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NORTHWEST AIRLINES (St. Paul, Minn.) - William H. Sitter was elected executive vice president, admin

Moody's Investor's Service has downgraded from A2 to B2 the ratings of $785 million of senior subord

Olympia & York Offers To Hike SFSP StakeOlympia & York Development Ltd., launched a $245 mil

Iraq claimed its 25th air strike of the year on Iranian oil targets along the gulf coast Tuesday as

When Walter Boehnke started his family business in Aransas Pass almost 50 years ago, it was a tiny f

Eastman Kodak Co. Tuesday announced two new professional films. Kodak Vericolor 400 professi

* Albert Kraus - Markets and Money 15A * William S. Peirce - New Electric Competition 16A* R

One tanker hit the city's yet-to-be-occupied prison barge and another rammed an anchored vessel off

Japan might offer to phase out import quotas on beef and citrus fruit by 1993 to forestall a U.S. co

City officials will raise weight limits for fuel oil trucks if the tugboat workers' strike disrupts

If a railroad wants to keep its customers happy, it has to speak their language - and that applies t

Scania Adds 2 Dealers To National NetworkORANGE, Conn. - Saab-Scania of America Inc. said it

A Persian Gulf ship repair yard says that while it does work on war-damaged tankers, the war is actu

Peter E. Rupp, chairman of Freightliner Corp. of Portland, Ore., said flatly that he has no plans to

An official Soviet maritime report says five giant container transshipment complexes have been compl

Nedlloyd, the Dutch transport and energy group, failed to secure the support of its shareholders for

President Miguel de la Madrid is accepting thanks from U.S. and Mexican businessmen for his attempts

Poor management, an inability to cooperate, and a preoccupation with short- term profits are among r

Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Corp.'s Chevrolet division have surpassed Honda Motor Co. as the f

Michel Camdessus, the International Monetary Fund's managing director, called for a major boost in h

American President Cos. officials met with nearly 100 Japanese financial executives this week to dis

Georgia Gulf Corp. announced that it has acquired Freeman Chemical Corp. from Pittsburgh-based H.H.

SANDOZ CORP. (East Hanover, N.J.) - The company announced the appointment of Dr. Robert I. Levy to

An Australian proposal calling for General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade countries to eliminate coa

The way the coal industry's chief negotiator tells it, the new national contract with the United Min

Feb. 16, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Abu Dhabi Pricing Seen As a Swing FactorThe oil pricing policies of Abu Dhabi, which absorbe

NC Reservation Center Opened by AmericanDALLAS-FORT WORTH, Texas - American Airlines opened

The French Cabinet has adopted an 83 billion franc ($14 billion) program to almost double the countr

Feb. 16, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High

1545.5 (Feb. 16, 1988) Previous day - 1544.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchan

The British are coming. And so are the Swedes, the Japanese, the Italians and retailers from dozens

Africa runs in the blood of Tristan Vieljeux as it has for several generations in the shipping empir

The government, under pressure from the United States to open its markets wider to foreign goods, an

Daniel J. McNamara, the former president of Insurance Services Offices Inc., has joined the law firm

Lincoln National Posts Operating Income GainFORT WAYNE, Ind. - Lincoln National Corp., repor

Japan's Trade Surplus Fell 28.7 percent in JanuaryJapan's overall trade surplus fell 28.7 pe

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

A small business survey released Tuesday indicates that inflation could become a worsening problem d

Euphoria and relief dominated European Community's headquarters here after its 12 member nations ove