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The government on Tuesday launched an effort to prevent another train fire like the one this week th

Tokyo-based ship line Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. is selling a part interest in a ship in order to save

Two major Midwestern railroad holding companies reported sharply higher first- quarter earnings this

The Interstate Commerce Commission voted Tuesday to continue its investigation into Burlington North

The Japanese spent a record amount of almost $1.8 billion on artwork from abroad last year, official

Computerized information systems will be a key weapon in the battle to stop express and other freigh

JAPAN'S LIFE INSURERS REPORT RISE IN ASSETSThe combined assets of Japan's 25 life insurance

McGraw-Hill Inc. will coordinate the operations of its two regional customs brokers before expanding

There was no sign anything was amiss until the truck drove up to Amersham Corp.'s loading dock in Bu

ITEL DISTRIBUTION ADDS TO WAREHOUSE NETWORKItel Distribution Systems has added Kansas City,

Less-than-truckload shippers are expected to tackle some tough issues this week at the annual spring

Anglo American Insurance Co. has ceased advising H.S. Weavers (Underwriting) Agencies Ltd., the Lond

The cost of traditional employer-sponsored medical indemnity plans rose 20.4 percent between 1988 an

When corporate benefit managers talk about containing health-care costs, they measure success in mod

The Japanese cabinet today is expected to approve a draft bill to liberalize Japan's commodity futur

John Van de Kamp, California's attorney general, is calling for the replacement of the administrativ

Nigerian cocoa interest groups have agreed with the government's decision to ban the export of raw c

INDIA MAY NEED SUGAR DESPITE RECORD OUTPUTNEW DELHI, India - India could have to import suga

ZENITH OKS FINAL PRICE FOR COMPUTER BUSINESSGLENVIEW, Ill. - Zenith Electronics Corp. said M

RHONE-POULENC HALTS POTATO INSECTICIDE SALESA North Carolina company said last week it would

A MARKETING VERSION of "Babes in Toyland"? That was the overwhelming impression that this visitor to

China's most important trade fair kicked off its two-week spring run with a reported initial increas

The Supreme Court rejected an effort by petroleum marketers to block part of Chevron Corp.'s sale of

DELAWARE PORT AUTHORITY (Camden, N.J.) - Raymond G. Heinzelmann, director of the world tradedivision

PORT CONSULTANTS are quick to caution about the danger of overbuilding port facilities, even in such

International Business Machines Corp. said Monday its earnings rose to $1.04 billion in the first qu

Richard Nixon was making a political comeback, Carl Yastrzemski was making plays in left field for t

The first of several dredges that will deepen the Port of Grays Harbor has begun scooping mud from t

QUESTION: HOW CAN A NATION WIN in the postwar world? Answer: Lose the war to the United States and i

OVERSEAS INVESTMENT BY S. KOREA SOARSSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's approved overseas in

IF THE NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE can forecast good weather, as it did for ceremonies in southern

TAIWAN POLICE ARREST ILLEGAL BANK EMPLOYEESTAIPEI, Taiwan - The head of one of Taiwan's larg

The yen continued to slide Monday and the dollar rose on forecasts that the U.S. merchandise trade d

Japanese investors have been lured into the French financial markets recently by prospects of some o

Three Japanese companies that had sought an equity partnership with Boeing Co. to develop its 767-X

Mon., April 16, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Japanese electronics companies have begun marketing intriguing new products incorporating "fuzzy log

The Iran-Iraq war, the Exxon Valdez oil spill and an international credit squeeze are unlikely ingre

FEBRUARY TRADE DEFICIT ESTIMATED AT $7.7 BILLIONEconomists expect Wednesday's U.S. merchandi

U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills Monday endorsed the creation of a new global trading organizat