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Low commodity prices on international markets and increasing domestic costs are hammering mining com

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

Charges imposed by the Plaquemines, La., Port, Harbor & Terminal District are again before the Feder

Financial institutions in Canada have responded generally in positive fashion to the government's de

Peat Marwick International, a Toronto-based holding company for the U.S. accounting firm Peat Marwic

Analysts see clear sailing ahead for the stock market, now that the triple witch ing hour has passed

LEGISLATIVE STRATEGIES: The railroad industry may come up with its own version of regulatory reform

Improved financial performance by two struggling truck lines highlights this week's Journal of Comme

The governments of France, West Germany and Great Britain agreed in principle to hold talks with the

Michel Camdessus, the International Monetary Fund's next managing director, will face an array of pr

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

Toyota Sees 1 percent Decline In Production Next YearToyota Motor Corp., Japan's largest aut

The state Public Service Commission's policy requiring consumers to pay for charitable contributions

One of the biggest developments in the United States' ocean transportation business in recent years

The U.S. Maritime Administration and Prudential Lines Inc. are locked in a struggle over three Prude

Foreign investors are watching warily as Brazil prepares to draw up a new constitution that could in

Home heating oil marketers have their work cut out for them if they're going to regain the market sh

The shipping conference for the trade between the western Mediterranean and the United States has ad

A railroad car carrying nuclear wastes to a Washington state dump took a wrong turn and ended up in

IFC Helps to Establish Bank in HungaryThe International Finance Corp. is helping to establis

China and the Soviet Union signed a contract to reconstruct a metallurgical plant that was built in

Platinum prices are expected to average US$550 in 1987, compared with an expected average of $526 i

S. Korean Firm SignsHimont PactHimont U.S.A. Inc. signed an agreement with South Kor

The British coal industry appears heading for a major setback in the New Year when the government is

Ashland Oil Inc. announced at the weekend that it has been advised by Richardson-Vicks Inc. that RVI

Malaysian Output Of Crude Palm Oil FallsKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysian crude palm oil pr

The European Community Commission said it will pay 2 million European currency units ($2.1 million)

This largely rural city of 130,000 will ask the Virginia General Assembly next month to authorize th

Some said it was as exciting as watching paint dry. Others squandered vacation time to stand freezin

The U.S. office of the Asia North American Eastbound Rate Agreement has hired three former United St

Europe Container Terminus, the Rotterdam box-handling company, extended the deadline for trade union

UK Official to Address Dinner for Oil TradersPeter Walker, the U.K.'s secretary of state for

Owners of the Seabrook nuclear power plant last week asked the federal government for permission to

Rorer Group Inc. announced that it will keep Armour Pharmaceutical Co. ''After careful analy

With the credit markets beginning the usual holiday season slowdown, analysts are looking ahead at 1

A field of eight companies bidding on a contract to supply 1.2 million metric tons of U.S. coking co

New Interstate Commerce Commission rules spelling out what information about railroad contract rates

A new ICF Inc. survey of 17 major commercial hazardous waste management firms indicates that hazardo

Occidental Chemical Corp. announced Thursday a completion schedule for a project to bring back on-st

A delegation of officials from the Italian state-run utility Ente Nazionale Energia Elettrica, inclu