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The House began considering legislation Thursday to provide $28.5 billion to improve the nation's ai

The African Development Bank plans to launch the continent's first Export- Import Bank in the next t

Report: Sanctions Against S. Africa FailEconomic sanctions that the Reagan administration re

New orders for goods from U.S. factories fell 1.7 percent in August to a seasonally adjusted $202.53

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has decided to use a new method to rid itself of the loan portfo

When 58 Kroger trucks stopped dead in their tracks at one terminal, and then, two days later, more K

Second Report Backs Agent Orange FindingA new congressional report seconds the findings of a

A freight unit at Continental Airlines reached an agreement with a Transamerica Corp. subsidiary tha

The regular round of fall price cuts has begun, with Continental Airlines, Piedmont and USAir all sl

A $3.3 million, Japanese-built container crane is being erected at the port of Baltimore's South Loc

A series of negotiations to improve the global economic system is in prospect, in the wake of the an

Ocean Garden Products Inc., a Mexican-owned seafood company, had much to celebrate in May on its 30t

Staley Manufacturing Hikes Price of StarchJournal of Commerce StaffDECATUR, Ill. - T

The Montedison group Technimont has won a contract to build a 60,000 ton polypropylene plant in Hung

Fourteen harbor docking pilots recently quit McAllister Bros. Inc., one of the largest towing compan

Yen bond prices plunged Thursday as numerous rumors about whether the Bank of Japan would raise its

BULLETIN The House of Representatives voted, 393-0, late Thursday to reauthorize the aviatio

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

The earthquake that struck Southern California early Thursday left about $5 million worth of propert

When it comes to self-praise, it's hard to compete with the National Dairy Promotion and Research Bo

General Public Utilities Corp. said that it would seek permission to issue new stock as a way to ins

Flying Tiger Connects Ohio Hub, RichmondFlying Tiger Line Inc. began daily service between R

Oct. 1 Baltic International Freight Futures Exchangeprev.Close High Low

1052.0 (Oct. 1) Previous day - 1045.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in L

Not a single vessel has been tied up since the marine officers union began a strike Monday, said Geo

For almost three years the financial collapse of the farm economy, popularly known as the "farm cris

Cities and regions hoping to establish a local world trade center to boost area export activity must

International Coffee Organization delegates remain optimistic producers and consumers will agree on

The state General Assembly's refusal to fund expanded business recruitment efforts in the Pacific Ri

William D. Ruckelshaus, former administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, hopes his

Lummus Crest Inc. has announced that it will supply basic design engineering and technology for the

Ohio River Barge Rates Plunge About 30 PointsBarge freight rates on the Ohio River plunged a

Fiat Engineering has been commissioned to prepare a draft feasibility study detailing modernization

CSX Corp. reported earnings of $95 million, or 61 cents a share, for the third quarter, up 23 percen

Plans to ban trucks from some Southern California freeways during rush hours are gaining support, bu

Thu., Oct. 1, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

The Evergreen group, as part of its new effort to diversify outside the shipping business, has agree

Thirteen trans-Atlantic carriers agreed to a $2 million settlement with the Federal Maritime Commiss

More of the earth's protective ozone layer disappeared over the Antarctic continent in September tha

Iraq said its warplanes attacked a tanker off Iran Thursday, and two Iranian speedboats carried out