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Governments regulating offshore insurance companies will view a proposed U.S. tax change as a stab i

The Maryland Port Administration wants to take an unprecedented step and involve the state in contra

A former Liberty ship now called the Davy Crockett has completed a project on Puget Sound that was a

The Reagan administration is concerned about physicians leaving their practices and other fallout fr

Airbus Industrie said McDonnell Douglas Corp.'s unwillingness to consider the development of the A33

The Massachusetts Port Authority says ocean cargo tonnage handled at its maritime terminals grew by

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved legislation directing the U.S. government to ope

Olivetti to Manufacture AT&T System in ItalyMORRISTOWN, N.J. - American Telephone & Telegrap

Pennwalt Announces Price Hikes Pennwalt Corp. is increasing the price for sodium chlorate cr

Operators of the Hope Creek nuclear power plant said they are confident testing will reveal any flaw

Predator bugs with healthy appetites may prove to be a farmer's best friend in reducing infestation

The Norwegian government's latest oil taxation proposal could lead Norsk Hydro to delay development

Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry has asked a private research institute to study

The Jamaican government has rejected a requirement from the International Monetary Fund for a 10 per

Citibank NA plans to open a second branch in Portugal. The bank would not say when the branc

Researchers are fertilizing Lake Mead in hopes of helping anglers harvest a bigger crop of bass.

The European Community's top trade official said was optimistic that next week's 92-nation trade con

Companies keep cutting investment plans, and many analysts expect that pattern to continue.

Brazilian President Jose Sarney said Brazil must substantially reduce its debt payments to boost its

GENERAL NEWSConsumer confidence hit a three-year low in August as the number describing curr

This is the 30th year that reinsurers have met here to discuss the state of the industry ahead of th

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

National Cargo Workshop and Seminar. Sponsored by the Maryland Port Administration and the U.S. Mari

Decline Forecast In EC Grain CropsBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Community grains crop is

Olivetti to Manufacture AT&T System in ItalyMORRISTOWN, N.J. - American Telephone & Telegrap

Taiwan will introduce preferential tariffs for trading partners with which it runs heavy trade surpl

Gunmen suspected of belonging to the Polisario Front fired machine guns and mortars Thursday at a Sp

Daniel International Corp., a subsidiary of Fluor Corp., announced that it was awarded a contract fr

Conversion Industries Inc. completed acquisitions of Western Hydropower Inc., Shawmut Engineering In

Strikes Hit Brazil SAO PAULO, Brazil - Hundreds of thousands of Brazilian bank workers, dema

For 44 years, Le Restaurant de la Tour Eiffel served the likes of de Gaulle, Bardot, Picasso, Chapli

The International Finance Corp., a World Bank affiliate, is discussing with the Mexican government a

Stock Market Plunges NEW YORK - Stocks plunged Thursday as Wall Street was spooked by an ear

Freight rates on the U.S. Gulf to Japan run continued to hover around $12 a ton, with Dreyfus report

Northern Tankers of Cyprus has agreed to lease four supertankers to Texaco and the Belgian shipping

An Israeli navy patrol intercepted a ship carrying arms and supplies to Lebanon for Yasser Arafat's

Alarmed by its growing trade deficit with Japan, South Korea hasdecided to limit its imports from Ja

To one degree or another, Washington, D.C., is a company town. More than a third of the work force i

For the week ended Aug. 30, 1986, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equ

News from the third day of the International Freight Industry Conference in London: U.S. ope