Latest news

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

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

Emery Chemicals announced the completion of the final phase of the $4.5 million expansion of its Mau

Two new U.S. coking coal producers have broken into the promising Brazilian market with an offer tha

Sooner or later, the world will run on hydrogen. That's the forecast, at least, of a small b

Hollings to Address Carriers ConferenceSen. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., will be the keynote spe

Direct contracted foreign investment in China plunged 50 percent last year to $3.3 billion, down fro

Direct contracted foreign investment in China plunged 50 percent last year to $3.3 billion, down fro

California Governor George Deukmejian said that if Japan did not reduce its trade surplus with the s

The battleship New Jersey, shooting its 16-inch guns off the Southern California coast, rattled wind

Swissair Adds Atlanta As US DestinationGENEVA, Switzerland - Swissair has added Atlanta to i

A range of line conditioner units from Britain eliminates fears of data corruption in microprocessor

Former Sen. Paul Laxalt, bowing out as general chairman of the Republican Party, decried the emphasi

The Japanese are worried that further appreciation of the yen against thedollar could send t

Polish Ocean Lines is optimistic about its future in the competitive North Atlantic shipping trade.<

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

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

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

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

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

Two members of the House Ways and Means Committee, Reps. Bill Frenzel, R- Minn., and Sam Gibbons, D-

Spending for research and development in the biotechnology industry will continue at high levels in

The National Freight Consortium, Britain's largest road distribution group, announced record 1985-86

Javier Perez de Cuellar, United Nations secretary-general, and MexicanPresident Miguel de la Madrid

GENERAL NEWSFormer Sen. Paul Laxalt, bowing out as general chairman of the Republican Party,

GENERAL NEWSFormer Sen. Paul Laxalt, bowing out as general chairman of the Republican Party,

The U.S. government will press the Japanese during the next few weeks to prevent the loss of nearly

Union representatives from nine European countries have warned that what they describe as a planned

LA Area Reorganizes Air Controller TrainingOn-the-job instruction of controller trainees at

As ports on the Gulf of Mexico battle for cargo, an official at the port of Baton Rouge said he is c

The United States plans to impose import levies of 200 percent on a range of European Community prod

Device Should Solve Audi Acceleration WoesA top Audi executive said the carmaker is "taking

Health and Human Services Secretary Otis Bowen told senators that he does not yet know whether Presi

China's leading newspaper reminded the nation that hard work and struggle must remain the watchwords

Phillips Coal Intends To Supply Texas UtilityRICHARDSON, Texas - Phillips Petroleum Co. said

After two days of in-depth examination of the new federal port and inland waterways development prog

Gov. George Deukmejian declared war on Japan's tight markets, saying that nation will be the first t

When the Democrats seized control of the Senate in last year's election, Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, D-Texas

Coordinated training of Caribbean Basin port personnel could lower substantially the notoriously hig