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To St. Paul Cos. executives, the recent stock accumulation by Alleghany Corp. in its quest to contro

The increasing demands of the world's population, now heading toward 6 billion, are damaging the bas

JAPAN'S AUTO EXPORTS SHOW DECLINE OF 7.8 PERCENTJapan's auto exports totaled 584,674 units i

Koppers Co. and Beazer PLC said Tuesday their top executives conducted talks toward a merger agreeme

Bank of Italy Governor Carlo A. Ciampi on Tuesday warned that Italy's mammoth budget deficit posed a

Strikers have shut down the automotive and container divisions of Hyundai Group, one of South Korea'

St. Paul Insurance Cos. is hoping that history doesn't repeat itself. In the early 1980s, St

African ambassadors in Washington are calling for legislation similar to the Caribbean Basin Initiat

For consumers, losing telephone service can be a terrible inconvenience. For businesses, it can be a

Sonat Acquires Interest In Coal Seam ProjectBIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Sonat Inc. said Friday it sig

Convinced that another oil crisis lies down the road, a group of environmentali sts, oil companies a

The United States should pull out of an oil production-sharing agreement with members of the Interna

Crude oil production from the British North Sea averaged 2.580 million barrels a day in April, up fr

The Tennessee Valley Authority said it purchased 10,500 tons of steam coal under four spot contracts

Amax Unit to Acquire Kaneb PropertiesAmax Inc. said that its subsidiary, Amax Oil & Gas Inc.

BAD ATTITUDES MAKE it worse for EDI, maritime executives say. Especially when it comes to the unique

Two years ago General Electric Information Services began work to develop an ocean container logisti

A key federal official said he expects a negotiated settlement or criminal indictments within the ne

AT&T Is Re-evaluating Relations With OlivettiAmerican Telephone & Telegraph Co. has confirme

The Port of Seattle has ordered two more of these 50-ton container cranes from Paceco Inc. for a tot

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

Ocean marine insurance written by U.S. companies is shrinking at a rapid pace, Harry S. Keefe, deput

Container Movements Up 45 percent at ShanghaiSHANGHAI, China - The Port of Shanghai reports

Dry cargo freight rates continued to slide last week because of the surplus of bulk ships and little

The swift pace of congressional action on legislation to implement the U.S.-Canada trade liberalizat

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP (New York) - John G. Gantz Jr. was named vice president and director of

Shipowners face further sharp price increases for cargo containers, due to a supply that has fallen

U.S. agricultural officials are pressing their counterparts in the European Community for a meeting

Kwasha Lipton will hold a seminar on tax law changes June 1 in Boston. For information, call (201) 5

TOP STORIES: A small, but real, trade surplus in Yugoslavia may signal an economic turnaroun

For most of an hour and a half, Alfred B. Ted Ruhly chatted with reporters, parrying criticisms from

Despite the turmoil in Panama the past three months, there have been few efforts to persuade the Rea

More than 2,700 miles away from this windblown strip of sand, three intrepid pilots will begin a fiv

Allegis Name Is Buried As UAL Corp. RebornThe parent of United Airlines has laid to rest the

The Maritime Administration's Subsidy Board reaffirmed its decision to allow Waterman Steamship Corp

The government's oceanic agency is looking to replace and upgrade its fleet of scientific research,

Flying Tiger Line's return to profitability is being sustained by a boom in U.S. exports, but the al

Last week's court suit challenging part of the Federal Aviation Administration drug testing guidelin

On the fine chemical front, iodine, lysine, menthol and stearic acid are rising in price while glyce

If one kind of accident seemed unthinkable in the aviation industry, it was what happened to an Aloh