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The newly industrializing countries should speed development of their private sectors as they face a

The Argentine government announced a formal bid call for a fertilizer production plant based on natu

The Providence Gas Co. cited continued supplier price reductions as the reason it is seeking regulat

Jeering picketers failed to disrupt Crowley Caribbean Transport's first vessel call in Port Everglad

Shevardnadze in Mexico MEXICO CITY - Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze met with to

A travel agency is offering eight-day package tours to Vietnam and Cambodia, countries not often vis

Kansas wheat farmers expressed frustration Thursday about agriculture being drawn into the political

It is unrealistic for containership owners to suggest they can spurt back up to the 33 knots once ac

Port managers need to anticipate and adjust to the changing needs and operations of their customers

Top Stories The City of Guangzhou continues with its trade promotion policy in an effort to

An estimated 400 small insurance companies have been threatened with curbs on their homeowner underw

U.S. economic sanctions against South Africa will have little impact on the ocean freight markets al

Following are the effects of sanctions that Congress imposed against South Africa on Thursday, when

Buoyant domestic demand is expected to boost Turkey's economic growth, after inflation, to 6.5 perce

Allied Corp. ExpandingCapacityAllied Corp. announced the expansion of its Baton Roug

Stiffer economic sanctions against South Africa may be imposed at some time in the future by the Nak

Continental Directors Revise Merger TermsContinental Airlines announced that its board of di

NEW RAIL MERGER TALK: Talk in transportation circles is that the Canadian Pacific Railroad is explor

The following are the results of Friday's St. Louis Merchants Exchange call session for barge freigh

Port Group Names SchultzAs PresidentTo the surprise of many in the maritime industry

OPEC Parley in Geneva GENEVA - The 13-member Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries w

Top Stories Legislation before Congress about the insurance industry is likely to dominate d

The three-day dock strike by some 30,000 longshoremen at North Atlantic ports ended Friday when labo

The idea of cable television in Hong Kong has suddenly taken off with six companies scrambling for a

Brazil will more than double beef imports in 1987 from this year's levels to 600,000 metric tons, Br

The Argentine government has informed potential foreign suppliers it has raised the quota for July-D

GENERAL NEWS The Supreme Court opened its new term by placing on its agenda interstate taxat

A bout of nerves over the outcome of this week's meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting

Belcher Oil Co., a subsidiary of The Coastal Corp., announced the acquisition of refining and distri

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

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

3Com Corp. to Move To Larger FacilityMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - 3Com Corp. signed a $6.9 millio

Subsidized U.S. production has been blamed for most of the problems facing the Australian rice indus

Monsanto Co. said it sold its vanillin business to Rhone-Poulenc Inc. Roger F. Sellew, comme

Eastern Airlines is withdrawing three more A300s from its Moonlight Special joint venture with CF Ai

A popular holiday resort area in southeast England, the Isle of Thanet, is set to become a major Eur

The board of Gelco Corp. unanimously rejected a bid led by Coniston Partners, a New York investors'

GENERAL NEWS Philip Morris will sell Seven-Up to a Dallas company. Page 2AThe board of Gel

In the nine months since the Gramm-Rudman balanced-budget act became law, Congress has missed every

Top Stories The Dominican Republic seems "ripe for foreign investment" as U.S. firms see the