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A group of Puerto Rican investors has purchased financially troubled Carolina Caribbean Car riers an

Two of Japan's three major industries are in danger of losing their manufacturing base because of ch

Va. Firm Buys Assets Of Lockheed Unit SitesMCLEAN, Va. - Dynalectron Corp. said it acquired

Foreign exporters are retaining about 23 percent of the U.S. steel market, despite governmental impo

The Mexican government has filed a request to draw down a $500 million commercial bank portion of a

West German shipowners, who control the world's largest fleet of tramp containerships, are facing mo

CME Gets OK to Trade Australian DollarsCommodity Futures Trading Commission approved the Chi

A commission has been established to control adherence to the France-Soviet Shipping Agreement of 19

Foreign oil companies working in Indonesia will be given extensions of contracts if they have "good

GENERAL NEWSThe Reagan team plans to send the first part of its 1988 budget to Congress by J

In a television commercial, a well-known singer, hitting one of her patented high notes, shatters a

United Brands Co., the New York-based food production and transportation group, is transferring the

Trafalgar House PLC, the shipping, construction and energy group, reported a rise in 1986 operating

Hercules Inc. and Unisys Corp. announced Hercules Aerospace Co. will acquire the Sperry Microwave an

London marine insurers have doubled war-risk rates for vessels traveling to Iranian oil terminals ne

Small public accounting firms may become the first professionals to own their own risk retention gr

Transnave to Operate As Independent CarrierTransnave has resigned from the U.S.-Ecuador Frei

Striking longshoremen returned to work after shutting down the port of Long Beach for 10 hours Monda

ICC Grants Truck Lines Right to Self-InsureThree trucking companies received Interstate Comm

The Computer Dealers Exposition, better known as Comdex, is where the computer industry struts its s

Although there is increasing talk of rewriting the 1985 Farm Act in the 100th Congress, it will be d

Shipping links between Australia and China have been strengthened by the visit of a Chinese transpor

Observers say the city of Boston is negotiating from a position of weakness as it looks to a $185 mi

The British government's probe of alleged misconduct in the dealings of brewery and distillery giant

HIGH AND DRY. The Port of Long Beach so far has fared well during the saga of United States Lines. U

Disagreement over how the new International Cocoa Agreement's buffer stock may buy cocoa surfaced be

A container made by Penn Plastics Inc. with Du Pont Selar" RB barrier resin is the first non-reusabl

A cuddly dragon that spews talcum powder tops a list of 10 dangerous toys that manufacturing officia

Paccar, the U.S. truck manufacturer based in Bellevue, Wash., is considering making a bid to take ov

GENERAL NEWSThe Reagan team plans to send the first part of its 1988 budget to Congress by J

Security Principles PARIS - Premier Jacques Chirac said the Western European nations should<

U.S. labor leaders renewed harsh criticism of the Reagan administration for failing to enforce unfai

Lawrence H. Kaufman was appointed intermodal editor of The Journal of Commerce, Stanford A. Erickson

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Port Canaveral Sets Ship, Tonnage RecordsPORT CANAVERAL, Fla. - Records were set for vessel

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the first time has approved a new proprietary veterinary d

Japan's first offshore banking facility opened in the nation's capital Monday with 181 financial ins

Yves St. Laurent, top French designer, is lending his technical expertise and designer's sense to th

Anti-apartheid activists launched a Christmas boycott of white-owned businesses around Johannesburg.

General Motors is dismissing about 100 of its salaried employees in advance of the operation's sale