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It had to be one of the toughest trade-selling jobs in recent memory. A delegation of top ex

The Persian Gulf region is entering a period of economic recovery after three years of decline that

China is no longer charging import duties on foreign materials and spare parts used to manufacture g

Family farm owners are still incorporating their holdings, but at a slower rate than during the 1970

Agreements between the United States and its major trading partners, and the drop in the value of th

Taiwan and South Africa Wednesday signed an extradition treaty aimed at preventing economic criminal

A British-based subsidiary of a U.S. company shipping a consignment of goods to an Italian customer

ANNUAL REVENUE of $5 billion. That's the figure Jerome L. Dryer projected the electronic data interc

A Chinese plan to transform Hainan Island in the South China Sea into another Hawaii is attracting t

BMW of North America Inc. will spend $15 million to construct an automobile preparation center at th

Some 350 years after a Jesuit missionary helped the Ming Dynasty build European-style cannons, John

US Truck Production Rose 8.5 percent During 1987DETROIT - U.S. truck production rose 8.5 per

Steel production fell to 1.685 million tons in the week ended Dec. 26, a decrease of 0.5 percent fro

Will the increase in tanker demand and in freight rates that helped considerably to slow the decline

President Corazon Aquino said her government will compensate relatives of about 1,600 people killed

NEW ORLEANS' CRUISE SHIP TASK FORCE, spearheaded by the port of New Orleans, is planning to host a s

Persian Gulf Arab leaders ended a four-day summit Tuesday, denouncing Iran's ''aggressive acts" agai

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey forecasts its 1987 total cargo volume will hit 13.2 mi

Even before the smoke had cleared from Monday's announcement of its $1.8 billion acquisition of the

Railroads Set Record In Freight HandlingWith a little more than one week to go, U.S. railroa

The Interstate Commerce Commission's staff is looking for ways to expedite the agency's examination

United China Airlines, the most successful of the independent airlines formed in China since the Ch

In several West European countries there were school vacations the last week of October. Because of

Guilford Transportation Industries says a federal judge's refusal to consider a union-sought injunct

The U.S. Postal Service is taking steps to make its overnight Express Mail service competitive with

Grant Hutchison, marketing manager for Datapost International, makes no extravagant boasts for the R

USAir Group Prepays $400 Million on LoansUSAir Group Inc. has prepaid a total of $400 millio

Louisiana state government is losing millions of dollars because of falling oil prices and could fa

New Sonat Subsidiary To Sell Natural GasBIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Sonat Inc. has formed a natural g

December 29, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gall

Pretax profit of Indonesia's state-run energy monopoly Pertamina dropped by nearly half in the fisca

Japan Refiners to Cut Iranian Imports by 41 percentJapanese refiners agreed to reduce import

Pennzoil Co.'s legal fees and other expenses from its landmark legal battle with Texaco Inc. have be

For the first time since OPEC began losing a grip on oil prices at the start of this decade, the car

The U.S. plastics industry performed well in 1987 and is poised for an encore in 1988. This

One of the incredible economic achievements of our time has to be Japan's adjustment to the rising v

There was a time when most insurance trade organizations were not headquartered here, when insurance

Operating income for the property/casualty insurance industry increased to $13.7 billion in 1987, up

Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. apparently has agreed to provide $200 million to A.H. Robins Co., manufa

'Twas a terrible year for Massachusetts automobile insurance, but most observers cautiously, though