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New York Shipping Association and International Longshoremen's Association delegates for the bi-stat

The abandoned U.S.-flag tanker OMI Yukon showed no sign of sinking as it burned in the Pacific 1,000

Sumitomo Rubber Plans Buy-out of Dunlop TireSumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. intends to purc

THE SNOW IS SPECIAL IN JAPAN: That's one of the reasons allegedly being offered by the quasi-governm

Plans to Visit Mexico WASHINGTON - Mikhail Gorbachev plans to visit Mexico and several other

Northwest Marine Iron Works Inc., a Portland, Ore., shipyard employing 1,000 people, filed for reor

Top Stories Singapore's gross domestic product is expected to increase by between 1 percent

General Re Reports Operating Income GainsSTAMFORD, Conn. - General Re Corp. reported operati

The U.S. dollar rose more than 1 percent against major currencies Thursday in reaction to a further

For 50 years, the Tennessee Valley Authority was the model of a government- owned utility, serving

Western-Style Bank To Reopen in ShanghaiThe Bank of Communications, one of China's leading b

Hughes to Fire Four For Tank MischargesEL SEGUNDO, Calif. - Hughes Aircraft Co. said it inte

Task Force Will Probe Demands on TruckersAmerican Trucking Associations and the National Ind

The demise of the world trade unit of Chicago-based Sears, Roebuck & Co. is no cause for embarrassme

INSURANCE BLUE CROSS OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA (Philadelphia) - Paula H.J. Cholmondeley was hi

China is moving again to streamline its banking and financial structure in hopes of reviving flaggin

Laurence Pathy, president and chief executive of Montreal-based Fednav Ltd., announced a restructuri

Squibb Corp.'s board authorized it to repurchase from time to time up to 1 million shares of Squibb'

Takeda USA Raises PricesOn VitaminsTakeda USA is raising its prices on several bulk

Halloween is a time to test the insurance laws in Michigan. Two high schools in Michigan are

There are about a dozen red flags that warn of the impending collapse of a property/casualty insuran

The healthy pace of U.S. economic growth is likely to slow in 1987, with consumers, commercial build

American President Lines has negotiated a reduction in its Los Angeles port charges in exchange for

Egypt Cuts Oil Prices By $1.10 for One WeekCAIRO, Egypt - Egypt reduced its oil export price

New Firm to Specialize In Exports to EgyptFormation of Memphis Forwarding Co., which will sp

Western Canada's Fording Coal Ltd. has won a contract to supply coking coal to Chicago's Inland Stee

Sumitomo Rubber Plans Buy-out of Dunlop TireSumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. intends to purc

Shippers seem generally pleased by a new Interstate Commerce Commission policy for handling disputes

In the 1960s, this and other Indian ports were jammed with grain ships unloading emergency food sent

Grace Ventures Corp., the venture capital subsidiary of W.R. Grace & Co., announced that it had inve

Ex-German Official Dies FRANKFURT, West Germany - The first woman to hold a minister's post

The value of permits issued for construction in the nation's 202 biggest cities rose 4.6 percent in

Disappointed . . . Outraged! Those were among the reactions by congressional and industr

September's $12.6 billion merchandise trade deficit, a slight improvement over August's revised $14

After years of hardship and industry consolidation, ship agents and brokers are trying to change th

Westmoreland Earnings Decline to $4.1 MillionPHILADELPHlA - Westmoreland Coal Co., the natio

The Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Co. said a vote by MMWHEC directors on the Seabrook n

Mobil Oil Corp. is expanding its natural gas marketing organization and is centralizing the Houston-

The dispute over the Federal Aviation Administration's restrictions against foreign repairs to U.S.

ICF Inc., a Washington, D.C.-based consulting firm, has won the first major contract awarded by the