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Brazilian merchant shipping could undergo a wrenching adjustment in the wake of last weekend's gover

Edward John Barber, retired chairman of Barber Steamship Lines Inc., died Saturday at the age of 72.

One of Japan's great strengths is something it doesn't have: a lot of lawyers. There are few

Citicorp and J.P. Morgan & Co. Tuesday reported higher fourth quarter 1988 earnings, thanks in part

ALLTRANS FORMS UNIT FOR TRANSPORT INDUSTRYWAYNE, N.J. - Alltrans International Group Inc. ha

Zeger van Asch van Wijck, Seattle's new port director in Seattle, said he intends to spend his first

Although the state's insurance commissioner invoked a provision of Proposition 103 in an effort to s

The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade should permit special treatment for agricultural policies

EC PROBES ALLEGATIONS OF CASSETTE DUMPINGBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Commission Tuesday

Trade lawyers expect an increase in the number of petitions filed with the U.S. International Trade

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

China tightened export license procedures Jan. 1 as part of a campaign to reimpose central control o

Meridian Bank, a subsidiary of Meridian Bancorp Inc., Reading, Pa., said it has become the first ban

Finance Minister Mailson Nobrega said that under a new plan designed to end the country's economic c

Saying that air service is vital for five localities in West Virginia, U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W

Retailers are trying to make sure they don't byte off more than they can chew. For U.S. stor

Not long after the breakup of American Telephone & Telegraph Co., Rudy and Mildred Chalow got an AT&

United Parcel Service Inc. will build a new package sorting facility at the international trade cent

Heavy truck sales in 1989 should match last year's robust levels, but a faltering economy will depre

A California attorney and financial investor has filed a $14 million lawsuit against a Lexington, Ky

Lloyd's of London , the world's leading insurance market, said Tuesday it is on the verge of appoint

International demand for senior managers grew sharply in the second half of 1988, especially in Lati

The United States and 11 other nations have resumed talks on a possible increase in the Inter-Americ

More than 30 U.S. textile companies are among 50 overseas exhibitors at Fashion Week '89, which open

FRENCH INSURER, BANK SIGN COOPERATION PACTGroupama, the fifth largest insurer in France, has

EGYPT'S OIL PRICE HIKE IS SECOND IN JANUARYCAIRO, Egypt - Egypt will increase crude oil expo

There's Westchester the county, Westchester the symbol of suburban life and now Westchester - the oi

The Pacific Northwest's two rival containerports at Tacoma and Seattle Tuesday each got a new port d

CHINA BUYS US WHEAT ON EXPORT BONUS PLANWASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Agriculture said

Textile Quotas to Watch as of 1/14/89. Fully Utilized Textile Quotas as of 1/14/89

As a Texas high school football coach in the 1960s, A.W. "Woody Pogue built a reputation for winning

In the sensitive world of trade diplomacy, it is not always wise to call a spade a spade. Al

Peter O. Clark, head of a small high-technology defense contracting firm in California's Silicon Val

The Singapore International Monetary Exchange said it will launch Asia's first energy futures contra

The Soviet Union said Tuesday it would send observers to forthcoming talks between the Organization

China is buying five McDonnell Douglas Corp. MD-11 aircraft, one of them a freighter, for about $500

CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD (New York) - Scott C. Coopchik was named a senior vice president in the financi

JAPANESE POLITICIAN HINTS AT CHANGE IN YENTOKYO - A top politician of Japan's ruling Liberal

Sonoco Products Co. and Graham Engineering Corp. signed a letter of intent to form a new company to

200 TRUCKERS FINED IN SURPRISE OPERATIONCOLUMBIA, S.C. - More than 200 truckers were issued