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Marimed to Launch New African ServiceSAVANNAH, Ga. - Marimed States Lines, a new liner servi

JAPAN MEXICO- $1 billion from Japan's Export-Import Bank for three major industrial projects

National Semiconductor, NMB Sign AgreementNational Semiconductor, a leading U.S. chip maker,

The bug that attacked the Bank of New York last year struck without warning. For eight month

London's Heathrow Airport is set to ban freighter aircraft for 10 hours a day starting late March.

A Canadian subsidiary of General Motors was the world's leading exporter of locomotives between 1979

What was most impressive about the front-wheel brake demonstration for heavy- duty trucks put on by

The president of the American Trucking Associations is calling upon the government to increase resea

Harcourt in Singapore SINGAPORE - Michael F. Harcourt, mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia,

Boston Edison Co. will keep its Pilgrim nuclear power plant off line until next April - a year after

Electric utility companies are expected to report slight gains in third quarter earnings. In

Japan to Allow Banks To Buy Foreign BondsIn a bid to slow the appreciation of the yen, the J

Monday, September 22, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanadaU

On one side, the director of the Port of Los Angeles faces a vigilant steamship community. O

Calif. Non-Smoker Sues Tobacco IndustryOAKLAND, Calif. - A non-smoking Fremont woman who say

Richard G. Taylor left office Monday as president of the nation's largest insurance agency associati

Comparing today's insurance crisis with the challenges of the Great Depression 50 years ago, Robert

Support from prospective investors and syndicate managers has grown substantially for a Toronto-base

The Tung shipping group won another reprieve Monday when the high court adjourned indefinitely a pet

Increased rainfall since early August has boosted crop yields and lessened agricultural damage in th

The Maritime Administration received another application for aid in financing a small $10.6 million

The U.S. Customs Service is nearing its goal of creating a paperless world for clearing cargo at por

A flurry of possibly difficult meetings between waterfront management and union dockworkers gets un

Key senators in the product liability law reform debate agreed to drop the liability ceilings from t

Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis' decision not to draw an emergency plan for the $4.5 billion Seab

If first impressions are lasting, then the image most persons have of Ezunial Burts is that he's a b

Union Carbide Corp. announced that it will complete a series of expansions by the end of this year t

INSURANCE SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. (Chicago) - Richard J. Haayen was promoted from president to

Newport News Shipbuilding sued the owners of the United States for $40,000, charging that the owners

A rose by any other name might smell as sweet, but will it sell? A snappy name is essential

National Semiconductor, NMB Sign AgreementNational Semiconductor, a leading U.S. chip maker,

The United States and Iceland reached a tentative agreement to resolve a dispute between the two cou

Production of the combined fertilizer nutrient groups was 21 percent lower in July 1986, compared wi

Riding the crest of expanding trans-Pacific trade, Los Angeles and its neighbor, the port of Long Be

GENERAL NEWS Police arrested 12 outside a USX Corp. mill after steel workers blocked the gat

A Chicago Mercantile Exchange official said he was confident a federal investigation of the futures

Major maritime nations protested a Peruvian proposal for an equal access cargo arrangement between t

The refusal of the British and West German governments to support a package of economic sanctions ag

Finance Minister Gerhard Stoltenberg, previewing multinational economic talks next week in Washingto

Carriers Seek Changes In Safety Ratings RuleThe Private Carriers Conference likes the basic