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Compagnie Generale Maritime, France's largest shipowner, recently ordered two new containerships fro

The EC Commission, stepping up its war against widespread government subsidies in the European Commu

World tea production last year climbed to a record 2.42 million metric tons, up 3 percent from 1987,

U.S. demand for fatty acids and their derivatives will expand 3 percent annually to 2.4 billion poun

In a report that showed progress against inflation while underscoring the trade dilemma posed by the

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

A West German pilot's daredevil landing in Red Square prompted an embarrassed Soviet Union to try to

Sales of existing single-family homes in the United States fell 1.1 percent in April to a seasonally

A Greek cement maker, Heracles Cement, is scouting around for U.S. coal, but that's about the only a

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

SOUTH KOREAN GROWTH SLOWED IN 1ST QUARTERSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's economy lost ste

MASS. OFFICIALS BATTLE WATKINS ON SEABROOKMassachusetts officials say U.S. Energy Secretary

Economic growth was substantially slower in the first quarter than previously estimated, gaining at

The New York School Boards Association is suing the state's top insurance regulator to force him to

U.S. economic growth is likely to slow dramatically in the second half of the year and push up the

Camcorder buffs will flip for a revolutionary new lens from Ambico Inc. that allows0.6x wide-angle a

About 1,400 striking coal miners in Virginia and West Virginia are still locked in a bitter standoff

May 25, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

New claims for state unemployment insurance benefits were made by 326,000 people during the week end

New York state motorists will enter the new driving season with prices for unleaded gasoline 17 perc

A 30 percent stake in Air New Zealand will be offered to the public during September or October, the

After-tax profits of U.S. corporations fell 1.7 percent in the first quarter to a seasonally adjuste

Noboru Takeshita, Japan's lame-duck prime minister whose days in office are limited by his public pl

THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT OF SMOKING IN BRAZILRIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Brazilians do not live by

Hundreds of East-West joint ventures are expected to be set up in 1989, a leading expert on planned

IRAQ WILL MAINTAIN PRICE FORMULA TO JAPANIraq told a delegation from Japanese oil companies

Britain's trade deficit jumped 38 percent to 1.66 billion ($2.6 billion) last month, the government

A federal bankruptcy court in Philadelphia has set a June 16 deadline for creditors to vote on a pla

Midway Airlines wants to develop a hub in Philadelphia by buying strikebound Eastern Airlines' gates

Overworked air traffic controllers are struggling to manage an aviation system where the margin of s

From labor travails to terrorist threats to rising fuel prices to aging planes, the nation's airline

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co. will build a plant in Japan to produce semicommercial quantities of 2, 6

The National Transportation Safety Board said the Federal Aviation Administration should act immedia

Richard D. Frick, manager of automobile traffic at American Honda Motor Co. in Gardena, Calif., is a

Charles Gaffney, formerly a senior editor at Financial World magazine, was appointed trade editor of

The National Association of Insurance Brokers will hold its annual meeting, May 30-June 2, in Sea Is

Daniel J. McNamara, a leading spokesman of the reinsurance industry, was named chairman, a new posit

Several possible suitors could quickly emerge for the Canadian property and casualty subsidiary of B

The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered an investigation into the sale of the Illinois Central Ra

Assembly Speaker Willie Brown, with consumer activist Ralph Nader by his side, unveiled an auto insu