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Marine Transport Lines Inc. continued its financial turnaround in the three months ended Sept. 30, p

Farmers might face serious cash-flow problems next year as a result of the 1988 drought, according t

Despite its name, FATA Automation (USA)'s interests extend far beyond automation-related products an

In a move aimed at resuscitating Delaware River ports, the governors of New Jersey and Pennsylvania

As high as gas prices have risen, there is evidence that they are headed even higher. A survey of wh

AETNA REPORTS DROP IN QUARTERLY RESULTSHARTFORD, Conn. - Aetna Life & Casualty Co. reported

Hard-pressed Yugoslavia is facing up to one of its biggest post-World War II challenges with a serie

A bold effort to start a U.S. company aimed at denting Japan's manufacturing dominance in computer m

Jackson (Jack) A. Baker, center, president of Sea-Land Service Inc., last Saturday received the Robe

25 COUNTRIES SIGN NITROGEN OXIDE PACTSOFIA, Bulgaria - Twenty-five countries, including the

Saudi Arabia has offered steep new volume-linked crude oil price discounts to Exxon Corp. on conditi

NORTH AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS see no need for Edifact, the electronic data interchange standard endor

One of the surest ways to attract attention with a mail-order catalog selling personal computer prod

The Federal Maritime Commission has revoked the licenses of two ocean freight forwarders for failing

The Baltic Exchange in London this week is altering the composition of the Baltic Freight Index, a w

1390 (Nov. 2, 1988) Previous day - 1378 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in

HAVANA - Cuban fashion models parade on the ramps in a most professional Western way but they reap n

Letter of Credit and Other Financing Mechanisms, 1:30-5:00 p.m., Nov. 9. Sponsored by World Trade Cl

North Dakota is suing an out-of-state mail order company for violating its sales tax law applying to

The recent purchase by Federal Express Corp. of nearly 80 used jet transports fits with the overnigh

Corporate America boosted its productivity in the third quarter, reversing a loss of efficiency in t

Orders to U.S. factories for manufactured goods dropped 1.9 percent in September, reflecting a steep

BEAR, STEARNS & CO. (New York) - Richard Weingarten was named to manage this investment banking and

Japan's policy-makers are unsure how to react to the recent insistence by the United States that Jap

The Oakland Port Commission has decided to double-check its newly hired consultant for a possible co

Nov. 2, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

The relationship between North Sea Brent crude and Middle Eastern crudes was misstated in the Nov. 1

DETROIT EDISON REPORTS SEPT. SALES RECORDDetroit Edison Co. said September electricity sales

The British Post Office announced Wednesday its appointment of Securicor Group PLC as the first lice

Moving railroad cars is no longer enough for Union Pacific Corp. The company is getting into the bus

Acknowledging that it is playing catch-up, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has embarked on a series of in

UK CHANCELLOR SAYS 4.5 PERCENT GROWTH LIKELYLONDON - U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel

AUTO INSURANCE REFORM PROGRESSES IN MASS.Massachusetts' troubled auto insurance market may b

FARM PRICES STEADY IN LAST TWO MONTHSWASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Agriculture said av

A new study supports the U.S. government's claim that deep-seated economic changes will prevent Amer

* William G. Frenkel - Corporations Come to Moscow 14A * A.E. Cullison - Comparative Advanta

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. signed a one-year lease to use the Port of Baltimore as its mid-Atlantic p

Pfizer Inc. said it is building a satellite precipitated calcium carbonate plant at Dryden, Ontario

Underlying Algeria's recent violent demonstrations is an economic crisis blamed in large measure on

Airliners testing new collision avoidance systems sometimes have been unable to tell the difference