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P&O Wins Court Fight To Nix Strike BallotThe Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co., or

The American Chamber of Commerce of Peru said conditions in the U.S.-Peruvian liner trades have so i

A story in Friday's paper incorrectly described prospects for a possible merger of the Port of Provi

The Brazilian government has published resolutions that loosen shipping freight conference regulatio

European oil prices continued to strengthen, buoyed by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Count

Subsidiaries of Enron Corp., Houston, and Brooklyn Union Gas Co., of Brooklyn, N.Y., signed a long-t

'88 Chinese Coal Expo To Be Held in ShanxiShanxi Province, the center of China's coal indust

Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. said it signed an understanding to buy 100 million cubic feet of

ILLUMINATING A BRIGHT IDEA finally reached the cabins of Continental and Eastern Air Lines last week

THE FLYING TIGER LINE INC. (Los Angeles) - Frank L. Forster was named vice president, maintenance an

Heating Oil Prices Fall Slowly in Mass.Home heating oil prices in Massachusetts are easing i

SAS Group Reports $5.1 Billion RevenueThe SAS Group earned $291 million on revenue of $5.1 b

As the giant trade bill conference enters its final week, many of the issues critical to the legisla

Sea-Land Service Inc., Nedlloyd Lijnen BV and P&O Containers (TFL) Ltd. are free to put their unique

Swissair Cargo Volume Up 45 percent in Two 2 MonthsChanges in production strategy by multina

A congressional investigating agency said the Coast Guard, in dealing with its current budget pressu

The General Electric Credit Corp. says the $92.8 million decimal point fight is far from over in the

Sales of existing homes, after declining for three straight months, posted a modest increase of 3.8

Burnout. Exhaustion. Intense public scrutiny. Low pay and long hours. These are some of the

The property/casualty and life/health insurance industries are regulated by a system of state insura

Bailout legislation that would allow Blue Cross, a non-profit hospital service, to sell a subsidiary

The life insurance industry is breaking with insurance agents and suggesting more moderate taxation

After years of wrenching reorganization, the sprawling Jardine Matheson group reported after-tax pro

Risk managers sharply criticize insurers' uniform push for restricting commercial liability coverage

The dollar is likely to drift lower in the next few weeks, currency traders and economists predict.

BOSTON CO. (Boston) - Anton L. Janik, senior vice president, was named deputy group manager for the

Bear, Stearns & Co. commenced the first lira-denominated financing by the European Community, which

IMF Urges S. Korea To Speed Rise of WonSEOUL, South Korea - An International Monetary Fund d

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and three other international bodies have

The World Bank expects to lend China more than $12 billion during the next four years as its relatio

Argentina Tuesday will hold its second debt-equity tender to convert $50 million of debt into invest

Fri., March 25, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Britain's current account deficit hit a disappointing 720 million (US$1.3 billion) in February, a f

South Korea's GNP Posts Drop in GrowthSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's gross national prod

U.S. apple interests say they are glad but still wary of Japanese promisesto lift quotas that keep t

The president of the Motion Picture Association of America says the entertainment industry depends o

The weaker dollar will not solve the problem of U.S. competitiveness, and it may only make it worse,

Campbell Completes Durkee AcquisitionCAMDEN, N.J. - Campbell Soup Co. announced it has compl

White House officials told ambassadors from sugar-exporting nations they will continue trying to eas