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Ports up and down the West Coast are seeing a 30 percent surge in export tonnage as the Japanese cas

Burmah Oil PLC announced a 62 percent rise in pretax earnings for the first half of 1987 to 61.0 mi

This land, unique in so many ways, is trying to govern itself by a home-grown blend of capitalism an

Israel's finance minister has set a goal of at least 4 percent growth in his country's gross nationa

South Korea Hopes To Buy US WheatKANSAS CITY -- South Korea is in the market for 42,400 metr

APPROPRIATE AND WELL-TIMED was the assessment by former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker of the

A federal judge said that regional telephone companies will become free, under the Bell System break

What's billed as the world's largest surface coal mine began production Thursday, backed by U.S. tec

September 10, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gal

Public Service Co. of Colorado will burn natural gas at three of its coal- fired power plants in the

Hong Kong's clock and watch manufacturers are stressing design, quality and heavier marketing in the

South Korea announced Thursday it will fully open its insurance market next year and let U.S. underw

A Florida court has struck down a controversial highway truck tax and ordered the state to refund mo

The trucking industry is waiting to assess traffic problems before ordering drivers to seek new rout

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

The U.S. dollar rose in a listless market Thursday, overshadowed by today's release of U.S merchandi

An Iowa state regulator is expected to decide today whether risk purchasing groups can operate in Io

The executive board of the International Monetary Fund told Brazil Thursday that its fiscal and mone

A delegation of Iranian oil officials unexpectedly joined a group of OPEC leaders here Thursday for

Japan has launched an intensive study on ways to assist Western efforts to protect shipping in the v

The government won a confidence vote in the Senate Wednesday night on its decision to send an eight-

The Staggers Act is responsible for 1986 being the best year ever for railroad safety, the head of t

FMC Gets Proposal On Rate AgreementThe Federal Maritime Commission received a proposed rate

U.S. automakers scheduled the assembly of 113,077 cars in domestic factories this week, Ward's Autom

US, Europe Firms Set To Fight Hormone BanBRUSSELS, Belgium - A group of chemical companies T

The only clear winners in the escalating military conflict in the Persian Gulf have been those shipo

Buhrmann-Tetterode To Acquire SentinelBuhrmann-Tetterode NV, an international paper, packagi

Canadian Airlines International started a trial non-smoking policy on most flights, and flight atten

Airline Delays Dropped in AugustPreliminary figures from the Federal Aviation Administration

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries announced Thursday that a committee of three oil m

Metro Airlines Inc. earned $1.6 million, or 26 cents a share, in its first fiscal quarter ended July

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. Panel discussion on Soviet sea power. Sept. 14 at the academy's Bowdit

Special tiles made to withstand the exhaust, vibrations and moisture of the Holland Tunnel are being

U.S. political figures long have used well-publicized trips abroad to boost their domestic standing,

Protectionism is not the way to revive the sagging trade fortunes of the United States; continuing t

Cities and counties surveyed by an accounting firm say privatization of services saves substantial m

Unemployment among Hungarian youth almost tripled between 1984 and 1986 despite a shortage of labor

Canadian regulators have removed the last obstacle on their side of the border to exports of natural

Savage Industries Inc., an aggressive Salt Lake City trucking company, plans to build a coal distrib

Union Carbide Boosts Alkyl PricesDANBURY, Conn. - Union Carbide Corp. has announced price in