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JAPAN PRESSURES FIRMS TO CUT S. AFRICA TRADEJapan's trade with South Africa fell in 1988 due

Hyundai Merchant Marine Co. is preparing a court appeal against anti-dumping duties imposed by the E

The deregulated European airline industry may be especially interested in leasing, rather than buyin

SIMPKINS TO HEAD SEAMEN'S SERVICEUnited Seamen's Service, a non-profit agency that provides

There may be an increase in issuances of commodity-linked debt and deposit instruments in the United

AUTOMATED INSURANCE RESOURCE SYSTEMS INC. (Lisle, Ill.) - Donald R. Landgraf was named chief execut

Regulation of the Hong Kong insurance industry will be spun off as a separatecommission unde

The congressional battle over whether mail-order companies should be required to remit state sales t

Two days of meetings between leaders of the International Longshoremen's Association and employer re

Despite the perception of an oversaturated world coal market, Japan is concerned about future suppli

Strong 1988 export sales of more expensive planes ended a decade-long downward spiral in the product

Far East Levingston Shipbuilding Ltd. of Singapore has snared a second S$100 million (US$50 million)

It is time for a rational nationwide debate on the future of nuclear energy in the United States, a

AMR Corp., parent company of American Airlines Inc., earned $116.7 million, or $1.87 a share, on rev

The Ivory Coast's sale of 400,000 metric tons of cocoa to French trade house Sucres et Denree (SucDe

NO SOVIET REQUEST YET FOR GRAIN QUOTA BOOSTWhite House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater Wednesday

The U.S. unit of Taiwan's Evergreen Marine Corp. is disputing a U.S. Customs Service claim that the

One company made the decision voluntarily. Another did it out of necessity. In both cases, h

Japan's trade surplus with the United States declined in December although its overall trade surplus

Hong Kong plans to create a separate and expanded government department to administer all intellectu

CROWLEY MARITIME CORP. (San Francisco) - Alan R. Twaits was named corporate counsel for the diversif

IT'S NATURAL IN THESE PRE-INAUGURATION DAYS to hear maritime officials publicly abounding with optim

GASOLINE PRICES STRONG FOR SUMMER DELIVERYThe prices of gasoline for summer delivery remaine

Airlines are leasing rather than purchasing aircraft to expand their fleets for several reasons. Her

The European Community Commission asked EC trade ministers to approve an agreement with Canada on tr

Last fall's gubernatorial race in Indiana, which focused on the issue of the new Subaru-Isuzu Automo

New efforts are in the works to develop and broaden the insurance industry in China, a senior offici

Michael J. Cole is now vice president of coated products for Donnelly Corp., Holland, Mich., respons

US INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT, CAPACITY USE INCREASEU.S. factories, mines and utilities increased the

A sudden Soviet willingness to consider making good on bonds issued by Russia's czarist government

RELIANCE CHIEF DONATES $25 MILLION TO SCHOOLThe University of Pennsylvania has received a gi

A Belgian biotechnology firm has completed experiments suggesting that pharmaceutical drugs could be

PFIZER BOOSTS PRICES OF SODIUM ERYTHORBATEPfizer Inc.'s chemical division raised prices for

C.H. Sprague & Son Co.'s Energy Group, an old-line New England fuel oil and coal marketer, will expa

Revising the 2.75 percent state petroleum gross receipts tax to a per-gallon tax has been recommende

Inventories of gasoline and distillate fuel followed seasonal patterns with gasoline stocks increasi

International Lease Finance Corp. gives new meaning to the term "lean and mean." A company with a st

A tentative accord between air traffic controllers and the Federal Aviation Administration has broug

American Telephone and Telegraph Corp. and Dialcom Inc. announced the interconnection of their two d

The South Carolina Legislature is expected to approve a six-month moratorium on auto insurance rate