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Sea-Barge Group Inc. lost its top management executives but gained a new competitor owned by those f

The issue of whether the Navy or the Maritime Administration ultimately will control the national em

Japan's struggling shipbuilding companies, presumably with tacit concurrence of the country's Fair T

Executives in the electronic data interchange industry expect to turn talk into money at an increasi

American-based Duty Free Shoppers Ltd. is gearing up for action in Asia, trying to defend one lucrat

No one at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has been spotted wearing the T-shirts distributed

THE COURTSHIP of Maersk Line continues in Canada. The port of Halifax is pursuing the Danish carrier

British Coal Expects To Break Even in '88British Coal, the state-owned coal company, is like

December 30, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gall

Gasoline and home heating oil prices should be lower as 1988 begins, according to the State Energy O

Colombia's oil reserves increased by 300 million barrels to more than 2 billion in 1987, the Mining

The shaky oil market has combined with inflation, unemployment and foreign debt to make once-affluen

Scottish Bank Predicts Unstable Crude PricesOPEC's shaky production agreement will result in

Atlantic Richfield Co. says it has bought additional Britoil PLC shares on the open market, increasi

Apex Holding Co., believed to be one of the nation's 10 biggest privately held firms, averted an auc

A big question mark hung over the world economy as 1987 ended, with stock markets around the world s

The legal issues surrounding embargoed goods are often murky, but the limits of corporate responsibi

The United States and Mexico announced agreements reducing barriers in steel, beer, wine and distill

Some things you just take for granted. The Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center. The Thanksgiving Da

Supplies of distillate oil and gasoline increased moderately last week, according to the latest supp

The New Year will constitute a critical challenge for Canada's transportation industry, with deregul

Five Manhattan post offices will shut down window (retail) services for the day on Saturday, Jan. 2,

With the Japanese yen reaching all-time highs against the U.S. dollar this year, the cost of a trip

An article Dec. 14 on a Massachusetts' auto reform bill included the incorrect first name and title

Six New York Insurance Exchange syndicates that tried to stop the exchangefrom suspending it

The largest U.S. insurance companies are planning to slow diversification and focus on their existin

A potential dispute between two sets of insurers covering the Dec. 7 crash of a Pacific Southwest Ai

Independents Spared From Tax Year SwitchThe Internal Revenue Services has ruled that indepen

With medical insurance losses for Washington state's second largest group of workers expected to hit

The fall of the U.S. dollar below 1.6 deutsche marks could virtually wipe out planned Bundesbank pro

The insurance industry's loss is the accounting profession's gain. Two years ago, several "T

Dollar's Fall Hits Airbus ConsortiumThe steep fall of the dollar against the major currencie

The Massachusetts Port Authority would discuss with federal officials a proposal to reduce aircraft

The U.S. dollar drifted lower in very quiet trading Wednesday. Analysts said the market was

The Paris bourse, where stock trading techniques date from Napoleonic times, is getting ready for it

Traditional heavy-hitters among East and Southeast Asian exporters to the United States swung marked

Brazil Pays Interest, Ending MoratoriumRIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Brazil paid $357 million in

The $160 billion current account deficit is a problem for the U.S. economybecause it is bein

Iraq claimed Wednesday its warplanes scored another hit on a tanker in the Persian Gulf. The

China has to grapple with several troublesome factors in its rapidly expanding economy in the new ye