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The Port of Los Angeles has pulled the plug, and Tom Sharkey's ship is sinking. Mr. Sharkey'

PT Tambang Timah, Indonesia's state-owned tin mining firm and one of the world's largest, reported

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 222.64 up 0.54 which compares wi

San Jose lawyer John Tyndall has argued plenty of cases involving pain and outrage. He has sued doct

Profit-building moves by insurers to offset an investments bust and low prices have ironically fuele

Rhode Island Governor Bruce Sundlun ordered the shutdown of 45 banks and credit unions throughout th

CN Rail lost C$100 million (US$85 million) in 1990, compared with profit of C$125 million the previo

Jurong port, which serves Singapore's busiest industrial district, reported a 14 percent rise in rev

In the midst of this region's worst economic downturn in 15 years, the Port Authority of New York &

SELAS, NKK SIGN LICENSING ACCORDDRESHER, Pa. - Selas Corp. has signed a licensing agreement

The message is loud and clear: South Koreans who buy American cars, agricultural products and applia

Tricon-Services has picked New York; Norfolk, Va.; Savannah, Ga., and the California ports of Oaklan

The Suez Canal Authority said Wednesday it would reconsider a 6 percent hike in tolls that went into

In a stunning rebuke to the current officers of a leading shipboard labor organization, dissident ma

As the new year begins, the order book at Hungarian trading company Vidimpex, which specializes in b

U.S. importers of products from tomatoes to textiles could collect millions ofdollars in in

The local electronic sector, second only to textiles and clothing as an export earner, appears to be

* Trading With St. Kitts 4A * Tom Connors - Washington 8A* Harvey Flitter Retires From Rate

The U.S. dollar remained broadly lower Wednesday on growing official talk of U.S. recession.

The continuing pressures of the Persian Gulf crisis on the resources of the U.S. merchant marine hav

ALL NIPPON APPLIES FOR TOKYO-NY ROUTETOKYO - Japan's All Nippon Airways said it submitted an

Los Angeles residents are fighting the planned expansion of Southern Pacific Line's Intermodal Conta

One of Central America's most perplexing mysteries is returning to the public light after six years

Jan. 2, 1991 Copper Total, 20,242. Gold Total, .1,636,038.Silver Total, .265,339,267.

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Jan. 2, 1991Bid AskedCopper-G

Wed., Jan. 2, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Whirlpool Corp., breaking with normal shipper practice, is sending containers by barge up the Missis

International Petroleum Exchange Jan. 2, 1991*Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

1447 (Jan. 2, 1991) Previous day - 1446 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Jan. 2, 1991 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Steel production in China last year came to 66 million metric tons, 8 percent more than the 1989 fi

The 1990s may be the decade when electric utilities start pricing energy the way airlines sell ticke

About 80 percent of Italy's mercantile fleet is controlled by 27 shipping groups, according to a new

John DeVillars, Massachusetts environmental affairs secretary, was expected to approve an environmen

The Federal Trade Commission is requesting additional information on German oil and chemical company

Crude oil prices declined sharply Wednesday to below $27 a barrel on speculation that Washington and

HANLIN CHLOROMETHANES UNIT TO REMAIN OPENHanlin Group Inc.'s Hanlin Chemicals-West Virginia

Seville's World Fair, "Expo '92" - marking the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's voyage to

STEPHEN BERGER NAMED CHAIRMAN OF FGICNEW YORK - Stephen Berger was named chairman of Financi

CONTINENTAL CORP. (New York) - Wayne H. Fisher was promoted to executive vice president and Kenneth