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The effects of the paralyzing rail strike in Canada spread immediately to U.S. lines that serve the

Tue., Aug. 25, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Recognition Equipment Gets Japanese OrderRecognition Equipment Inc. said it has received a $

Caribbean tourism interests have started lobbying U.S. legislators to have tourism included in plann

Australian Coal Miners Call Off Planned StrikeSYDNEY, Australia - Australia's Miners Federat

Abbott Laboratories has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market Hytri

Mining executives and the black mineworkers' union held contract negotiations Tuesday for the first

The government announced a partial fuel price cut Tuesday, but militant unions vowed to go ahead wit

Delta Air Lines' new discount fare structure will increase fares and stiffen advance-purchase requir

Start-up Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Ltd. scored its first real breakthrough Tuesday, and by so doing

Nearly 23 million elderly Americans purchased so-called Medigap insurance policies last year to supp

U.S. monetary policy should remain cautious for now, but for the longer term its direction depends o

G. Piazza, Once Owner Of Stats Express, DiesALBANY, N.Y. - George O. Piazza, 73, retired own

Thailand has quietly outstripped its neighbors in economic growth and appears set to join Asia's clu

Low-cost high-speed electronic routing is available to even the smallest shippers with Carolina Frei

Long-haul European truckers, who now must stop at roadside phone booths and fumble for the right cha

The British Columbia supreme court has ordered an American businessman, accused of shipping U.S. hig

The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

Rail Strike Will Affect Canadian Forest TradeWINNIPEG, Manitoba - The Canadian rail strike w

Malaysia and five other Southeast Asian countries are threatening retaliation if Congress enacts leg

Mining Group Extends Deadline for StrikersJOHANNESBURG, South Africa - The Anglo American mi

Some of the Democratic presidential candidates who debated here warned about bank deregulation on th

A Japanese-based transportation company is orchestrating the movement of several thousand freight-to

Recent U.S. moves to allow imports of steel rods from South Africa and Namibia while strengthening t

Indian Mills Urge Raw Cotton ImportsIndia will need to import at least 1 million bales (one

Consolidated Rail Corp. said that improvements are needed at its Philadelphia anthracite terminal so

The U.S. Coast Guard will allow vessel owners to use either of two vessel measurement systems, effec

Conrail has dropped unfair labor practice charges against the International Longshoremen's Associati

Britain's Blue Arrow PLC may acquire one or two additional U.S. employment service firmsfollowing co

Aug. 24 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High Low

Canadian producers of rapeseed oil are predicting that thousands of soybean acres in the United Stat

Malaysia and the Philippines have begun a public relations counterattack in the United States agains

Rockwell to Phase Out 6 Single Speed AxlesTROY, Mich. - Rockwell International Corp.'s autom

Canada's railway system ground to a halt early Monday as some 48,000 unionized employees went on the

Saudi Arabia hopes to maintain its liquid petroleum gas exports despite serious fire damage to its p

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

Brent Blend crude oil fell around 90 cents to $17.50 a barrel in hectic trading Monday, following a

American President Line's President Harrison is discharging containers at Seattle's Terminal 5. APL,

American President Lines Ltd. has petitioned the Maritime Administration to reconsider an earlier Ma

A majority of business executives surveyed agree that good ethics are good business, but more than 2