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U.S. governors are descending on London and other capitals on the Continent in increasing numbers, t

Outdoor taco stands are proliferating, and more people than ever are selling flowers and fruit on st

Foreign minister Tadashi Kuranari called Monday for stronger ties between the European Community and

West Germany's economy will slow down markedly in 1987 because of the drag of the deutsche mark's st

GENERAL NEWS Signetics Corp. has spent the past two years getting a stem-to-stern overhaul.

The Navy is investigating the death of one, and presumed loss of a second, submariner swept overboar

Turkey will submit today its formal application to join the European Community, an EC official said

A Federal Maritime Commission law judge concludes that the Georgia Port Authority requirement can la

The rivalry between the ports of Oakland and San Francisco is growing. The battle intensifie

Selective lightning strikes taking place in the port of Rotterdam's grain sector are set to continue

The Federal Maritime Commission disclosed that the Romania Shipping Co. paid $15,600 to settle an al

United States Lines Inc. hit back at opposition to its request for permission to continue service be

International Business Machines Corp. reported a 5.5 percent increase in worldwide gross income duri

The stocks of Texaco Inc. and Pennzoil Co. both fell sharply Monday, as investors sold heavily in re

Steven M. Peras, formerly vice president in charge of all spot trading for Irving Trust Co., was nam

A board-approved plan to raise an estimated $4.7 billion for a friendlyleveraged buy-out of

Europe Container Terminus of Rotterdam has wrung wage concessions from its dockers to ease the blow

The breakup of national flags and the proliferation of open shipping registries provide an opportuni

Norway soon may join the Isle of Man and Vanuatu as the latest jurisdictions to offer their flags an

Effective May 11, pilotage charges in two of the three districts on the Great Lakes will rise.

Some U.S. firms, many of them computer makers, want exemptions from forthcoming U.S. tariff reprisal

Maryland Seeks Bids For Container CranesThe Maryland Port Administration is soliciting bids

Liner, tanker and dry bulk shipping sectors could show a strong improvement or an outright recovery

Waterfront management in Baltimore is asking the port's longshoremen to reconsider their rejection o

State-owned British Shipbuilders announced Monday it had won a contract for two large containerships

South Korea Orders Generators From GESCHENECTADY, N.Y. - General Electric Co. obtained a con

China and Portugal signed an agreement Monday that will return Macao to Chinese sovereignty on Dec.

Domestic exports to the United States fell in February to HK$3.6 billion (US$460 million) from HK$5.

The port of Long Beach named Paul E. Brown deputy executive director and promoted Michael J. Slavin

Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige, claiming full recovery from a bout with viral pneumonia that la

Formation of a Northeast Asian economic zone similar to the European Community was urged by a privat

Japan will continue utmost efforts to persuade the United States to lift punitive tariffs even after

General liability and workers compensation insurance needs are the top two cost worries of risk mana

The free market for commercial auto insurance is not working in Vermont, state regulators said as th

Missouri Gov. John Ashcroft scheduled a public ceremony today to sign into law major reforms in insu

Two bills aimed at introducing some safety features to virtually unregulated fishing vessels have be

Liability insures in Connecticut are fighting a defensive battle to retain a 1986 tort reform law as

Coseco Details Plans Of Stock OfferingCARMEL, Ind. - Conseco Inc. said it expects to offer t

Firemen taking a novel approach to teaching fire safety roll a portable house onto the playground, f

Mon., April 13, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U