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The Bayer Group's pretax profits rose 4.2 percent to 2.62 million deutsche marks in the first three

Hyman Freightways Operating BarberST. PAUL, Minn. - Hyman Freightways received temporary ope

The railroad deregulation debate may be taking a new turn with the indication that a major shippers'

The port of Richmond took another step toward recovery this week when it welcomed a new shipping lin

Britain's trade account moved back into the black last month, thanks to a substantial increase in es

Cheysson in Brazil BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Community's commissioner for Latin Ameri

Barclays Bank of South Africa declared that the withdrawal of the British parent company opens new h

Turkey Pressures EC ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey said the European Community has a treaty obligat

Anti-apartheid campaigners here will be stepping up their efforts to persuade the more than 100 U.K.

Imura Named Matsushita'sUS PresidentSECAUCUS, N.J. - Akiya Imura was named president

The champagne corks were popping in a central city hotel Tuesday as executives of the Garrett Group

The proposed testing of genetically altered organisms to protect plants against frost continues to m

U.S. sales of domestic-made cars improved slightly in mid-November, with substantial sales increases

US Warns on GATT GENEVA, Switzerland - The United States' commitment to the Uruguay round of

The Export-Import Bank may start striking back at Japanese export credit practices. Reagan a

Liberian Ship Catches Fire at Bangladesh PortDHAKA, Bangladesh - A Liberian cargo ship loade

Defying conventional wisdom about the economy of ship construction in the Far East, American Preside

A high-level U.S. transportation mission in Asia for nearly three weeks to promote equal opportuniti

McLean Industries Inc., parent company of United States Lines, was almost sold to Louis Dreyfus Corp

Lambert's Point Docks in Norfolk, Va., employs exclusively International Longshoremen's Association

Just one month after American President Lines moved into its spacious, new terminal in Seattle, the

The stock market struggled to push higher to a new record in the Dow Jones industrial average Tuesda

French maize is best placed to take advantage of the EC's 8-European- currency-u nit import subsidy

Consumer prices rose 0.2 percent last month as higher new car prices offset a dip in gasoline prices

GENERAL NEWS The stock market struggled to reach a new record as profit-taking clashed with

Existing homes were sold at an annual rate of 3.76 million units in October, the second highest leve

The Agriculture Department announced a proposed 1987 peanut poundage quota of 1,287,500 tons, a redu

Japan Gold Imports Rose in 9-Month SpanJapanese gold imports during the January-October peri

Rising stocks of U.S. soymeal and soyoil are slowing the weekly soybean crush and hitting crushing

U.S. workers are likely to see inflation outrun their wage increases in 1987, according to the Confe

Pickets went up outside Lockheed Shipbuilding Co. after its week-long strike produced no resolution,

A Chinese official said Tuesday some developed coun tries were responsible for a so-called glut in w

Sharp declines in farm land values and other economic crunches have eroded tax revenues so much in s

South Korean shipyards reported increased orders during the 1986 third quarter despite a further de

A California company is the apparent low bidder for the job of building what could be the nation's f

The British government may hold an inquiry into the 1980 disappearance of thebulk carrier De

Seven water resource projects in Washington state are one step closer to reality now that President

Longshoremen in the port of Philadelphia voted to accept a new three-year contract with waterfront m

A West German container vessel found itself at the center of a bizarre incident at Buenos Aires dock

The longshoremen's union in eastern Canada has agreed to seek a common termination date for all coll