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BELCOM INC. (New York) - Christopher Seelbach was elected president and chief executive. Belcom Inc.

The government's chief forecasting gauge of economic activity barely increased in December - its 14t

"I would say that the typical U.S. politician is not necessarily someone who is very conscious of in

It used to happen occasionally: American tourists coming home with prized - but illegal - Persian ru

Rising production costs, especially for newsprint, are adding a new element to an already highly com

Union Pacific Corp.'s announcement this week that it was turning away and ending its four-month figh

Human Resources Minister Lloyd Axworthy has granted a week's delay for a federal mediator's report o

SOUTHERN CO. INCREASES SHARE IN CHILEAN FIRMNEW YORK - Southern Co. Tuesday said it

Mic Dinsmore, the Port of Seattle's executive director, makes more than several top state officials,

Sea-Land Service Inc. said Wednesday it will resume regular shipping service at the devastated Port

In common with the rest of the country, China's main special economic zones showed sharp jumps in tr

The world's largest manufacturer and marketer of sanitary tissue products has become the first in it

The Alameda Corridor is once again embroiled in a lawsuit that could delay construction of the $1.8

The Noble Collection: A Work in Progress. Through spring 1995. Staten Island, N.Y. New exhibition at

Sales of heavy trucks, which broke records last year on the strength of double-digit increases, are

GLOSSARY AR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

The Teamsters union has won its fourth representation election in a campaign to organize Overnite Tr

The new Republican chairmen of the House and Senate panels with oversight of Superfund are meeting t

Average retail prices of kerosene in Japan dropped from a week earlier, while gasoline and gas oil r

MOBIL CRACKER UNIT GETS STARTED IN JAPANFAIRFAX, Va . - Mobil Corp. announced Wednes

Feb. 1, 1995 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Feb. 1, 1995 RESELLER RACKUnleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Premium-Unle

When cargo ranging from high-tech electronics to shoes arrives at the ports of Tacoma, Wash., and Se

China must brace itself for tougher export conditions despite last year's boom, the country's trade

Prices of U.S. imports, excluding fuel, rose 0.2 percent in December, according to unadjusted figure

Brazilian federal oil company Petrobras may face contract drilling competition, and domestic ship op

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

A proposal by U.S. importers and exporters to severely curtail government involvement in ocean cargo

A major Japanese trading company and a new Mexican firm are teaming up to provide marine fuel in thr

ROYAL NEDLLOYD SELLS DISTRIBUTION SUBSIDIARYROTTERDAM, Netherlands - Royal Nedlloyd

Transportation Research Forum. Feb. 2. New York chapter meeting. David Carol of Amtrak discusses "Hi

It's Groundhog Day. Time for the insurance industry to peek a twitching nose into the winter air and

Damage from the devastating Kobe earthquake is likely to exceed $130 billion, billions more than rec

The torrential floods that have shut down Europe's inland waterways could be a blessing in disguise

Mexico is signaling that it may move quickly in adopting a futures market for the peso now that Mexi

The notion of establishing a pact for fostering foreign direct investment around the world is drawin

NATURAL GAS CLEARINGHOUSE Natural Gas Clearinghouse - Posted prices for Feb. 1995 (see Note

An item appearing in the Maritime Briefs column on Page 8B Wednesday should have said that the Joint

The new Republican-controlled Congress will hold its first hearing on a maritime issue today when it

LABOR DISPUTE DISRUPTS ALITALIA FLIGHTSROME - Alitalia canceled 27 flights Wednesday