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China's state-owned insurer says revenue last year amounted to 14 billion yuan (US$3.8 billion), up

AS DREXEL BURNHAM LAMBERT INC., the brokerage house that made its fortune on junk bonds, continues

Ernest Pigott was named executive director of United Seamen's Service, an organization that provides

Boeing Co. is betting that an even larger version of its 747 jumbo jet, and not a supersonic plane,

Consolidated Rail Corp. has completed its buy-back of common stock, acquiring more than 22 million s

NEW YORK STATE HAS SUNK $70 million into the Delaware & Hudson Railway, and stands to losemore if th

Brokers and forwarders have mixed reviews of a move by the U.S. Customs Service to do awaywith requi

Robert L. Kirk was named president and chief executive officer of CSX Transportation, the rail unit

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

* Thailand's Privatization Challenged 4A * Customs Update 4A* Howard Simon - Simon Says 7A

Feb. 15, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

BRITISH PETROLEUM CO. PLC (London) - The company confirmed the appointment of Robert Horton as chair

Copper prices rose Thursday on news of a record number of homes started in January. The U.S.

PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS IN SWEDENSTOCKHOLM, Sweden - Sweden's Social Democratic prime ministe

European shippers are urgently seeking a meeting with shipping lines serving the North Atlantic in a

Feb. 15, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

Cast (1983) Ltd. announced plans Thursday to move its European base on its North Atlantic liner serv

Japan's Fair Trade Commission, a trade watchdog, is probing several Japanese firms about possible co

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

The Soviet Union has delayed the start of direct flights between Moscow and Tel Aviv under pressure

Heated exchanges over Gov. James Florio's proposed automobile insurancereforms are becoming daily oc

FREEPORT TO SELL PART OF NITROGEN BUSINESSFreeport-McMoRan Resource Partners, a 62 percent-o

SOVIETS TO MAINTAIN OIL OUTPUT, EXPORTSThe Soviet Union, the world's largest oil producer, w

Union representatives for Italy's 7,000 customs workers voted Thursday to suspend the work slowdown

The dwindling number of ocean and surface carriers will boost international breakbulk shipping rates

The Federal Maritime Commission will hold an oral argument Feb. 28 on Matson Navigation Co.'s 3.6 pe

ICN Pharmaceuticals Inc. has become the first drug maker to stake a claim to the potentially enormou

The number of U.S. rigs drilling for oil and natural gas fell sharply in the past week by 32 to 899,

The Vorkuta mining region of the Soviet Union has come to a standstill as blizzard conditions have c

Feb. 14, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

The International Air Transport Association has taken a strong position against the European Communi

Upheavals taking place in Eastern Europe are likely to result in the biggest economic bonanza since

Air & Expedited Motor Carriers Conference, 24th annual convention, Feb. 18-21. Peabody Hotel, Orland

After securing a HK$7 billion (US$900 million) loan to finance a 20 percent stake in Hongkong Teleco

U.S. policy-makers and banks must achieve a strategic agenda to ensure the nation's ability to do bu

Gasoline marketers, citing sparse insurance availability, have asked the federal Environmental Prote

VW BACKS EC QUOTAS ON JAPANESE AUTOSThe European Community should establish quotas on Japane

The Federal Aviation Administration is taking unprecedented steps to ensure interception of suspicio

Beleaguered Drexel Burnham Lambert is closing out its commodities trading operations in London, sour

The North Carolina State Ports Authority appears to be improving its battered image in the maritime