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International Longshoremen's Association delegates accepted a new contract pro posal from the New Yo

Six container leasing companies said the Federal Maritime Commission should drop its investigation i

Injecting Cells Can Aid Damaged LiversWASHINGTON- Tiny beads coated with functioning liver c

SEPTEMBER 11-14 - National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices, annual convent

Citicorp is again rocking the boat for insurance agents. At least four groups of insurance a

The Indian government filed suit against Union Carbide, saying the U.S. company was primarily respon

Friday, September 5, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanadaU.

Locating viable alternate shipping routes for Canadian grain because of the Thunder Bay grain handle

The average price of a gallon of gasoline in Westchester fell a penny or two in August, the county C

Oil field drilling activity may be at one of its lowest points in decades, but the industry hasn't l

Conoco Norway Inc. announced successful test results from a delineation well in the northern part of

The Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad took over operations of a 900-mile line that the Chicago

Brazil and more than 95 percent of its international bank creditors have signed an agreement for th

The net capital drain on Latin America may slow somewhat this year from the record 1985 outflow, Int

GENERAL NEWSThe labor market improved in August, signaling an end to the deterioration in th

The French government vetoed plans for the state shipping firm, Compagnie Generale Maritime, to abso

Officials of the New York Power Authority outlined a plan to build a 25.7- mile, $290 million transm

Baxter Travenol Laboratories Inc. and E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. said that they have adjusted t

Crude oil prices climbed all last week on the Northwest European spot market. Traders said t

Fierce price competition will hurt Burlington Air Express' third quarter results, according to Paul

Britain's service industries contributed a record 6.1 billion to the country's gross overseas earni

Richard Thalheimer says he's never outgrown the desire to have more toys. Neither have his c

Arthur Dunkel, director-general of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, says he's 99.99 perce

Jamaica's garment exports to the United States surged in value and volume in the first half of 1986,

Several months ago, the U.S. and Japanese goverments struck a deal on trade in semiconductors.

The Chirac government's plans to allow French shipowners to register vessels in the Kerguelen Island

US Likely to Oppose Chile World Bank LoanPresident Reagan's top Latin American affairs offic

Trading began actively on the tanker market Friday with several new orders quoted, although the pace

Container traffic is spearheading the growth of commercial activities between the port of Marseilles

Singapore Traders Look More to USSingapore traders are turning away from imports of European

The weekly general freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent

Pact on Brazilian Debt Is Approved by BanksAn agreement to refinance $31 billion of Brazil's

The fiscal and monetary balance that helped produce the big expansion of the past four years conceiv

South African coal producers warned here that the imposition of trade sanctions against South Africa

The Soviet Union's interest in developing an arctic sea route to link Vancouver with northern Europe

Aquino Plans US Visit MANILA, Philippines - Corazon Aquino, president of the Philippines, wi

Foreign investors may soon realize the potential of a huge, growing domestic market in India, its mi

There is little chance that debtor nations will adopt a suggestion by the Philip pines to pay their

China expects its trade with the world to increase 40 percent in the next five years, hitting an ann

Another showdown may be on the immediate horizon here, putting the Port of Houston Authority between