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UK's Tiphook Joins Container InstituteBEDFORD, N.Y. - British-based Tiphook Container Rental

A state court has denied a plea from McAllister Brothers Inc. to stop 12 former docking pilots from

Operations were reported to be normal on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Monday, despite a j

A high-ranking Japanese government official is visiting the United Arab Emirates in the first leg of

A story on Gulf of Mexico ports published Nov. 16 gave an incorrect figure for the amount of grain

A SECOND EFFORT to use non-union labor on the Mississippi River's public wharves in New Orleans will

An Iranian frigate shelled two freighters bound for Kuwait and Saudi Arabia in attacks Monday that s

A Supreme Court judge on Monday denied a last-minute attempt by six New York Insurance Exchange synd

Wisconsin insurance regulators have confirmed they granted two insurance companies permission to mar

In what it calls a "radical re-thinking" of the personal lines insurance business, the Chubb Group i

The Liggett Group Inc., one of the six major U.S. cigarette manufacturers, announced in a prepared r

Pa. Governor Signs Bill Mandating Seat BeltsHARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania Gov. Robert P. Ca

Venezuela is considering purchasing portions of its own public-sector foreign debt, currently rated

The U.S. dollar declined Monday in extremely thin volume and narrow ranges, as sluggish trading cont

Shearson Says It Seeks Merger With HuttonNEW YORK - Shearson Lehman Brothers Monday said it'

A New York bank that decided it would rather be an investor than a creditor now owns part of a fishi

Taking a closer look at new central bank rules for converting part of Brazil's international debt in

The Bank of China plans to expand its overseas operations, including an office in Los Angeles, over

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

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

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

Mon., Nov. 23, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The largest single cocaine seizure in the United States grew larger when federal and state drug agen

Pests and diseases ranging from weeds to worms are responsible for a loss of 45 percent in food prod

Delegates from Caribbean sugar exporting countries are meeting with U.S. officials in Washington in

The first tentative signs of an adjustment in the pattern of U.S. trade are becoming apparent in Eur

Frictions between Washington and Tokyo are likely to heat up in light of repeated Japanese refusals

Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita will make an offer nearly doubling Japan's contribution toward the s

Authorities claimed Friday to have brought under control and even reversed persistent consumer price

Under mounting pressure from exporters to make some conciliatory gesture, the Brazilian government i

AIR CARGO BA launches a nightly service to capture more European courier traffic. 5BAVIATION

Tel Plus Communications Inc., a telecommunications equipment marketer owned by Siemens AG, Munich, W

"It's worth half a cheer," remarked one top London economist as the markets digested the contents of

Chrysler Corp. will cut production at three assembly plants, eliminating 2,900 jobs, and increase ou

Emhart Sells Interests In South AfricaFARMINGTON, Conn. - Emhart Corp. announced Monday that

The new president of the American Association of Port Authorities says the trade bill is the AAPA's

There's always been friction between rival seamen's unions, but the depth of their acrimony has seld

A federal judge in Pittsburgh Monday handed railroad labor unions a major victory, ruling labor must

Capt. Aghelos C. Boulalas has a mission. He says $7 billion in oil is being stolen annually

The Defense Department, through its Star Wars program, wants to build an energy storage device that