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Lumber Dispute WASHINGTON - The outlook for an agreement on the U.S.-Canadian softwood lumbe

General Motors Corp. has announced it will send 40,000 of its new Korean auto imports through the po

Fisher Camuto Signs European Shoe DealFisher Camuto Corp., U.S. distributors of women's foot

The French air force is expected to order early next year the reinforced military cargo version of t

The following index charts weekly changes in motor carrier tonnage originatingfrom 49 produc

Merrill Lynch to Sell Interest in Real EstateMerrill Lynch & Co., the nation's largest secur

A Spring Valley man allegedly used a bogus insurance company with international ties to cheat 11 sub

ICC Denies Petition To Clarify Cost DataThe Interstate Commerce Commission denied a petition

A Guilford Transportation Industries spokesman claims Boston area public transit officials do not ha

More than a foot of soggy snow blanketed eastern New York by Friday morning, dragging down power lin

"Fragrant Harbor," as it is known in Chinese, has long been considered one of Asia's most attractive

Waterman Steamship Corp. asked the secretary of transportation to retain restrictions on subsidized

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

December 19, 1986 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gall

Consumer prices, led by increases in food and new automobile costs, climbed 0.3 percent in November,

The Polish Parliament approved a package of economic legislation giving the government power to free

Southern Air Transport, the all-cargo carrier linked to arms shipments to Iran and Nicaragua, is hop

Bulldozers grunt and jackhammers clatter at rising hotels and shopping malls. Well-dressed workers j

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

MCI Nears Completion Of Fiber-Optic NetworkMCI Communications Corp. said construction will b

GENERAL NEWSFood and new car price increases boost consumer prices in November. Page 3A No

Prompted by a lawsuit in Pennsylvania, Virginia coal companies are studying how subsidence can be re

The port of Oakland agreed to spend more than $200,000 to test and inspect port cranes being built i

Wharf-side rail connections and bold, expensive actions away from the waterfront will be needed for

The Federal Maritime Commission ordered an end to provisions in marine terminal tariffs shifting the

The captain of a Soviet passenger liner that sank in the Black Sea after it was hit by a freighter f

U.S. and French spacecraft vanished in rolling balls of flame in 1986. The spectacular explosions se

Beneficial Corp. will sell most of its insurance group and its credit subsidiary in a major restruct

Disillusionment among U.S. semiconductor companies over the historic U.S.-Japanese semiconductor tra

India's troubles with a separatist movement in Punjab state have had little effect on the country's

The European Parliament, which last week blocked adoption of a 1987 European Community budget, is ex

Stockholders of Sun Chemical Corp. voted here at the week-end to approve the recapitalization of

The United States and Brazil reached a temporary truce in their computer market dispute. In

American Airlines recently completed a sweeping change of its security procedures for international

Textile importers will have greater supply opportunities in Thailand under that country's plan to pa

Navistar International Corp. offered 106.3 million common shares at $4.75 a share Friday and the sto

A Japanese government commission has concluded that improper repairs by the Boeing Co. caused the cr

The fateful crash of a Japan Air Lines jumbo jet over central Japan in August 1985, killing 520 of 5

Even if the old argument over grain embargoes doesn't become a national farm issue, it's still there

The U.S. dollar was generally mixed against major foreign currencies Friday as the foreign exchange