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Richard Schmalensee, the White House's nominee for a seat on the Council of Economic Advisers, Thurs

Chile's national electric utility company is seeking bids for up to 400,000 tons of steam coal for n

Oil companies must fundamentally transform the way they communicate with each other and the outside

Prices of petroleum products were sharply higher across futures and cash markets Thursday, largely o

The hull of the USAir jetliner that skidded off a runway at La Guardia Airport into the East River W

Union Carbide Corp. said Thursday it has developed a process that eliminates the use of ozone-damagi

The Port of New Orleans will turn its attention in the coming year to its rail and navigational chan

Ocean carriers endorsed the Federal Maritime Commission's long-awaited report on the 1984 Shipping A

Hurricane Hugo isn't expected to delay Pan American World Airways' re-entry into the Puerto Rican ma

Matson Freight Agencies Inc. has been appointed North American general agent for Naviera Interameric

Cocoa and sugar futures were higher Thursday on technical considerations following recent declines.<

The U.S. subsidiary of a Japanese trading firm is helping American companies gain access to patent a

ANGOLA SEEKS LINKS WITH NORTH CAROLINAKey Angolan officials visited North Carolina Thursday

UK SAYS HOYLAKE BID NEED NOT FACE PANELThe U.K. government said Thursday there was no need t

On-dock rail transfer yards may be the rage today at West Coast ports, but container volume at the p

Tanker Chartering and Supply. Sept. 25-29. Oxford, England. Wolfson College, Linton Road, Oxford. Co

AMOCO ASSETS EXPECTED TO DRAW MIDEAST BIDSKuwait and Saudi Arabia are among the front-runner

Railroads must expand customized services if they hope to gain market share at the expense of trucke

The battle for repeal of the controversial Section 89 health benefits law moved to the Senate in ful

The U.S. dollar edged higher Thursday in very slow trading as traders pulled to the sidelines awaiti

HOG AND PORK BELLY FUTURES TRADERS - usually blase about international trade developments - are titi

A Federal Maritime Commission law judge has recommended that Yangming Marine Transport Corp. pay an

Australian Industrial Relations Minister Peter Morris said Tuesday that domestic air services have r

Lufthansa German Airlines is making good on its long-standing promise to begin service from Frankfur

The practice of price discounting by Brazilian orange juice exporters has diminished considerably in

It's not very big when you consider the cargo terminals to the north and south. But for Hollis Irvin

CHILE - $224 million from the World Bank for road projects totaling $907 million. A 17-year loan, at

Business and finance executives from the United States, Europe and the Caribbean this week lashed ou

CMS Generation Co., the independent power production unit of CMS Energy Corp., said that its Honey L

Major manufacturers are forcing truck lines to pass increasingly rigid service, price and safety tes

The regulatory framework in the United States is making Maurice R. Greenberg hungry for 1990's Europ

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

PICKENS, JAPANESE FIRM IN SHARE 'POKER GAME'Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens could pose a real

Ireland could be Europe's big success story for 1989 with growth of almost 6 percent, but economists

POLAROID SELLS POLYURETHANE BUSINESSPolaroid Corp. of Cambridge, Mass., sold its its special

Engine teams at Boeing Commercial Airplanes in Renton, Wash., and General Electric Aircraft Engines

WHAT IT IS: The Federal Maritime Commission's section 18 Report on the Shipping Act of 1984 is a 697

Logistec Corp. of Montreal has sold its one-third interest acquired last November in Oceans Internat

A strike by unregistered dockworkers demanding regular jobs has crippled container movements at the

Marriott Corp. and a private Japanese company will spend about $400 million to develop up to nine Ma