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PLAY IT AGAIN: It was 50 years ago this fall that the National Maritime Union was organized by worke

Ruff A. De Vane, director of administration and finance for the North Carolina State Ports Authority

This year's income from Suez Canal transit tolls, Egypt's third-largest source of foreign exchange,

Burco to Discuss Role of Trade GroupLONG BEACH, Calif. - Robert A. Burco, executive director

Several major U.S. banks in Singapore are bracing for an unseasonably frosty Christmas as the scanda

Smoke from other people's cigarettes causes disease in healthy non-smokers, and simply separating sm

John DiGilio, charged along with the general organizer of the International Longshoremen's Associati

The National Association of Independent Insurers is urging state officials across the country to us

Japan added 11 high-technology products to a list of strategic goods subject to approval before they

Gov. Thomas H. Kean is expected to sign a bill to bail out the Joint Underwriting Association, the d

A Japanese firm seeking a bite of the U.S. hamburger market has bought Burger King's Hawaiian franch

Private Japanese corporations predict their country's sagging economy will recover substantially bet

Former Lloyd's Chief Questioned on DealingsA former chairman of Lloyd's of London, Sir Peter

As attention in the United States shifts increasingly to the rising trade deficit with Pacific Rim c

MINISTRY OF INDUSTRIES, GOVERNMENT OF BANGLADESH INVESTORS' FORUM. Main objective is to promote fore

Reebok, S. Korean Firm Set Joint VentureCANTON, Mass. - Reebok International Ltd.'s subsidia

Two New York City jewelers who apparently had an unusual faith in their ability to beat the lie dete

The United States incurred a record $36.2 billion deficit in its international payments on current a

The economies of South Korean and Taiwan, two of Asia's four dragons, are forecast to grow 8 percent

For Paul A. Volcker, it's getting lonelier at the top of the Federal Reserve. But the Iran a

The Company for Financing Production has put its December estimate of the 1986-87 soybean crop at 15

The inventory of potatoes harvested this fall totaled 204 million hundredweight as of Dec. 1, a 13 p

Navy Secretary John F. Lehman said the United States needs to fire a warning shot across the bow of

The Department of Transportation should make electronic recorders mandatory for heavy trucks to kee

Maritime Colleges Sign Exchange AgreementKINGS POINT, N.Y. - The U.S. Merchant Marine Academ

Latest figures on the Greek-flag fleet issued by the Merchant Marine Ministry underline the urgent n

The U.S. Coast Guard is acquiring 96 new search-rescue helicopters in a $312 million program aimed a

The U.S. dollar moved broadly higher Tuesday in quiet trading. Analysts said the market was

Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., promised mine workers he'll fight foreign coal sales in the U.S. market b

U.S. consumers will spend more on Christmas gifts because of tariffs and other import restrictions,

Looking ahead to Friday's triple witching hour, the stock market fluctuated with in a narrow trading

The New York Stock Exchange and about 40 other witnesses are testifying before the Securities and Ex

Thai Official in Beijing BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai Deputy Foreign Minister Prapas Limpabandhu

Net new credit demands in the United States will rise more slowly in 1987 and will be easily accommo

Italy's health minister has abruptly blocked an auction sale of powdered milk, whipped cream and che

Italians bought more new cars this November than they did a year ago, an Italian industry associatio

Kuwait will spend $1.7 billion to buy real estate from the private sector as part of a package of ec

Swiss and West German managers are the highest paid in Europe while British, Scandinavian and Spanis

Brazil has signaled to its beleaguered private industry the beginning of long-awaited adjustments of

Once again Grenada is living up to its name as the Spice Island as its nutmegs have come into demand