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The C$1 billion farm subsidy package, the special Canada grains pro gram, was a "soft option" that o

This time of year is traditionally slow in the U.S. grains business and the stagnation started earli

Despite the loss of a major shipping line, the port of San Francisco's cargo was up by 10 percent du

Oil Spill in Savannah Worse Than BelievedSAVANNAH, Ga. - Ten times more oil spilled into Sav

Ship movements are proceeding smoothly through the St. Lawrence Seaway prior to the scheduled closin

Vancouver longshoremen are showing themselves restive since the Canadian government forced a new con

The government last week launched a privatization campaign and a drive to sell non-performing-assets

The government plans to spend US$456 million to brighten up and develop facilities to attract more t

Japan's Food Agency rejected a Japanese businessman's attempt to import California rice to Japan, ch

Tenneco Reaches Accord On Poclain RestructuringTenneco Inc. said it has reached agreement wi

Japan should become a world leader in helping solve global trade and debt problems, according to a g

The Japanese government's Board of Audit has found 146 cases of misuse of national funds during fis

The French consumer price index rose 0.1 percent in November, slightly better than the 0.2 percent

A small British company is creating an expanding business for itself serving other companies that wa

The government plans to relax controls on the supply of several key materials, including scrap iron,

Faced with stockpiles of unwanted goods, state-run shops in Beijing have revived the holding of sale

State income taxes will increase in 33 states, in some by one-fifth or more, unless those states adj

An informal meeting of regulators to examine how to police the world's securities markets is likely

Belton to Head New ExchangeIn CanadaThe Canadian Insurance Exchange named Ted Belton

THE CONGRESSIONAL SUMMIT on debt and trade held in New York in the first week of December was notab

A leading index of economic activity in Japan has improved markedly, indicating rapid growth in the

Aluminum prices may rise in the first quarter of 1987 because of projected Japanese demand, David Mo

A heavy sales job to promote China's southern region to foreign oil companies has won endorsement fr

Automobile insurers are waging a last ditch battle to kill a bill that would give Massachusetts' ins

State insurance regulators urged private insurers to develop long-term health care insurance product

Alexander & Alexander Services Inc. described as preposterous" allegations by the North Carolina ins

The Massachusetts Hospital Association is seeking sweeping legislative reform it says is necessary i

Oil tanker movements in the Persian Gulf do not show that Kuwait is exceeding its 990,000 barrel-a-d

December 12, 1986 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gall

Texas Eastern Corp. and Noble Affiliates Inc. completed a previously reported agreement for Samedan

Kaneb Services Inc. announced significant personnel reductions affecting the company's general corpo

62 percent Surveyed Support Idea of Informing JuriesOAK BROOK, Ill. - Juries should be told

Norway may continue to voluntarily limit oil exports even if the current Organization of Petroleum E

Oil analysts in London are optimistic the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will agree t

Oil prices surged on the European spot market as the conference of the Organization of Petroleum Exp

The Australian government is starting to take a keen interest in gifts and other inducements paid by

The Maltese government intends to reactivate the former Esso terminal on the island to assure bunker

Cooper Basin Producers Find Gas in S. AustraliaSYDNEY, Australia - South Australia's Cooper

Van Ommeren, a Rotterdam-based worldwide maritime service organization, has acquired Elizabeth River

Canadian Subsidies Viewed as ConservativeThe U.S. considers the Canadian government's respon