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The new price stabilization accord reached by 40 natural rubber producing and consuming countries wa

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

A powerful labor confederation called a nationwide strike, handing President Leon Febres Cordero one

BankAmerica Reverses Heavy Foreign LossesBankAmerica Corp. reversed heavy foreign losses in

Moody's Downgrades Merrill Lynch DebtMoody's Investors Service said Thursday it downgraded t

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

Thursday, March 19, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Brazilian Coffee Institute President Jorio Dauster will leave Saturday for a meeting of coffee produ

Japan International Cooperation Agency officials arrived in the Philippines Thursday to present reco

William Brodsky, Chicago Mercantile Exchange president said here that the exchange's board of govern

Representatives of the nation's wheat growers, smarting over the falloff in grain sales to the Sovie

Dual trading may be a hot topic at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange this month, but executives and tr

The eight-state Great Lakes Council adopted a two-year agenda with a full range of maritime policy t

Even in Greece, inhabited islands do not come much smaller than Kastellorizon, just one mile off the

Shell Oil Co. agreed to sell its Hawaii operations to Pacific Resources Inc. for $32 million, PRI an

Despite a storm of local opposition to the Iroquois gas pipeline proposal, the state Commerce Depart

Brazilian Beef Output To Exceed '86 LevelThe U.S. agricultural counselor in Brasilia has for

Soviet warships are patroling Persian Gulf waters, displaying military muscle with the United States

Authorities evacuated more than 100 people from an Amtrak train after receiving word that a passenge

Fruehauf Corp. said it has signed an agreement to sell RenTco Trailer Corp., its over-the-road trail

Rails Get Extension To Adopt ICC RuleRailroads have until May 15 to cancel tariffs containin

Canadian truckers warned lawmakers that problems with pending deregulation proposals could be nearl

Drivers at a truck stop in wide-open Nebraska said raising the speed limit to 65 mph on stretches of

Plummeting freight rates forced Arkansas Best Corp. into the swelling ranks of truck lines expecting

An Austrian company has developed a multiple telecommunications system for railway operations guaran

Problems with the rear-door safety system on city buses persist six years after the Transit Authorit

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Smith-Corona Looks To Tougher Trade BillCORTLAND, N.Y. - Continued economic improvement at S

The biggest success in Mexico today is a skinny 12-ounce bottle with two cryptic creatures on its em

The House Ways and Means Committee approved major sections of a trade billdraft that aims to

Congress' decision to make repeal of the 55 mph speed limit part of the $87.5 billion highway and ma

Sen. John Heinz, R-Pa., has introduced legislation to correct the "tariff inversion" of levies on pi

Some U.S. multinational corporations are "ill prepared to deal with" the complexities of sourcing ab

The six principal economies of Southeast Asia must coordinate their economic policies or risk being

A leading Chinese banker charged that decentralization of the economy was a mistake and that it will

Asia tightened its stranglehold on the world shipbuilding market last year as Japan accounted for ne

After an 11-year effort, a Canadian consortium has won a C$25.8 million contract to equip Hong Kong

Great Lakes interests voiced fear about a proposed opening of U.S. and Canadian domestic shipping tr

A federal bankruptcy court will allow Chemical Bank to advance $4 million in cash to United States L

Francis A. Scanlan, a Philadelphia maritime attorney who has been prominent in North Atlantic port m