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Yugoslav consumers were hit with a new wave of price hikes on more than 500 goods and services this

Paula L. Green, a former daily newspaper reporter, has joined the insurance reporting staff at The J

One of Japan's leading paper companies said it is considering taking over a Canadian pulp maker and

The Federal Reserve Board, other federal regulators and the Bank of England proposed a joint approac

Ciba-Geigy Corp. will close its pigment manufacturing facility by December 1988, leaving 530 workers

Dow Rises Above 2000 NEW YORK - The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials rose above the histo

With electric rates on Hawaii among the highest in the United States, geothermal exploration crews a

The Reagan administration is of two minds over whether the Interstate Commerce Commission should rec

Japan's central bank has been trying to prop up the U.S. dollar through intervention, a high Japanes

Ocean carriers criticized the Shipping Act of 1984 at a seminar here Thursday, but their comments ap

Railroad freight traffic last year was marginally higher than 1985 levels, the Association of Americ

Faced with continuing gloomy forecasts for locomotive purchases in the coming months and years, Gene

Trans-Atlantic ocean carriers are bracing themselves for an all-out trade war between the United Sta

U.S. and Canadian truckers this week met formally for the first time in seven years to discuss contr

For the week ended Dec. 20, 1986, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equ

XTRA Corp.'s shareholder rights plan appears to have stalled a takeover attempt by Itel Corp. of Chi

If U.S. trade deficit numbers don't improve in 1987, you can kiss the economy goodbye, according to

Kosmos and Klosters Rederi are involved in a $32 million quarrel that could end up in court.

Railroad executives have been hearing rumors ever since the 99th Congress adjourned last fall that

71 Truckers Cited For Aiding MotoristsSeventy-one truck drivers representing 32 carriers wer

Cargo volume is up 110,000 tons over the first five months of fiscal year 1986, but Neil Painchaud,

Coast Guard to Increase Security at Test SiteThe Coast Guard hopes to head off trouble by es

Mobay Corp. Hikes ThionylChloride PriceMobay Corp.'s Inorganic Chemicals Division an

The Iran-Nicaragua arms imbroglio points up the irony of U.S. export restrictions, according to Will

United States Lines Inc. may move its terminal operations from Howland Hook on Staten Island to Port

Australian trade officials are closely watching moves by Peking to putpressure on Japan to i

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power can resume drilling geothermal wells at a Navy weapons

Enel, Italy's state-run utility company and U.S. coal exporters' best steam coal client, appears rea

DOE Reverses Decision On Safety EquipmentRICHLAND, Wash. - The U.S. Department of Energy rev

Action on a bill introduced in Congress that would give governors a veto on new nuclear plant projec

Southern Coke & Coal Corp. won two out of 13 weekly spot coal contracts awarded by the Tennessee Va

CHEW'S COMPLAINT: Ralph Chew, president of the National Association of Export Companies, questions t

Supplies of distillate fuel oil increased marginally, while gasoline inventories rose substantially,

Iranian gunboats attacked a Panamanian-registered oil tanker Thursday in the second such attack in t

Algeria's new hydrocarbon law, introduced last summer and designed to provide more attractive condit

Argentina is expected to request $1 billion in new loans this year from its 320 commercial lenders t

Unless major new oil discoveries are made in the next few years, Algeria will be counting on its nat

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

The former Oregon state insurance commissioner's decision to move to an insurance company could aid

The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials closed above the historic 2000 level Thursday, as the stock