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Trucks are still backed up for miles at Italian border checkpoints, as protesting customs personnel

The 1989 Maritime Guide published by Lloyd's Register is now off the presses. Included in th

While Georgia legislators are considering a raft of consumer-related bills submitted by the state In

NJ FINES 6 INSURERS A TOTAL OF $28,000TRENTON, N.J. - Six insurance companies have been fine

The Paris Commercial Court has postponed until mid-March a ruling on whether the latest route-swap a

TEAMSTERS TRIAL DATE POSTPONED TO MARCH 13NEW YORK - The federal government's racketeering t

Comment on the Maritime Administration's policy allowing foreign-built vessels re-documented under t

Feb. 23, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Kinark Corp. said it found a buyer willing to pay more than $10 million for its Chicago Lake River s

A recent national opinion survey reveals that consumers feel auto insurance rates are too high and s

MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE CO. (Newark, N.J.) - Donald R. Sondergeld was named executive vice pre

The winter sun sets early in this Scandinavian country, with skies darkening by about 3 p.m.

Brazil's Candiota coal mine recently set a single-day output record to produce supplies needed for t

By 5 p.m. on any afternoon, the landing lights of one airplane after another stretch like a shimmeri

For the second time in two weeks, the Federal Reserve hiked market interest rates Thursday to counte

THE DOLLAR'S VALUE CAN STAY in its current range for years to come, because American exporters are n

The Mexican government has backed down, at least temporarily, on a new 2 percent asset tax that woul

The nation's railroads decried the Interstate Commerce Commission's proposal to force them to pass p

President Jose Sarney of Brazil received a pledge of more than $1 billion in new official credits Th

Any general-purpose bookstore that doesn't have income-tax guides prominently displayed this month i

The Swiss chemicals and pharmaceuticals group Ciba Geigy Thursday reported a 20 percent rise in net

TEMPLE, BARKER & SLOANE INC. (Lexington, Mass.) - Mitchell E. Steller has been elected a vice presid

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

THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE is finding a corny solution to slippery winter roads. Acc

WHAT IT IS: Legislation proposed to require employers to provide a minimum package of health insuran

The shake-up in marine hull insurance markets generated by continued competition for business has sp

Protests from foreign shippers of containers continued to pour into the offices of port authorities

INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS OF NEW YORK (Albany, N.Y.) - Paul F. Van Ryn was named executive directo

Imperial Chemical Industries PLC, Britain's largest industrial company, reported record 1988 net pro

* John Boyd - Economic Beat 3A * Howard Simon - Simon Says 6A* Global Banker: David Novick o

BEAR, STEARNS & CO. (New York) - Duncan Soukup was named to head this investment banking and brokera

The United States may end up being a national island in a globally standardized electronic data inte

IBM PROFIT MARGINS INCREASED IN 1988Profit margins on International Business Machines Corp.'

U.S. importers had better get used to the sight of the National Guard and long lines at southern bor

Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., President Bush's nominee for secretary of health and human services, came u

It used to be that "Aloha" was only a pleasant greeting or a fond farewell. Today, particula

U.S. and other Western creditor countries may need to forgo loan payments in order to revive the eco

Britain's farmers fully support the more pragmatic position emerging from Washington on the question

Leasing rates for ocean cargo containers are on the rise again in Asia, and many in the industry thi

1513 (Feb. 23, 1989) Previous day - 1512 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in