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When Joseph Corr arrived at Trans World Airlines last March to take a look at things for owner/chair

America West Airlines announced plans for a major expansion, including the acquisition of nine advan

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

The time has come once again for grown-ups to wallow in the world of toys. It's sensory over

GATT Talks Resume GENEVA - Members of the 92-nation General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade w

Top Stories The once traditional marine insurance market is falling victim to the slump in s

China has replaced Britain as the third-largest foreign investor in Hong Kong's manufacturing indust

A worker at the San Onofre nuclear power plant was exposed to a small amount of radiation and a plan

A Swiss company that performs import and export inspections for several Latin American and Caribbean

A story in the Maritime Briefs column Feb. 4 incorrectly listed the address of Petrolink's Houston o

Coast Guard officials say the shutting down of two district headquarters, in New York and Alameda, C

Production of oilseeds within the EC will reach a record 10 million metric tons this year, almost up

Led by a who's who of oil and chemical companies, the opponents of California's clean water initiati

British Airways Issue Heavily OversubscribedA last-minute rush for British Airways' shares F

Foreign retailers may control 10 percent of the U.S. market by the end of the 1980s, an industry exp

The Professional Insurance Mass-Marketing Association annual meeting will be held Feb. 8-11. Laguna

Eli Lilly's Profit Slipped in QuarterEli Lilly & Co. reported fourth quarter net income of $

The U.S. bobsled team in the 1988 winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, will receive a financial boos

Wall Street is facing a relatively steep correction in the weeks ahead, some analysts said, although

West German statistical analyst F.O. Licht forecast 1986-87 world sugar production at 946,000 metric

U.S. Ambassador James R. Lilley called for South Korea to remove barriers and impediments" to U.S. g

The bill to grant unemployment benefits to locked-out workers of Lockheed Shipbuilding Co. was defea

* IKEA, a Scandinavian home furnishings company that opened stores on the East Coast in early 1986.

Last year Austin Rover, the passenger car division of Britain's state-owned Rover Group PLC, had a r

Commerce Sets Limits On Mauritius GoodsThe Commerce Department set import limits on certain

Flags of convenience are here to stay and will grow, Liberia declared in a spirited defense of the o

Labor leaders and opposition groups reacted bitterly to the government's decision to lift price cont

Mexico Appoints Pemex DirectorFrancisco Jose Rojas Gutierrez, a close associate of President

The Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident in the Soviet Union last April produced no urgent reason

General Motors Expects Increase in Truck SalesTwo new full-size General Motors Corp. pickup

Americans took out $105 million more in consumer credit than they paid off inDecember, the s

The U.S. share of the South Korean feed grain market is rapidly eroding due to greater use of feed-q

A few years ago, some Americans fretted that the Japanese were poised to race ahead of the United St

Two U.S. studios have signed a major television licensing agreement with China's only national telev

The Interstate Commerce Commission adopted final rules clearing the way for trucking companies to se

The Department of Transportation sent an order to the president establishing the legal framework for

Midway Airlines said it dedicated one of its Boeing 737-200 aircraft to the city of Orlando, Fla., i

A few surprises may be in store for some companies when the Harmonized System of Coding goes into ef

Chrysler Corp.'s principal operating unit, Chrysler Motors Corp., is talking with distributors in Eu

The United States will not hesitate to take legislative or executive action against attempts to subv