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The port of Montreal reached a new milestone in 1986, handling nearly 5 million metric tons of conta

Denis Bra Kanon, Ivory Coast agriculture minister, opened an extraordinary session of the Inter-Afri

Japanese Official in US HONG KONG - Hong Kong Trade and Industry Secretary Eric Ho was sched

Importers of Mexican cheese are on notice that Southern California health authorities will strictly

Japan's Mitsubishi Corp. will conditionally comply with a Saudi Arabian request to accept a fixed o

Reporting a low $9.5 billion trade surplus for 1986, Brazilian trade authorities added almost 2,500

January 23, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallo

Norwegian Oil and Energy Minister Arne Oeien said Friday that no new developments resulted from his

Utilities providing natural gas service in New York will be required to send out information to cust

Ashland Oil Reports Decline in Net IncomeASHLAND, Ky. - Ashland Oil Inc. reported net income

France's hard-pressed oil service and technology industry, the second largest in the world after the

The Securities and Exchange Commission said Marsh & McLennan Cos. settled charges that it misreprese

President Reagan will try to rise above his recent setbacks and use Tuesday's State of the Union add

Americans increased their spending by a huge 2 percent in December, the biggest rise in more than 11

Delta Air AnnouncesAppointmentsArchie R. Boe and Gerald Grinstein were named to the

Several dozen gas station dealers and attendants traveled to the Statehouse to lobby against a propo

Using a hawk and harvest scenes for a "straight from the heartland" theme, Miller Brewing Co. is pro

STATE OF THE PRESIDENT: It is the state of Ronald Reagan himself, more than anything he can possibly

Rotterdam's stevedoring companies lost more than 1.0 million guilders (US$500,000) of business in th

A judge ruled that the British high court could not liquidate the beleaguered International Tin Coun

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Union longshoremen and Dade County port officials reached an employment settlement that eliminates t

Chicago Board of Trade May wheat is expected to hold its premium to July amid the ongoing scarcity o

Sugar Exporters Call Off MeetingA meeting of the four leading sugar exporters, tentatively s

About 141 million pounds of surplus burley tobacco from the 1983 harvest is being offered for sale t

The parent company of Norwegian Caribbean Lines and Royal Viking Line announced plans to change the

John F. "Jack" Sandner, chairman of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), has been re-elected to se

The award of a $290.9 million Navy contract to National Steel & Shipbuilding Co. illustrates once ag

Mayors representing communities on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River are to attend a two-day co

A consultant predicts the shakeout in container shipping will end by 1990, with a few large firms d

Permitting naval ships to chase and intercept hijacked vessels could deter terrorist incidents like

Illinois Treasurer Jerome Cosentino says he will continue waging war on high bank-credit-card intere

Consumer prices rose by 2.6 percent in 1986 in the New York metropolitan area, the smallest yearly a

Gov. Thomas H. Kean has conditionally vetoed a bill designed to protect tavern owners from lawsuits

A coalition of business groups is preparing a scaled-down federal product liability law reform propo

INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATES Canada U.K. Germany Holland SwitzerlandDa

Lloyd's of London should change the makeup of its ruling council to include more outside members in

Creditor governments of the Philippines have agreed to reschedule a large portion of the country's e

Enzon Inc. and Eastman Kodak Co. announced they have signed an agreement whereby Kodak has agreed to

The price of oil should bounce back to at least $28 a barrel by the end of this year, predicts Arma