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World Trade Forecast To Grow 4.1 percent in 1988Total world trade in 1988 will reach $2.72 t

AIR CARGO The Department of Transportation has cleared the way for Kris Kringle to make his

Irvin Joseph, the son of a dockworker and 20-year veteran of the waterfront, edged Alcee P. Honore b

Indonesia still has great opportunities to sell Australia commodities other than oil and gas, Indone

Japanese and Pakistani businessmen ended a two-day meeting earlier this month, agreeing that Pakista

Government and maritime industry officials are not enthusiastic about the Soviet Union's overtures t

ST. LOUIS - George F. Clegg was named managing director of Monsanto Japan, the Japanese operating su

Group Cites Failure To Curb China TextilesThe Reagan administration has failed to dampen the

The Environmental Protection Agency said it is looking at an industry study that says dioxin-contami

State-owned Philippine National Oil Co. is buying US$9 million worth of steam coal from China, the f

In one move, lawmakers changed the rules affecting federal guarantees for thousands of private pensi

The Soviet Union's Far Eastern Shipping Co. has raised the possibility of reviving its trans-Pacific

Pan Am World Airway's unions met Monday in an effort to frame a wage concession package that would a

While today's air-travel zoo often brings out the crabby nature of many passengers, 10 VIPs flew air

The second McDonnell Douglas MD-82 aircraft to be built in China has been handed over to the Civil A

The future of the revolutionary London City Airport has been seriously jeopardized by the Civil Avia

A European Community official said trans-Atlantic talks on state subsidies to Airbus have made progr

There was a late-night chase on the lower Fraser River following a hit-and- run collision between a

Monsanto Unit To Hike CapacityST. LOUIS - The Specialty Chemicals division of Monsanto Chemi

Ethylene Prices Expected to HoldThe recently announced 5-cent-a-pound increase on ethylene b

Two Taiwanese companies are proposing a $220 million petrochemical project for the Philippines, incl

A $34 million request for state funds by the Philadelphia Port Corp. to fix up dilapidated docks in

The U.S.-Canada free trade agreement, due to be signed by President Reagan and Prime Minister Mulron

Richard G. Capen Jr., chairman and publisher of The Miami Herald, and P. Anthony Ridder, president o

A central clearinghouse owned by the world's banks could buy back Third World debt and invest in pri

Mexican government officials and business leaders believe the nation's debt- equity swap program, su

Tokyo Stock Exchange authorities, who added 33 foreign companies to the market's listings so far thi

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Agents' Lobbying Pays On Budget BillHouse and Senate tax conferees have agreed to remove por

Mexico Will Have 62 Airports by End '88A government report says Mexico will have 62 airports

Federal Railroad Administrator John H. Riley Monday defended his agency's safety probe of the strike

When an American bought a Big Mac at a McDonald's restaurant in Frankfurt inDecember 1985, h

Puerto Rico's rum producers, including the worldwide giant Bacardi, are not in the holiday mood this

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

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters won an organizing election that will allow them to repres

The Reagan administration is weighing the U.S. Export-Import Bank's future as the bank's financial l

The market for U.S. cars and light trucks adhered tightly to its charted course in 1987 without much

Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita telephoned South Korean President- elec t Roh Tae-woo Monda

Union Pacific, USPCI Sign Merger AgreementUnion Pacific Corp. and USPCI Inc. announced that