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April was the second-busiest month in the port of Hampton Roads's history in terms of general cargo

General Electric Co. has announced a shake-up of top management at Kidder, Pea body Group Inc., the

Mass. Court Issues Ruling for AllstateThe Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled tha

May 14, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

The name of the parent company of Travel Assistance International was misspelled in anarticle on 12A

Japanese Forklifts Subject of ProbeThe U.S. Commerce Department agreed to probe whether Japa

The end of the British-based merchant fleet was foreshadowed in the annual report of the General Cou

Airline flights during peak travel periods should be ordered cut back at most major airports to halt

U.S. business inventories grew 0.4 percent in March as retailers stocked up but manufacturers cut ba

Truckers Group Urges Action on Access RulesA private truckers group urged the Department of

Among increasing Brazilian auto industry exports already heading for the United States before the re

A Japanese pharmaceutical company is buying 3.3 acres of land in Portland for use as a research and

Japan's current account surplus will skyrocket to an all-time high of about $90 billion this year de

When the Red Baron, the Wonderful One and the Green Torpedo roll through downtown today, Maurice Kle

Auto industry experts are hoping that the changes in federal tax law that took effect this year will

A hundred tons of timber, metal and canvas and one year of shipbuilding skill later, the Mystic Clip

An extremely skeptical Interstate Commerce Commission heard arguments Thursday on why it should reco

Two Japanese oil supertankers scheduled to load crude oil at the Kuwaiti port of Khafji have been re

Showing scant concern for recent U.S. protests about state assistance for the European Airbus Indust

Philippines Assumes Control of San MiguelMANILA, Philippines - Despite pledges to leave priv

China is catering more and more to the growing appetite of U.S. importers for trade fairs. T

The value of California exports, nearly stagnant in 1986, is expected to rise 12 percent this year a

The Senate Commerce Committee approved legislation dramatically increasing authorized funds for airp

Economists called March merchandise trade data a clear sign of slow but unspectacular improvement in

The world's grain trade is slowly recovering, including some improvements in U.S. exports, according

National Steel Corp. sent a solicitation for coke to domestic and international suppliers and wound

Despite pledges to leave private business alone, President Corazon Aquino's government took control

While railroads have made impressive productivity gains and reduced their operating costs, they have

Monsanto Co. will appeal a Massachusetts Pesticide Board Subcommittee decision to ban the use of ala

The Senate Agriculture Committee approved 19-0 legislation to stiffen the spine of U.S. agriculture

The parents of a Canadian child who became physically and mentally retarded 16 years ago after choki

An oil refinery reactor, believed to be one of the heaviest loads ever to move through the port of L

Jose Angel Barron, a part-time Customs inspector, reported making a combined total income of less th

The success of the newly industrializing countries in increasing their share of world trade is partl

Boeing Pilots to Train At FlightSafety CenterContinental Airlines Boeing 737 pilots will tra

Already rising unemployment in Japan may be given additional impetus from excessive currency specula

Dow Chemical Co. named Frank P. Popoff, its executive vice president, as president and chief operati

Robert D. Hunter, senior vice president of Chase Manhattan Bank, was named national financial servic

The Soviet Union's meat production in the first three months of 1987 was up 8 percent from a year ea

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