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A new statute requiring insurers to justify rate hikes of 25 percent or more on commercial liability

Dillingham Ship Repair unilaterally put a new work contract into effect this week, triggering a prot

HOW ITS DONE IN TEXAS. The voice on the telephone was warm and soft. A slow, slow drawl. "Ji

Esteban Davila, executive director of the Puerto Rico Maritime Ship ping Authority, said he received

Omnium Named Agent For Andean LineOmnium Agencies Inc. has been named nationwide marketing,

A week of heavy rains caused a landslide that partially blocked the Panama Canal, reducing traffic t

Metropolitan Backs School Cover ProposalALBANY, N.Y. - Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. is ex

Donald Mazankowski, deputy prime minister of Canada, has said the federal government will award a co

Cruise ship companies belonging to the International Committee of Passenger Lines will participate i

George F. Grode, 40, a professional government administrator with no previous ties to the insurance

The new automobile processing facility at the port of Brunswick, Ga., swung into operation with the

Dravo Corp. said it is exploring the sale of its barge line and stevedoring subsidiaries to the curr

Univar Corp. received final approval from the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission to

The Florida insurance department fined the Allstate Insurance Co. $40,000 ''for refusing to offer au

New Orleans dockworkers ended a one-week strike, and the leader of the International Longshoremen's

The state of California has been accused of venue shopping in the first lawsuit in a bus accident th

As the U.S. Customs Service continues its relentless drive toward a paperless environment for cargo

Hercules Sets Price HikesFor PP FilmsHercules' prices for transparent oriented polyp

Kuwait underlined its intention to boost output by unexpectedly chartering six supertankers for incr

Navistar International Corp. announced a sweeping restructuring and recapitalization plan that would

George Grode thinks the office he has overlooking the downtown of this capital city is one of the be

William von Raab, U.S. commissioner of customs, feels the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are dr

The Commerce Department, in a preliminary ruling, said Canada is subsidizing softwood lumber exports

U.S. Maritime Administrator John Gaughan is going to the Far East later this month to hammer home t

The following table lists the spot coal contracts signed between the Tennessee Valley Authority and

Crop production forecasts. To many, the very words might usher in the soft balmy haze of slu

Sugar cane output in China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region increased 22 percent this year, accord

Brazil Authorizes Imports of US CornSAO PAULO, Brazil - The Brazilian government Wednesday a

More dark clouds are building up in the U.S. farm export picture, obscuring the summer's mild upswin

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said it expected the European Community's soy meal demand to be s

The Chicago Board Options Exchange said it had found Kidder, Peabody and Co. and six of its former e

The TransPacific Westbound Rate Agreement said it has no intention of charging excessive fees at Wes

The U.S. dollar continued a slow drift downward Wednesday on what the market saw as fresh signs of a

Now that Union Pacific Corp. had made some moves to get its own house in order, the only logical thi

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Heller Financial Lends $80 Million to Itel RailHeller Financial said it is providing a $70 m

The Maritime Administration named four foreign shipyards in which American President Lines Ltd. migh

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

The Center for Asian Pacific Affairs plans to expand its activities in the Pacific Basin. Th

An Australian-designed, U.S.-built catamaran, capable of carrying 245 passengers at 28 knots, was pl