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Within little more than a year, the United States may have a radically different trade classificatio

Business leaders here predict the withdrawal of Britain's Barclays Bank couldshift the forei

Everything appears perfectly normal here in the capital of North Korea after the recent flurry of ru

Business executives expect that the team of economics ministers in the Philippines are likely to re

Private sector direct investment abroad by Japan is rapidly approaching an overall total of $130 bil

Alexander & Alexander Services Inc., New York-based broker, is forming a risk retention group to spe

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange intends to seek approval to revise margining procedures for its opti

The weekly general freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent

China will harvest 390 million metric tons of grain this year, up 10 million metric tons from last y

Indian wheat exports during fiscal 1985-86 (April-March) totaled 379,350 metric tons compared with 3

The hog industry is betting a big bankroll that it can cash in on "chicken fatigue." An adve

The volume of British-owned merchant shipping tonnage operating on overseas registers will exceed th

Texas oilman Jack F. Grimm signed a letter of intent to hire a French deep- sea submarine to explore

The president of a U.N. committee on shipping called Friday for action to resolve the general crisis

Thai Maize Exports Fell in 9-Month PeriodThai maize exports rose 54.3 percent in January-Oct

The Federal Maritime Commission refused to reconsider its decision to require Matson Navigation Co.

William Bolitho, one of Australia's leading shipping executives, described moves to deregulate Austr

The TransPacific Westbound Rate Agreement, a rate-making conference of 14 shipping lines that operat

The head of the union that represents shipboard engineers said the country faces a crisis because of

Harold Simmons, the Dallas investor who attempted to acquire Sea-Land Corp. earlier this year, said

South Korea on Friday renewed its call on North Korea to immediately cease" the construction of a hy

Two of Britain's major port operators, Associated British Ports PLC and Sea Containers Ltd., are exp

Port authorities cannot afford to sit back passively while port labor negotiations are under way, ac

A new gas turbine, combined-cycle cogeneration plant is on stream at PPG Industries' Lake Charles, L

Pfizer Hikes Caf feine Price $1Pfizer Inc. announced an increase in its price of caffeine by

Real growth in plastics additives consumption in Western Europe will decline over the next decade to

The U.S. Export-Import Bank last week said it is considering $20 million in credit support for the J

The state's utility companies stand to pay smaller federal tax bills under the nation's new tax code

NRC Gives Ohio Utility Nod to Reopen PlantThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted to authori

The U.K. government will decide shortly whether to allow private companies to operate coal-fired pow

The growth in power exchanges between utilities is likely to diminish the need for large coal stockp

Shippers and industry observers attending the 79th annual National Industrial Transportation League

Japan will be in the hot seat at the annual meeting of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade member

Guilford Moves Jobs From Albany AreaCOLONIE, N.Y. - Guilford Transportation Industries based

Some 800 gallons of radioactive water leaked into a closed outdoor tank at the Three Mile Island Un

International Paper Co. said motor carrier competition for its business has more than doubled in the

The First Interstate Bank of California is in the final stages of negotiations with Peru for repayme

Dutch-Soviet Pact MOSCOW - Dutch Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers and Soviet Premier Nikolai I. R

More rail/truck mergers will follow Union Pacific Corp.'s purchase of Overnite Transportation Co., a

Trade representatives from 20 countries agreed on a new code aimed at preventing governments from di