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A leading figure in world merchant shipping has called on governments and international trade regula

MIDWEST FARM CO-OPS CONSIDER MERGER PLANSKANSAS CITY, Kan.- Officials for Farmland Industrie

Union leaders are edging closer to a strike against Weyerhaeuser Co., but one official said any sign

Top U.S. and Japanese businessmen, with some of their biggest disagreements behind them, agreed Tues

NEW CONSULTANCY TO ADVISE ON SECURITYThe International Chamber of Commerce has launched a ne

International Business Machines Corp. has launched a major offensive in Europe to win back market sh

Japanese bankers will be forced to reassess their lending activities at home and abroad to meet the

Minnesota-Brittany Exhibition. A telecommunications exhibit and hand-painted earthenware. Through Ju

Caribbean cruise lines believe it's too soon to determine if the terrorist attack on an excursion sh

Leading lawmakers say a compromise plan to reform automobile insurance has been given a boost with n

Hoechst Celanese Corp.'s Engineering Plastics Group acquired Polymer Composites Inc. of Winona, Minn

CSX Corp. acquired a majority interest in a company that plans to export natural gas from Alaska's N

Higher energy prices could delay the flow of frontier gas supplies from Canada and Alaska to the con

Showa Maritime USA Inc., the North American general agent for Showa Line Ltd., is forging a new iden

A record number of U.S. corporations changed their names during the first six months of 1988, with f

C-E Environmental Inc., a subsidiary of Combustion Engineering Inc., has begun work on a contract to

Amoco Performance Products Inc., a unit of Amoco Chemical Co., will build a polyacrylonitrile, or PA

With certificates allowing it to serve some two dozen countries, the Flying Tiger Line Inc. has the

Eastern Airlines flew 2.5 billion revenue passenger-miles in June, compared with 3 billion a year ag

Indiana Gov. Robert Orr met Tuesday with Chinese automotive officials, hoping to satisfy some of the

A recent survey by the American Association of Crop Insurers shows that more than 370,000 farmers bo

The Port of San Francisco is trying to consolidate its waterfront properties to create additional co

BRAZIL EXPECTED TO HIKE COKING COAL IMPORTSSAO PAULO, Brazil - Brazil will have to import mo

Electric Boat has begun advertising for workers to replace striking Metal Trades Council members, bu

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

After improving dramatically in the most recent report, the U.S. deficit for May is likely to widen,

Biotechnology has been developing more rapidly in the United States than previously anticipated and

Gynex Inc. won Food & Drug Administration approval to market a new generic oral contraceptive and ha

U.S. government and industrial spending on biotechnology research and development is more than $4.3

Once the most luxurious U.S. passenger liner afloat, the S.S. United States has sought a rebirth for

Trading in the secondary market for country debt has been generally quiet in recent days and is expe

The U.S. dollar drifted lower Tuesday in response to a gradual firming in sterling. Dealers

Disclosure last week that a stock trading scandal had spread to involve the aides to several of Japa

Tall oil rosin sales in the United States increased 13.2 percent to 43.8 million pounds over April t

Royal Nedlloyd Group NV, the giant Dutch shipping, transport and energy group, is leading a double l

When soybean futures rise or fall by their 45-cent daily price limit, all trading stops. Right?<

Seventy years after Honduras' currency was tied to the dollar, a cash squeeze caused partly by a sus

EIGHTY HURT IN CRASH OF TRAINS IN BRAZILSAO PAULO, Brazil - A train carrying about 300 passe

Highway fuel taxes rose in six states on July 1, with the average national state gasoline tax increa

The Soviet Union will attempt to purchase at least 500,000 metric tons of sugar on the world market