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Crowley Maritime Corp. will acquire from International Controls Corp. the assets of Coordinated Cari

When Department of Agriculture Undersecretary Daniel Amstutz announced he would sell 145,850 tons of

French Privatization PARIS - The French government has selected the Compagnie de Saint-Gobai

Red Lead Mar ket Stable The supply and demand for red lead has been fairly stable for the la

Prime Minister Jacques Chirac's government has appointed Rene Garrec, a technocrat close to the pres

Japanese high-technology corporations welcomed their government's decision toallow them to p

GE and Bertelsmann Announce AgreementFAIRFIELD, Conn. - General Electric Co. and Bertelsmann

The Japanese government approved budget requests from government agencies and ministries for 57 tril

GE and Bertelsmann Announce AgreementFAIRFIELD, Conn. - General Electric Co. and Bertelsmann

The Reagan administration is unlikely to retaliate against controversial Brazilian computer industry

The U.S. Congress will return this week after three weeks of facing the home crowds, and farm-state

Guilford Transportation Industries will accept an invitation to sit down with Brotherhood of Mainten

A maritime industry trade group warned that without enactment of pending reform legislation three-qu

Tacoma Boatbuilding Co. said it reached an agreement in principle with its secured bank creditors a

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

In just a few weeks Martin Kovach will mark his 25th anniversary at Sabena Cargo; and while he speak

West German bankers and financial analysts seem convinced that the cen tral bank will refrain from l

McGregor Sea and Air Services Holdings, the freight forwarding subsidiary of U.K.-based Ocean Transp

The price of crude oil is too high to justify larger purchases of oil for the strategic petroleum re

The Gulf Products Division of BP Oil Co. said it will introduce an all-new super unleaded gasoline t

India is setting up a separate government department to project a favorable image of India abroad.

GENERAL NEWSKnight-Ridder Press, a new book publishing division of Knight Ridder Inc.'s HPBo

Andean Matchmaking CARACAS, Venezuela - European Community Minister Abel Matutes arrived for

Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige defended the Reagan administration's exchange rate policy before

Investors International Changes Name, MovesInvestors International, an aircraft leasing firm

When Chairman Mao Tse-tung died 10 years ago today, he left his successors a stagnating and chaotic

Normed, France's largest shipbuilding concern, will lay off 2,340 of its 7,017 employees by January.

More than 100 of the world's leading freight companies are represented at the World Freight exhibiti

France's leading airlines are at each others throats over new international routes, particularly in

Eastern Engineers Reject Union AffiliationEastern Airlines said its professional aircraft en

Gold will recover to at least $450 an ounce by the end of this year from the current short-term retr

GENERAL NEWSLabor Secretary William Brock cautioned that Social Security taxes are as high a

Divers exploring the murky waters of a former shipyard site here believe they have found the sunken

Thatcher Going to Bonn LONDON - Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher will visit Bonn Sept. 16 fo

William Brock, U.S. labor secretary, cautions that the United States must begin considering how to r

Lloyd's agents at Chittagong said the 27,145-deadweight-ton British bulk carrier Warnant refloated

Bombing in Paris PARIS - A bomb blew open the facade of the Paris city hall Monday, killing

Next week could make or break government plans to transfer Conrail to the private sector this year.

Reporters, business leaders, legislators and port boosters were called to the Virginia Port Authorit

The sugar market may not see further sizable declines from current levels, given the virtual 50 perc