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BATUS Inc. Thursday launched a $4.5 billion hostile tender offer for Farmers Group Inc., one of the

The Kansallis Group of Finland said earnings rose 17 percent last year to $169.8 million, or $1.32 a

National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America. Annual convention. March 6-11 at the S

Freight rates throughout much of the trucking industry are scheduled to rise on April 1, but sharp p

Passengers will be sailing from Brooklyn this weekend for South America aboard a new ship, the Ameri

Argentina's ability to service its $52 billion foreign debt will continue to weaken, and thus probab

Argentine Energy Secretary Jorge Lapena, who resigned suddenly Tuesday, said he had disagreed with P

Three years of price increases are beginning to take their toll on foreign car sales, as buyers taki

William T. Duke abruptly resigned this week as port director at Gulfport to work for an advertising/

Minebea's US Unit Forms New CompanyCHATSWORTH, Calif. - NMB (USA) Inc., a subsidiary of Mine

Republic National Bank of New York has agreed to transfer millions of dollars in Panamanian funds to

Scientists at the IBM Almaden Research Center here have found superconductivity , the loss of all el

The United States and South Korea are unlikely to resume talks on access to South Korea's shipping i

Being a top national athlete isn't enough anymore. Olympic Organizing Committee President Peter Uebe

Gov. Michael S. Dukakis' first-in-the-nation proposal to provide health insurance to all Massachuset

The upcoming soft market will be another hurdle the insurance industry must clear as it moves towar

The U.S. dollar declined slightly against most currencies Thursday in quiet trading. Analyst

FIDELITY BANK (Philadelphia) - Bernard J. Morgan was named chairman and chief executive officer of F

If the Senate Banking Committee has its way, bank holding companies will win vast new securities pow

Mar. 3, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High L

Energizing a huge bureaucracy can be a tough job. James J. Kirk, director of the port depart

A federal court decision will mean that people in the Pacific Northwest can keep buying cheap electr

The Japanese government appeared Thursday to be edging closer to phasing out its controls on beef an

Working for a private company after spending years with a public agency - the Port Authority of New

At cocktail parties, ears seemed to perk up when John Brill talked about his position as acting mana

British Columbia's Alcan Aluminum Ltd. is scouting the pulp and paper industry for partners to build

Under pressure from congressional investigators, the Army has told its top Corps of Engineers genera

In order to supply quickly the $100 million worth of goods required for its major Exhibition India p

AAR Corp. Purchases Fourth Boeing 737-300ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. - AAR Corp. has purchased a

Carolina Freight to Use Honeywell MainframeCHERRYVILLE, N.C. - Carolina Freight Carriers Cor

Cummins Engine Co. is worried that it has less than two years to perfect a new technology that its c

The Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies announced a 14 percent rise in fourth quarter 1987 net inco

Mar. 3, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

The long-static naphthalene market may warm up over the short term as a result of new applications a

Arnold Davis is out on the waterfront these days, talking with fishermen who will use the newly crea

U.S. electronic data interchange standards are on the march. Ballots will be sent out soon t

SHELL OIL CO. (Houston) - John F. Bookout said he will resign June 30 as president and chief executi

Airbus Industrie, the European commercial jet manufacturer, says a year-long search for a site to bu

The nation's most modern steel rail-making plant, shuttered since mid-1987 as a result of the bankru

West Germany's planned financial futures market is still on target for a late 1989 start-up, Ruedig