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North Carolina lawmakers will consider a bill this spring that would grant tax breaks to state expor

Secaucus, N.J.-based Marine Transport Lines has completed a management restructuring with the announ

Citing the Port of Seattle's access to property taxes and expectations of strong airport and maritim

An FBI agent who posed as a corrupt trader for a year and a half called illegal activity in the futu

Jan. 31, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

The international problem of fraudulent trades in Nigerian crude oil could come to an end following

Asea Brown Boveri Inc., formerly Combustion Engineering Inc., is among three foreign companies tappe

Societe Nationale Elf Aquitaine said it discovered two new oil deposits in Gabon, one on land and th

A MONTH HAS PASSED since networks broke into New Year's Day college football bowl games toannounce a

CZECHOSLOVAKIA PLANS RAPID ECONOMIC MOVESVIENNA, Austria - Czechoslovakia will do everything

A three-day international conference on industrial patent rights ended in the Japanese capital Wedne

The state of Illinois office, one of Hong Kong's oldest such outposts, is trying some new wrinkles t

JAPANESE FIRMS' PROFITS LAG US COUNTERPARTSMajor Japanese companies are less profitable than

Avon Products Inc. announced Wednesday that its cosmetics soon will be made and sold in China.

There was a substantial increase in distillate stocks, the American Petroleum Institute's latest wee

A 9-year-old boy is taking on Major League Baseball and a Japanese video game giant, claiming the pi

Subroto, secretary general of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, expects the demand

HARKEN, BAHRAIN SIGN EXPLORATION CONTRACTHarken Energy Corp. has exclusive right to conduct

Everyone knew the videocassette recorder was too hot not to cool down, but the decline of the last d

KELLOGG CO. (Battle Creek, Mich.) - Donald G. Fritz was promoted to vice president of Kellogg Co.

The country's new finance secretary will push for a more open economy marked by a free-floating curr

GUINNESS UNIT TO BUY ALL BRAND IMPORTERSGuinness Import Co. said it has agreed to acquire Al

Swissair today will launch an international door-to-door delivery service for parcels up to 220 poun

Seeking to revitalize its export industries, Egypt has revamped its foreign investment law to attra

Despite its defeat in federal court last year, the Massachusetts Port Authority is preparing a new v

EARNINGS SKYROCKET AT AIRBORNE FREIGHTAirborne Freight Corp., which operates as Airborne Exp

The Department of Transportation is making it easier for foreign airlines to fly to U.S. cities that

TEAMSTERS LOSE VOTE BY USAIR EMPLOYEESSome 1,800 USAir workers who have been represented by

The U.S. dollar declined Wednesday following an official denial of a Cable News Network report Tuesd

A West German airliner flew directly from West Germany to East Germany without overflying a third co

In an effort to wipe out money laundering by drug traffickers, Panama's new government is considerin

TOKYO WON'T FREEZE ANY NORIEGA ASSETSJapan will not be able to comply with a U.S. request to

A gloomy business environment in China is prompting its leading computer maker to redirect its sales

Jan. 31, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

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

1644 (Jan. 31, 1990) Previous day - 1644 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

The Pentagon has learned firsthand why the British Technology Group, one of the world's major patent

United Parcel Service Inc. has accepted delivery of 1,700 American Telephone & Telegraph Co. microco

The Port of Baltimore has settled on a new dock labor contract, but its cargo clerks remain disgrunt

SIERRA CLUB TO SUE OVER BOSTON PROJECTThe Sierra Club filed a notice of intent to sue top Ma