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Alex J. Mandl assumed the reins of Sea-Land Corp. just three short months ago, but he already has co

Waterfront employers and union representatives deadlocked Monday in a dispute over whether the the I

These are the various payments that would be defensible under the revised version of the Foreign Cor

Americans living in Japan can forget paying bribes in Japan. They worry about paying the rent instea

The European Community's pledge to its trading partners that the creation of a single market in 1992

A company can find itself in deep trouble with alleged violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices A

U.S. business officials here and abroad see the revised, relaxed Foreign Corrupt Practices Act as a

For years, U.S. companies doing business abroad were regulated by one of the strictest anti-bribe la

Negotiating rates under the 1984 Shipping Act and doing business in the Soviet Union are two of the

To Our Readers On the back of this section is a new page (12A) of coverage focusing on transportati

Eight Persian Gulf nations opened a two-day emergency meeting Monday on clearing gulf waters of debr

THE MELVIN BAKER II IS STILL GOING STRONGThe Melvin Baker II completed its 1,500th voyage he

Poland's Communist government said on Monday it was shutting down the giant Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk

Participants at a maritime investment conference last week were told of a novel containership design

Maritime executives attending the annual Admiral of the Ocean Sea awards dinner said there is hope t

Just as King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella bestowed upon Christopher Columbus the title of Admiral of

Unocal Corp.'s Polymers group will increase prices for vinyl acrylic andacrylic pressure-sen

Chemical pesticides used to kill crop-damaging bugs too often destroy the pests' natural predators a

American Pacific Corp. announced that subsidiary Pepcon Production Inc. has initiated construction o

Canadian Occidental Petroleum's Chemicals division will begin immediately the first two phases of a

By 1992, the worldwide market for polymer blends and alloys will exceed 2 billion pounds, an annual

The U.S. market for industrial adhesives will hit $1.6 billion in 1988 and is expected to climb to $

Twelve countries on Monday signed a declaration on voluntarily reducing emissions of nitrogen oxides

DNA Plant Technology Corp. announced its Agri-Diagnostics Associates venture has signed an exclusive

China Petrochemical Co. completed construction of a polypropylene plant at its Anqing petrochemical

MILES' ORAL QUINOLONE HITS $1 MILLION IN SALESWEST HAVEN, Conn. - Miles Inc.'s Cipro ciprofl

The privately owned Argentine company Indupa plans to construct a $25 million to $30 million diammon

Steamatic Inc. of Grand Prairie, Texas, said it sold rights to franchise its cleaning and restoratio

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of Commerce , U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, Room HCHB

European oil traders appear to have reached a consensus that a majority of members of the Organizati

Utilities nationwide are closely watching a clean-air case involving Wisconsin Electric Power Co. be

Oct. 31, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

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

Getty Petroleum Corp. said Monday that it has increased to $588.5 million its offer for Clark Oil &

For three years, American Petrofina Co. hasn't spent much on drilling for oil. Next year probably wo

As aviation officials, politicians and others question Frankfurt Airport's ability to continue growi

KUWAIT SEEKS MORE TIME TO REDUCE BP HOLDINGSKuwait has asked Britain for more time to sell i

Frankfurt Airport, the busiest on the European Continent, is likely to see its market share slip as

LYNDEN AIR FREIGHT INC. (Seattle) - Phil Rowe was named pricing analyst at the company's corporate o

High-flying Singapore Airlines turned in half-time profits of S$454 million (US$227 million) after t