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Providers of electronic data interchange (EDI) services are hoping bells and whistles will ring buye

Heavy truck sales got off to a flying start in 1988 with a gain of nearly 18 percent in January, acc

1514.0 (Feb. 9, 1988) Previous day - 1499.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchang

The Federal Maritime Commission has agreed to shorten the comment period on a petition asking that i

Federal Maritime Commissioner Edward J. Philbin may be only an interim FMC chairman. Preside

European exporters want the European Commission to reject claims by European shipping companies that

Former Prime Minister Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo denied his government covered up evidence linking adulte

The head of the City Council's Environmental Protection Committee says stores should be banned from

U.S. demand for converted flexible packaging is expected to grow 2.7 percent a year to 5.5 billion p

Commissioners at the port of Seattle is being asked to reassemble a board to consider how best to bu

The Massachusetts Port Authority reached an agreement with McAllister Brothers Inc. for payment of $

Eli Lilly Reports Rise in Net IncomeEli Lilly & Co.'s fourth quarter net income rose to $138

Koch Industries Inc. said its purchase of a 1,943-mile Gulf Coast pipelinerepresents the first time

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. is increasing off-schedule prices $7.50 a ton for all grades of sulfur

Evergood Products Corp., a manufacturer and distributor of vitamins and over- the-counter drugs, ann

Epitope Inc. signed a joint research and development agreement with International Genetic Engineerin

The Environmental Protection Agency announced that a $10.96 million de minimis settlement, the first

Bristol-Myers Gets Rights to AIDS DrugsBristol-Myers Co. has received exclusive worldwide li

Aracruz Celulose SA, Brazil's largest exporter of bleached short-fiber cellulose pulp, secured a loa

NASA's Langley Research Center awarded a $959,000 National Aerospace Plane (NASP)-related contract t

The port of Portland and Dravo Corp. of Pittsburgh have settled their nearly five-year dispute over

A British company has developed an ornamental-pool pump, called Lotus Mermaid, based on a single pum

THE DOWNSIDE TO DEVELOPMENT of electronic data interchange comes when programmers try to add to thei

Now that the Commission on Merchant Marine and Defense has issued its long- awaited recommendations

A high-level delegation from Thailand will hold talks in Washington next week in an effort to free a

About 2,000 workers at six factories went on strike Tuesday to demand higher bonuses for the Chinese

Spurred by strong exports, South Korea's current account surplus in 1987 more than doubled to $9.78

Mikhail Gorbachev's full-page newspaper ads last August inviting U.S. businesses to the Soviet Union

L. Mann to Head Sears Jewelry UnitSears, Roebuck and Co., the nation's largest retailer, nam

Polish Trade Minister Wladyslaw Gwiazda wants to revive U.S. economic relations crippled by Poland's

Michelin Tire Expands Its Production CapacitySPARTANBURG, S.C. - Michelin Tire Corp. will sp

In a move that has left the Athens business world delighted but bemused, Greece and Turkey are frien

Imagine Hanae Mori or Issey Miyake, Japan's two most famous fashion designers, designing automobiles

A coalition of four Japanese companies and their Canadian branches announced that they will build a

Premier Jacques Chirac said Tuesday that France would make no more concessions on agriculture during

US Companies Plan Ties With NigeriaSeveral U.S. companies are studying closer business ties

New statistics showing a decline in both semiconductor shipments and new chip orders surprised indus

Machine Tool Demand In China May GrowNEW YORK - China's appetite for machine tools and relat

Caribbean officials and business leaders should not expect any early changes to a special U.S. trade

This week's arrival of a large shipment of New Zealand feeder lambs in the United States is unfortun