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Quick to start up their own businesses and get the whole family involved, Koreans have the spirit of

Radar reaches out miles into the ocean these days as the first phase of a royal welcome ships receiv

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

U.S. business inventories rose 0.2 percent in April to a seasonally adjusted $664.258 billion follow

The port of Oakland said its revenues this year will be $1 million less than expected. Port

Japan's trade surplus declined in May from a year earlier, the first drop in 26 months, the governme

The government of Taiwan, awash with money and under heavy pressure over its trade surplus with the

For the second year in a row, California was the top farm export state in 1986, outranking tradition

The United States is expected to submit comprehensive proposals for reform of international agricult

Deutsche Bank's net income rose 22.5 percent in 1986 and group assets reached 300 billion deutsche m

In a drive to convince Congress to investigate air safety, Eastern Airlines pilots will have a chanc

Continental Airlines insists it's worked like a feverish little elf since the carrier merged with Pe

There are significant obstacles to the federal government's reported plan to take control of the Int

Lost treasures and shipwrecks have become staples of the news-short summer- silly season over the pa

THE END OF THE VOLCKER ERA not only removes a towering manager of U.S. economic policy, it also take

Labor Secretary William E. Brock indicated he might accept a moderate increase in the general minimu

The South Louisiana Port Commission has breathed new life into a proposed ''state-of-the-art" interm

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by abasket of currencies deno

The Securities and Exchange Commission voted Thursday to start rule-making proceedings that would re

Brazil to Seek Delay On Paris Club DebtBrazil will ask the Paris Club for a three-month grac

KISS THE CHIP INDUSTRY GOODBYE, suggests John Fluke Jr., a leading industrial manufacturer in Seatt

A new slow-growth plan that calls for public hearings and environmental impact reports for all large

A Finnish paint company on Thursday became the first firm to enter a joint venture with the Soviets,

The blatant protectionist approach of the U.S. Congress toward elimination of the nation's massive a

Conference Canceled Due to Little ResponseThe St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. canceled

Today marks the fourth meeting in as many weeks for an ad hoc coalition of hard-core aviation system

CSX Dedicates Kentucky FacilitiesCORBIN, Ky. - CSX Transportation has dedicated its new engi

Three tanks of flammable gas exploded on a Harlem street Thursday, destroying the truck that was car

Recovery rates of more than 90 percent are reported from gold and silver deposits in Canadian mines

Some companies have become so frustrated by the preshipment inspection process that they've stopped

A West Coast marine insurer, based in Seattle, has been ordered to stop writing policies because the

Many banks are keeping their board members much better informed about their managements' decisions a

Finding a way to cope with the financial problems facing the steel industry is the key to passing pe

There is "clear evidence" that the Reagan administration has threatened military intervention in the

New York State Electric and Gas Corp. will make more money than is ''reasonable" in 1987 and should

Forget all this worry about another oil crisis, about the United States being brought to its knees b

Clayton Yeutter, the U.S. trade representative, foresees a less than a 50 percent chance that the Un

There are abundant lessons on offer to U.S. exporters at a building equipment exhibition here about

Customs officers abruptly walked off their jobs at the busy English Channel ports of Dover and Ramsg

Greek shipowners in London see prospects for the "long-awaited recovery" in dry cargo freight rates,