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U.S. COMMERCE DEPARTMENT (Washington, D.C.) - Michael P. Skarzynski was named assistant secretary fo

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

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

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

Neste Corp. said it has signed an agreement with the government of Portugal to buy a a state-owned p

A wine and spirits shippers association is tendering most of its European traffic to independent oce

AMERICANS AREN'T QUITE GIVING AWAY the family farm, though foreign ownership continues to increase s

The Port of Los Angeles Wednesday authorized the purchase of coal-handling equipment that has been s

P&I Seminar. Sept. 6-8. London. Sponsored by Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. Ramada Hotel, 10 Berners S

Contract talks between Pittston Coal Group Inc. and its striking United Mine Workers of America empl

BRAZILIAN OCEAN SHIPPERS report few hassles despite a series of dockworker strikes in that country t

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

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

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

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

Thu., Aug. 10,1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

Ironically, doing business in China now is easier in some respects than it was before the June 4 mas

President Bush's Economic Policy Council has deferred a decision on whether to bolster U.S. export f

Two dozen plants accounted for a third of all the highly hazardous industrial chemical releases repo

International Trade and Industry Minister Hikaru Matsunaga said Thursday that Japan will not discuss

The government announced earlier this week it would sell 14 state-run companies to the private secto

The European Commission is clamping down hard on state aid to shipbuilding as part of its drive to w

Aug. 10, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

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

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

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

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

The U.S.S.R. was rumored late Wednesday and early Thursday to be seeking additional U.S. corn, perha

Negotiators for Pittston Coal Group Inc. and the United Mine Workers of America are at the bargainin

Orders are up so far this year for South Korea's shipbuilders, but they are worried that currency ap

THE POT KEEPS GROWING LARGER in the competition among three Florida ports to land what is to be the

CAROLINA FREIGHT TESTS NEW COMPUTER SERVICECHERRYVILLE, N.C. - Carolina Freight Corp. is tes

Should any investor succeed in taking over United Air Lines, there still could be regulatory hurdles

Ford Motor Co. is studying a joint venture to produce vehicles in Europe with its Japanese partner M

Chicago Board of Trade Chairman Karsten Mahlmann Wednesday explained the scenario behind the CBT's a

JAPANESE BUY 10 PERCENT-15 PERCENT OF US TREASURY ISSUEJapanese participants bought an estim

National Conference of State Railway Officials, annual meeting, Aug. 14-17. Westin Hotel, Cincinnati

Residents of a trailer park where toxic contamination was discovered two weeks ago are applauding th

Two years ago, Arthur Kane killed one stockbroker, seriously wounded another and then committed suic