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More than 3,400 ships called at Hong Kong in the second quarter with total capacity of 20 million ne

Gearbulk Christens New Ship in VancouverVANCOUVER, British Columbia - The largest ship ever

A new package of proposals for Australian shipping has been described by Peter Morris, the country's

Japan is aggressively shopping for high-technology companies in the United States. Fujitsu L

Suzuki Eyes Expansion Of Auto Sales in USSuzuki, maker of the tiny four-wheel-drive Samurai,

Efforts are being made to determine if U.S. companies are complying with anti-apartheid demands in t

The General Motors' plant in Port Elizabeth was shut downwhen most of the 3,000 employees refused to

W. Germans Hold Off BONN, West Germany - West Germany's government said it is delaying a dec

The European Community Commission approved a grant for Daimler-Benz AG, from a joint federal-state r

The most viable way to get action within the next two years on free trade talks between the United S

Monsanto Co. and Bayer AG plan to stay in Brazil despite a tide of retreating foreign investments, t

Economic growth stalled in August, Statistics Canada reports. But economists said that's not

Japan is aggressively shopping for high-technology companies in the United States. Fujitsu L

S. Koreans to Display Merchandise in NYCNEW YORK The Korean General Merchandise Show will b

A prominent Singapore stockbroker was jailed for eight years for his part in the fraud that wrecked

Export and import contracts concluded by Japan's 13 major trading firms registered record declines i

Indonesia announced a new package of economic reforms, including tariff reductions, the removal of i

Suzuki Eyes Expansion Of Auto Sales in USSuzuki, maker of the tiny four-wheel-drive Samurai,

Multilateral trade negotiations beginning next January in Geneva will be difficult but should produc

Taiwan imposed controls on some sensitive exports to the United States, but threatened its own count

The U.S. Export-Import Bank is considering loans totaling just under $1 billion to support U.S. sale

U.S. policy on tin stockpiles is a matter of grave concern" to major world producers, who are urging

GENERAL NEWSKnight-Ridder Inc. agreed to acquire the State-Record Co., a South Carolina news

Two major oil companies, Chevron USA Inc. and BHP Petroleum Inc., filed to relinquish undeveloped We

Connecticut Energy Corp. reported a loss of $2.5 million for the third quarter, compared with a loss

Demand for Acetone Strengthens The demand for acetone has strengthened a bit due to the rece

A 58-country treaty calling on nations to report nuclear accidents to their neighbors went into effe

Sunwestern Investment Group, a venture capital firm in Dallas, acquired all outstanding shares of C.

Long Island Lighting Co.'s chairman introduced to the business community two programs designed to ho

President Reagan signed a major change in the nation's bankruptcy law that backers said will give ne

Nuclear power will be France's energy of the future despite the accident last April at Chernobyl, a

The director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey predicts the current International Lon

Local shipping executives say a just-issued strategic plan for the Port of New Orleans contains no s

Accelerating investments in Brazilian chemicals and petrochemicals to exceed $2 billion by 1990 are

Court Rejects Challenge To Marcy-South LineThe Appellate Division of New York State Supreme

Kerr-McGee Corp. lost $325.8 million after taxes in the third quarter of 1986, compared with earning

Saudi Arabia has offered discounts of 35 cents to 50 cents a barrel on outstanding net-back contract

France and Norway are locked in a high stakes tug-of-war involving the future of the multibillion do

The photograph is probably the most famous in East Texas history: Columbus Marion "Dad" Joiner and a

Chevron Corp. reported third quarter consolidated earnings of $208 million, 61 cents a share, down f