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Inexperience, lack of information, confusion about options and parochialism at U.S. ports are preven

Japan must begin to take over the current role of the United States as the major buyer of Pacific Ri

Rescue workers searched through twisted metal and swirling waters Thursday for survivors who may be

A Bush administration appointee who told jokes about the Cold War era and compared socialists to Naz

The final stretch of Interstate 696 in Michigan will be off-limits to trucks carrying flammables and

TRUMP SHUTTLE HAS ROUGH LOGAN LANDINGA Trump Shuttle 727-200 jet made an emergency landing w

The seeds sown by deregulation of the U.S. airline industry are bearing fruit, as a renewed spate of

BACKGROUND: The 1921 Anglo-Irish treaty resulted in the partition of Ireland. Twenty-six counties in

The U.S. Postal Service may back the establishment of a permanent national hub for Express Mail ship

U.S. officials have presented Japanese representatives with a new proposal permitting the first Japa

For the week ended Aug. 5, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 11

The National Wildlife Federation has asked a federal judge to force the Commerce Department to requi

Many popular passenger rail routes across Canada may soon be shut down by a subsidy-weary Canadian g

One of Atlantic City's major charter airlines is poised for a modest but methodical expansion that w

Mexicana Airlines will be flying an international red-eye express when it begins the first non-stop

AMERICAN PRESIDENT INTERMODAL (Oakland, Calif.) - Mac Sanders has been named vice president of marke

TAMPA FIRM TARGET OF MEXICAN TAKEOVERTAMPA, Fla. - THR Corp., a subsidiary of Vitro SA of Mo

Todd Shipyard Corp., still operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, returned to profitabili

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

Japanese companies are looking to hire foreigners. They need them to run Japan's growing ove

The Dominican Republic has signed a Tax Information Exchange Agreement with the U.S. Treasury Depart

Officials at a meeting of the Pacific Coast Association of Port Authorities this week called on port

BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS CERTIFICATES OF ORIGIN FOR WINES AND DISTILLED SPIRITS. The

This land of drug cartels and violence is also the land of beautiful flowers, and those who grow the

In the latest round of the great Oakland dredge saga, the Contra Costa Water District has sued the P

The well-dressed Brazilian lumberjack wears swimming trunks these days and thinks about adding pocke

Baltic Shipping Co. of Leningrad is reviewing its policy on handling toxic chemical wastes after run

A huge new industrial complex aimed at thrusting Thailand into the ranks of Asia's newly industriali

AUSTRIA'S TRADE DEFICIT NARROWED IN JUNEFRANKFURT, West Germany - Austria had a trade defici

The U.S. dollar remained mostly lower in a listless market Thursday. Dealers said it was another qui

Is the U.S. medical system headed the way of Britain's troubled National Health Services? Mo

Plans by four U.S. states to set up trade offices in Taipei, Taiwan, will give the Asian nation 20 A

Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Massachusetts faces competition for one of its largest remaining groups as

The marked tightening of U.K. economic policy since mid-1988 has begun to bite and is helping the go

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

INSURANCE GROUP SLAMS NJ AUTO COVER AUDITThe American Insurance Association Thursday said ch

ON THE ROAD AGAIN . . . Well this is it. Today is my last day as Insurance Editor of The Jou

LABOR REPORTS DROP IN NEW JOBLESS CLAIMSNew claims for state unemployment insurance benefits

More than 200 members of Congress, troubled with Sir James Goldsmith's hostile bid to takeover B.A.T

U.S. insurer, Chubb Corp., will expand its operations in Australia in the line with its greater comm