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A Swedish shipping line today will close down a subsidiary that provides the only vehicle ferries th

One of the creditors that requested the arrest of a Companhia de Navegacao Lloyd Brasileiro ship in

Keppel Shipyard said it won a S$14 million (US$8.2 million) contract to install self-unloading equip

ARGENTINA SEEKS BIDS FOR TWO GRAIN RAILSBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentina Thursday asked l

A team of executives from the U.S. fiber, textile and apparel industry warned that the United States

A small Wisconsin timber company is seeking to chart new ground in the Siberian forest. Badg

Czechoslovakia, facing a declining economy and a huge energy bill, has pinned its hopes for Western

Germany must cut back sharply on spending to keep the cost of unificationfrom dragging the c

Guyana's program to divest itself of state-owned enterprises, combined with a liberal foreign invest

Keeping the local currency tightly pegged to the U.S. dollar "is stupid" and risks potentially devas

Argentina is preparing new mining legislation that will provide a clear, simple and modern legal fra

THERE WAS MUCH behind-the-scenes grumbling about the war between truckers and railroaders over longe

JACKSONVILLE PORT AUTHORITY (Jacksonville, Fla.) - Thomas E. Delcomyn was hired as deputy managing d

A Safbank Line Ltd. complaint before the Federal Maritime Commission claims that a shipper owes over

Responding to a wave of reaction, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has given makers of sugar prod

Nedlloyd Lines closed its "trade directorates" in Hong Kong and Tokyo and transferred some functions

ITT Hartford Insurance Group and Wang Laboratories, Inc. have developed a claims processing system t

New York Mercantile Exchange Nov. 14, 1990CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

INDUSTRY GROUP TO FILE COMPLAINT ON THAILANDAn industry group said it will file a trade comp

DISPERSANTS W.R. Grace & Co.'s organic chemicals division will increase prices for its entir

A riverboat billed as the world's largest floating casino is to set sail from Davenport in April, un

Coast Guard Commandant Adm. William J. Kime says an industry-wide exami- nation of vessel manning po

BUSINESS INVENTORIES UP 0.5 PERCENT IN SEPTEMBERU.S. business inventories rose 0.5 percent i

With the threat of years in prison and millions of dollars in fines hanging over his head, Martyn Me

Canadian National Ltd. lost C$30.3 million (US$25.5 million) on gross revenue of C$942 million in th

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 225.59 off 2.54 which compare

Thu., Nov. 15, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Exporters say it's a question of being able to see the forest for the trees. For years, timb

COCOA RISES SHARPLY, COFFEE CONTINUES TO DIPNEW YORK - Cocoa futures prices rose sharply Thu

A visit to Washington this week by officials from the independent-minded Russian Republic indicates

Thursday Nov. 15, 1990 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

France's state-controlled oil company Elf Aquitaine made a new oil discovery in Syria near the town

A slump in ship demolitions contributed to a substantial expansion in thesize of the world m

The rail supply industry has not yet felt the impact of a recession, the newly elected chairman of t

TOPIC: Workers Compensation William D. Hager is president of the nation's largest workers co

UAL Corp., parent of United Airlines, said Thursday it signed a definitive agreement to buy Pan Am C

Nov. 15, 1990 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

Transportation Secretary Samuel K. Skinner upheld a decision by the Maritime Administration to sell

Singapore International Monetary Exchange Nov. 15, 1990Dubai Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel

TRANS-AMERICAN NAMES NORTHWEST SUBAGENTSAN FRANCISCO - San Pedro, Calif.-based Trans-America