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Political commentators in Japan are questioning why their government continues to make trade concess

NATHAN AVERY, PRESIDENT of Galveston-Houston Co., Houston, is about to be named to a top post at the

JAPAN REPORTS DEFICIT FOR APRIL 1-20 TRADEJapan had an $11.5 million trade deficit on a cust

Royal Dutch/ Shell Group and a number of Chinese entities are working onplans for a refinery

A new global communications network for the maritime industry that will go into service in September

George Hayashi is the new president and chief executive of American President Lines Ltd. His

As West German influence grows in Eastern Europe, the countries there look to the United States for

Intoxicated motorcyclists failing to wear a helmet face the highest potential of becoming a traffic

LEADING INDICATORS ROSE 0.9 PERCENT IN MARCHThe index of leading indicators, the government'

The Malaysian state oil company hopes to sell liquefied natural gas to South Korea, muscling into wh

President Bush broadened earlier administration proposals to ease international curbs on exports of

President Fernando Collor de Mello is urging his economic team to free auto imports quickly and prod

A senior Chinese official says price reforms, halted for several years, will be "accelerated this ye

GENERAL RE POSTS RESULTS FOR QUARTERSTAMFORD, Conn. - General Re Corp. Wednesday reported th

This western New York city on Lake Erie plays host today to talks between Great Lakes governors and

NESTLE SAYS NET PROFIT JUMPED 17 PERCENT IN 1989ZURICH, Switzerland - Swiss group Nestle, th

WHIRLPOOL FORMS SINGLE OVERSEAS UNITBENTON HARBOR, Mich. - Whirlpool Corp. said Wednesday it

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

In hopes of easing worsening traffic congestion, Manila is considering a ban on daytime trucking to

Guinness PLC, a major European beer, wine and spirits supplier, agreed to ship 22,000 20-foot contai

The top management changes announced Tuesday by American President Cos. at two of its principal divi

The move by Crowley Maritime Corp. to centralize pricing, marketing, sales and accounting in its Atl

The Brooklyn Navy Yard has signed leases with 13 new tenants in the first four months of 1990. Two e

A U.S.-Soviet trade pact remains "an open question," a White House spokesman said Wednesday in respo

The Mexican government Wednesday proposed yielding control over the nation's banking system, which w

Air cargo carriers are making progress in replacing paper documents with electronic messages for muc

Smirnoff, at one time the vodka of kings, or more specifically czars, but banished during the Bolshe

TAIWAN OPENS BIDDING TO EAST EUROPEANSTAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan will allow five Eastern Europe

The head of Intel Corp., whose popular 386 microprocessor is used in computer systems worldwide, say

BRANIFF SALE MAY DRAW 1,500 POTENTIAL BUYERSIn one of the largest public auctions of its typ

UP CONSIDERS LEASING TRACKAGE TO SHORT LINESKANSAS CITY, Mo. - Union Pacific Railroad Co. an

A House agriculture subcommittee Tuesday moved to severely restrict the amount of high sugar content

Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan said the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's exclus

May 2, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

The U.S. Postal Service is going to have to defend its 1989 rollback in the price of international E

TRUCK TRAILER MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION, 48th annual meeting, May 4-9. Boca Raton Resort and Club, B

An independent legal office at the Federal Maritime Commission said Sea-Land Service Inc. should end

Allianz AG of West Germany agreed this week to take a 65 percent stake in a holding company that it

An economic development assistant to Washington Gov. Booth Gardner will become the state's permanent

European Community customs authorities want to abolish the new customs document introduced with much