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It doesn't look like a port, sound like a port or smell like a port. Nevertheless, it is ind

BRAZILIAN DOCKWORKERS RETURN TO WORKSAO PAULO, Brazil - Brazilian dockworkers returned to wo

A cash crisis is forcing the International Maritime Organization - the United Nations agency that se

Robert E. Merriman was elected president of the Acord Corp. at the group's annual meeting here this

Insurance insolvency protection funds in 13 states face losses of more than $200 million if, as expe

The Ivory Coast's veteran Agriculture Minister Denis Bra Kanon may be the main victim of a governmen

As an isolated incident, the mishap would have stirred only a passing concern. The English C

Sony Corp., one of Japan's leading electronics companies, announced Thursday that its U.S. subsidiar

Extortion charges against a group of former employees of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. may be weaken

Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and several other developing countries appear to have won the l

ORE. FIRM TO IMPORT NEW ZEALAND LAMBSPORTLAND, Ore. - An Oregon company plans to import 54,0

The Peruvian government installed the second in a series of four monthly austerity measures aimed at

Freightliner Corp. has decided that the only way to build more trucks in the hot new U.S. market is

Aircraft manufacturers will be hard-pressed to meet the anticipated demand for new planes to replace

Mar. 2, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures Market*PrevClose High Low Vol.

Last year's settlement of a trade dispute with South Korea cleared the way for rapid growth in U.S.

WORLD BANKERS TO MEET ON DEBT MARCH 15TOKYO - Bankers from Japan, the United States and Euro

* Customs Update 4A * Howard Simon - Simon Says 6A* Noel Fletcher - No More China Card to Pl

WHAT IT IS: Title X, Subtitle A, of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988, known as the

The Bundesbank's decision Thursday not to change interest rates will probably calm the markets for a

A handshake and a promise just don't do it anymore. Chemical industry customers don't just w

Consumers are showing interest in purchasing long-term care insurance policies, and health insurance

NJ MAY RAISE TOLLS ALONG STATE PARKWAYWOODBRIDGE, N.J. - The agency that manages the Garden

One in five American children do not have health-care insurance, and 40 percent of children under ag

The "buyers' market" condition that has plagued coal sellers for most of this decade is headed for

AGA STUDY BOOSTS GAS RESERVE ESTIMATEU.S. reserves of natural gas amount to 983 trillion cub

Planning and Implementation, two-day seminar, March 6-7. Hyatt Regency, Arlington, Va. Contact: Lisa

The new, open shipping registries established in recent years hope to repeat the success achieved by

Xerox Corp. hopes a copier introduced Wednesday will save the encyclopedias, dictionaries and other

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

The Internal Revenue Service Thursday unveiled its rules for meeting non- discrimination tests for e

The government of South Korea is preparing to relaunch a special export- promoti on team to counter

ARMCO INC. (Parsippany, N.J.) - James L. Bertsch was named corporate vice president and treasurer of

Thu., Mar. 2, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

In an effort to reduce dependence on crude oil income, Dubai will gear its oil production to the Org

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

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is excercising its option with Bombardier Inc. to buy 51

The Soviet Union, China and other oil producing nations that are not members of Organization of Petr

Few industries are more suited for the use of electronic data interchange than the chemical business

The government of Taiwan approved Thursday plans by state-owned Yang- ming Marine Transport Corp. to