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One senses that circumstances would be dire indeed if Murray Lawrence showed any outward concern.

TECO ENERGY INC. (Tampa, Fla.) - Wayne W. Hopkins was named director of corporate communications and

Digital Equipment Corp. is doubling the size of its Philippine offices at a cost of about $450,000 o

The Japanese government today sent a 69-member mission to Poland and Hungary to study the investment

Four carriers with U.S.-Europe vessel-sharing arrangements have urged the Federal Maritime Commissio

Last weekend Bob and Susan McIlroy of Charlotte planned a trip to Myrtle Beach, S.C. Bob flew. Susan

The New York Mercantile Exchange natural gas futures contract has the potential to be a supply sourc

Iran is expected to resume exports of its natural gas to the Soviet Union in the next few days, foll

CUOMO WANTS INCREASE IN PETROLEUM TAXESALBANY, N.Y. - Increased motor fuel and petroleum gro

Executives throughout the U.S. oil industry are singing a similar tune: What a difference a year mak

Two of Singapore's main shipbuilders, Jurong Shipyard Ltd. and rival Sembawang Holdings Pte., are wo

Both tanker and dry cargo operators are in for better times, an international brokerage believes, th

Senate and House versions of clean air legislation differ greatly on provisions that will affect the

U.K. sugar group Tate and Lyle PLC said Friday that it has told the director- general of fair tradin

CSL Intermodal, a unit of CSX Corp., is making a big push for recognition on the U.S. West Coast.

About 2,300 workers at Todd Shipyards in Seattle today began returning ballots in a ratification vo

For the week ended March 31, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads, which i

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago4/6 4/5

Three of India's top government officials told American business leaders Friday that they welcomed U

Fri., Apr. 6, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

MOODY'S MAY CUT RATING OF JAPAN'S ORIXMoody's Investors Service Inc. said it is reviewing it

The chairman of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee has introduced legislation to tigh

With a new airport departure tax of up to $12 for a round trip, a 2 percent hike in the ticket tax a

Emery Worldwide is taking steps to become a full-fledged, non-union airline. The effort shou

LAST WEEK, THE FREIGHT FUTURES MARKET was pounded, with the April futures moving "limit down" in the

The Brazilian steel industry is lining up more U.S. coking coal to be delivered via the Gulf of Mexi

EXXON COAL AND MINERALS CO. (Houston) - Robert P. Larkins was named president, effective June 1.

EXXON TANKER RUNS AGROUND; NO OIL SPILLSLONG BEACH, Calif. - A sister ship to the tanker Exx

Part of the challenge of building a new company is knowing which battles not to fight and when not t

Officials from two Chicago futures exchanges said they had an "excellent" meeting Friday with White

The ink had hardly dried on the historic U.S.-Japan trade agreement reached last week before the nex

Slightly weaker crude petroleum prices helped push The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index lo

BRAZIL - $135 million from the Inter-American Development Bank for the first phase of the Segredo po

REGIONAL BLOCS Doing Business With Europe. April 21. Berkeley, Calif. Contact Shirley Fogari

The European Community Commission demanded Friday that all of Japan's trading partners benefit from

MEXICAN CEMENT FOUND DUMPED IN US MARKETThe U.S. Department of Commerce announced Friday its

When Frank H. Jellinek Jr. first saw the manufacturing space for his proposed joint venture in Budap

CSL Intermodal and Sea-Land Service Inc. said Friday they had agreed to a long-term transportation c

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

One of the three stevedoring and terminal operators scheduled for takeover by the Port of Tampa's ne