed