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State Farm Mutual Automoblile Insurance Co. has filed its second lawsuit against California Insuranc

In 1990 the United States will not be the largest net importer of beef for the first time since 1965

SAUDIS RAISE PRICE OF OIL TO JAPANSaudi Arabia informed Japan's oil companies Friday that it

Precious metal prices recovered most of their pre-New Year losses last week and by Friday the price

Towboat traffic on the Monongahela River will grind to a sudden stop Tuesday so workers can clear a

United Parcel Service Inc. has established an electronic data link to the Canadian Customs Service.<

Jan. 5, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol.

Japanese political considerations have led to the postponement of negotiations between Japan and the

JAPANESE HAVE 51 PERCENT OF SEMICONDUCTOR SALESJapan's share of world semiconductor sales re

Shippers councils in Singapore and Malaysia are urging a boycott of lines belonging to the Far Easte

The Bush administration wants to eliminate export licensing on almost all goods traded among most W

Pan Am Corp. has asked the Department of Transportation to block the sale ofTrans World Airl

Eastern Air Lines and USAir have agreed to switch several gates here, pending approval of a bankrupt

Brazilian technicians advising a new president-elect on transport reforms and a frustrated would-be

Trucking companies should post modest gains in revenue and tonnage this year, but continued rate pre

The United States should not wait until it passes a new farm bill to bring its sugar import quota pr

The trial of deposed Panamanian dictator Gen. Manuel Noriega could be the first high-profile crimin

Colombia's top foreign trade official called a preliminary U.S. decision to nearly double the import

The Interstate Commerce Commission heard sharply conflicting arguments from lawyers for the rail ind

Maxus Energy Corp.'s board approved an exploration and development program budget of $320 million fo

Vasco da Gama and Ferdinand Magellan may seem unlikely rivals for Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse. But

Trucking companies are caught in an economic vise. As rates have remained the same or dropped, costs

The governors of New York and New Jersey said they were not informed of a Port Authorityproposal to

Formaldehyde prices may begin to rise by the middle of January because of increased demand for a pri

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission Thursday proposed a trial ban on dual trading by floor brok

East European countries, in a prospective effort to integrate their economies with the West, are tur

Cocoa futures rallied late Thursday when commission house buy-stops were triggered in the March 1990

The Export-Import Bank announced that it has established a $4.8 billion loss reserve for its loans a

The Belgian unemployment rate in December was unchanged from November at 9.9 percent of the labor fo

The Philippines is coming to grips with the burden of debt hobbling its economy through restructurin

The Big Three U.S. automakers on Thursday reported a 14 percent slump in late- December sales of Nor

Oranges, originally bought to feed Romania's elite, have gone on sale in Bucharest stores for the fi

Society of Marine Consultants. Jan 10. New York. Special luncheon seminar on ''Equal Rights for Safe

ARCHER DANIELS SELLS ETHANOL TO BRAZILDECATUR, Ill. - Archer Daniels Midland Co. sold a "sub

A federal task force recommends a wide array of options for oil development at three controversial o

IT CAN'T BE TOO happy a new year for full-truckload shippers, who face stiff fuel-pricesurcharges.

The Marine Index Bureau, a group that maintains employment and health records of maritime personnel

International Paper has acquired shares of Zanders Feinpapiere AG in West Germany, bringing its hold

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter said citrus farmers whose crops were decima

Trading activity on the Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange Inc. reached an all- time high of 11.2 mill