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Ship classification societies are non-profit organizations that formulate and publish rules and stan

The Federal Aviation Administration is expected to issue an alert to the aviation industry today say

Cargo traffic through O'Hare International Airport continues to grow, as carriers reap the benefits

If nothing else, the proliferation of surcharges by ocean shipping conferences is generating more in

Lame-duck Oakland Mayor Lionel Wilson is going out with a bang. After a controversial move t

New York Mercantile Exchange Nov. 20, 1990CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

DATE OF AWARD: "E Star" Award in February 1988. "E" Award in 1981.WHY THE AWARD WAS GIVEN:

A few weeks ago, Robert Orr, U.S. ambassador to Singapore, witnessed something that almost made him

Brazil's opening door to imports will continue despite pending economic policy course corrections, a

AIG, KOKUSAI OFFER THE HIGH LIFE FUNDAmerican International Group, Inc., a New York-based in

COMMODITY FUNDS RISE BY 20.1 PERCENT IN PERIODThe Norwood Index of 128 publicly offered comm

A new form of cyclosporin A, the principal drug used to prevent rejection of transplanted organs, ha

An incompetent marine engineer and bureaucratic bungling are at the heart of a legal fight over a mi

The Bush administration is reviewing whether Czechoslovakia will be eligible for duty-free benefits

The Interstate Commerce Commission unanimously rejected a petition by CSX Transportation Inc. to aba

The interim stevedore at the troubled Howland Hook container terminal on Staten Island said Wednesda

Twenty-six paintings from the American Society of Marine Artists are on display through Dec. 31 at t

Aluminum ingots- $1,640-$1,700 per ton lots & in warehouse min. 99.

Nov. 21, 1990 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

The long-troubled negotiations to reform global trade in services are teetering on the brink of coll

Eager to do business in Eastern Europe? Then get over there. A survey released Wednesday fou

Insurance regulators, increasingly under pressure to better predict and detect insolvent insurance c

Despite recent speculation that Canada's trade minister may seek to eliminate a tax on lumber export

The owner of a Newtown Square, Pa., video-production company was arrested by FBI agents at a hotel n

Business travelers could benefit significantly over the next decade from two little-noticed appropri

Sugar growing, once the Caribbean mainstay, has lost its importance as the islands have diversified

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc. said it agreed to subsidize a 3.65- mile line of railroad o

A dozen years after the U.S. airline industry was deregulated in an effort to spur competition, a ha

Singapore International Monetary Exchange Nov. 21, 1990Dubai Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel

NORTH AMERICA Second Video Festival. Nov. 18-23. Mexico City. Contact Juan Brugger, World Tr

When John Harris first shipped beef to Japan, he bought live cattle one-way tickets on 747s. None we

A highway linking China's southern Guangzhou in Guangdong province with special economic zones Shenz

Treasurer Paul Keating gave Australians a A$1 billion ($760 million) tax cut Tuesday, financed mainl

A red-shirted Japanese girl with a pony tail blows soap bubbles that fly straight at you. Th

LET THE GAMES BEGIN. Negotiations on a new labor contract between trucking companies and the

A revitalization of California's rate-rollback initiative, the controversial Proposition 103, is bei

Sailors aboard U.S. ships and submarines in the Persian Gulf are shooting forcollege credits

Employers Casualty Co., which suffered heavy losses during the last 12 months, trimmed its net short

Members of the Citizen Choice Coalition testified before the second hearing of the Maryland Insuranc

Mitsubishi Corp., the giant Japanese trading company, will acquire a 50 percent share of a Union Car