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Agency Will Resume Cruise Ship InspectionsThe Center for Prevention Services of the federal

Brazilian sugar exports in fiscal 1987-88 are expected to total 1 million metric tons, said an offi

Sea-Land Service, Farrell Lines, Hapag-Lloyd and Trans Freight Line are among the shipping lines tha

The head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture called the cotton program one of the "outstanding suc

The U.S. Navy has canceled port calls for the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Nimitz and its suppor

Trade agreements between the United States and Japan usually result in dubious documents, based on t

The New York Mercantile Exchange said the Commodity Futures TradingCommission has approved a

After nearly coming to a halt during the second half of 1986, exploration activities in Gabon, sub-S

The government has decided to double the number of authorized foreign cigarette retail shops to 1,00

Final truck sales figures for 1986 may be pointing toward an early peak for market segments that tru

Monetary officials of the six member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council have agreed to unify

A high-ranking Japanese official hinted that finance ministers from the United States, Japan, West G

United Parcel Service said it will offer small package delivery service between the United States an

The strengthening Japanese yen is wreaking havoc on Diamond-Star Motors Corp., but it also is creati

The Vatican, warning that the survival of many poor countries is at stake, urged industrialized nati

A rising tide of foreign oil, which economists and oil industry analysts say is making the United St

Workers occupying Caterpillar Inc.'s factory near Glasgow to protest closureplans by the U.S

Soviet Election Process MOSCOW - Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev on Tuesday urged the Com

Great Lakes and European Lines Inc., a firm that tried to develop containerized shipping business ou

Japan's Indicators Index Falls to 42 percent From 75 percentThe leading index of the Japanes

The director of the Medical Society of New Jersey predicts a flood of lawsuits and even higher insur

Damage to the Dutch submarine Walrus, which caught fire in Rotterdam last September while fitting ou

Agriculture and trade issues will be high on the agenda of the several-week- old Congress, but major

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's offer to subsidize U.S. wheat sales to China was made because C

That household garbage taken out to the dump may be coming back in another form to heat your home.

Brazil Holds Sugar For Carry-over StocksRIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Brazil held back 300,000 me

The following index charts weekly changes in motor carrier tonnage originatingfrom 49 produc

Neal Meehan To Head UnitOf Texas AirNeal F. Meehan was named president of the Texas

Canadian maritime and business interests hailed a federal government decision to abandon plans to ch

Plans are taking shape for the eighth annual Fleet Management Technology Conference, to be held in B

Abundant supplies and the easing of severe cold in Europe caused petroleum prices on the cash market

The high cost of day-care liability insurance in California can only be resolved with government hel

The Tung shipping empire took delivery of two new containerships from Japan, with the chairman of th

U.S. textile mill cotton consumption in 1987-88 should be just slightly higher than the 1986-87 esti

Asked to assess on his own terms the current state of his industry, John A. Pastor promptly characte

U.S. industries are fighting to counter the surge of imported textiles and apparel and to promote sa

With the focus on making U.S. industry more competitive in world markets, the issues of liability li

Seaboard Marine Ltd. will bring to Miami its services to Central America, the Dominican Republic and

Construction of a 1 trillion yen ($6.57 billion) airport on a man-made island off Osaka in western J

The director of the Congressional Budget Office warned lawmakers of the short-term economic harm of