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TOP STORIES: Grapefruit and phosphate exports are fueling very strong economic growth in the

Canada's two largest railroads are up in arms about conditions laid down by a federal labor arbitrat

It comes as no surprise to maritime industry officials that the Republican Party platform's transpor

An administration headed by Vice President George Bush figures to follow closely the maritime and tr

BARCLAYS BANK CREATES EXPORT, PROJECTS UNITLONDON - Barclays Bank said it has created a new

Six years after a Mexican moratorium on debt repayment ignited the Third World debt crisis, prospect

US FOOD EXHIBITION TO BE HELD IN JAPANThe largest ever U.S. food promoting and sales exhibit

Brazilian Finance Minister Mailson da Nobrega decided to shelve at least until next year a proposal

Air Products & Chemicals Inc. purchased the Valchem division of United Merchants & Manufacturers Inc

U.S. sales of household cleaning products are projected to show moderate but steady growth through 1

Kansas City Southern Industries Inc. acknowledged it has spent more than $11 million thus far in its

Florida Power & Light Co., facing an electric generating shortfall as early as 1992, is asking custo

Three Bermuda-based insurance companies have formed an insurance facility to offer reinsurance for c

TLC Beatrice International has sold its Singapore-Malaysia operations to Singapore-based Fraser & Ne

A $5 million plan to pave over a sawmill yard contaminated with arsenic has won approval at the Port

July's hot weather caused Americans to spend more than a quarter-billiondollars above normal

The government is launching a project to develop an ultrasonic passenger plane that will be able to

SAS PURCHASE PLAN AWAITS RATIFICATIONBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Scandinavian Airlines System

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Several ships have anchored in the Persian Gulf to wait for passing U.S warships after new fears of

The U.S. Customs Service, trying to keep pace with spiraling drug production, has seized a record 10

The cost of shipping cargo from the U.S. West Coast to the Middle East and Indian subcontinent will

An increase in cargo volumes combined with the completion of its rationalizatio n program helped the

Tougher legal controls on insider trading will be enforced in Japan as of Oct. 1 in view of the rece

The U.S. trade deficit report for June will determine the short-term direction to the dollar.

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Year8/12 8/11 Chan

At first glance antifreeze and plastic milk containers would seem to have little in common.

ICI UNIT TO CONSTRUCT FLUOROARAMATICS PLANTWILMINGTON, Del. - ICI Colors & Fine Chemicals, a

A recent California Superior Court judge's decision slapped the state's Department of Food and Agric

The Travelers Corp. has taken the first step toward selling its Keystone Provident Life Insurance Co

The Independent Insurance Agents of New Jersey will hold a seminar on the special insurance needs of

RESTRAINT ORDER ISSUED IN TRADE SECRETS CASESAN JOSE, Calif. - National Semiconductor Corp.

Slow is the way to go with electronic data interchange, according to Datapro Research, New York.

HOUSE APPROVES MARAD, FMC FUNDINGThe House of Representatives has approved a $502 million fi

Some of New York's construction firms, labor leaders and other highway industry officials want the s

Asian business is already gearing up for what it sees as an unprecedented boom from an end to the ei

Guyana is courting foreign investors and offering state-owned companies for divestment as part of an

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

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index remained firm but edged upward last week, closing at

JAPANESE BANK BUYS FUTURES MEMBERSHIPTOKYO - Taiyo Kobe Bank Ltd. has bought the rights to c