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Just one month after American President Lines moved into its spacious, new terminal in Seattle, the

The stock market struggled to push higher to a new record in the Dow Jones industrial average Tuesda

French maize is best placed to take advantage of the EC's 8-European- currency-u nit import subsidy

Consumer prices rose 0.2 percent last month as higher new car prices offset a dip in gasoline prices

GENERAL NEWS The stock market struggled to reach a new record as profit-taking clashed with

Existing homes were sold at an annual rate of 3.76 million units in October, the second highest leve

The Agriculture Department announced a proposed 1987 peanut poundage quota of 1,287,500 tons, a redu

Japan Gold Imports Rose in 9-Month SpanJapanese gold imports during the January-October peri

Rising stocks of U.S. soymeal and soyoil are slowing the weekly soybean crush and hitting crushing

U.S. workers are likely to see inflation outrun their wage increases in 1987, according to the Confe

Pickets went up outside Lockheed Shipbuilding Co. after its week-long strike produced no resolution,

A Chinese official said Tuesday some developed coun tries were responsible for a so-called glut in w

Sharp declines in farm land values and other economic crunches have eroded tax revenues so much in s

South Korean shipyards reported increased orders during the 1986 third quarter despite a further de

A California company is the apparent low bidder for the job of building what could be the nation's f

The British government may hold an inquiry into the 1980 disappearance of thebulk carrier De

Seven water resource projects in Washington state are one step closer to reality now that President

Longshoremen in the port of Philadelphia voted to accept a new three-year contract with waterfront m

A West German container vessel found itself at the center of a bizarre incident at Buenos Aires dock

The longshoremen's union in eastern Canada has agreed to seek a common termination date for all coll

Virginia Power will begin using its own hopper cars by the end of this year to haul coal from Appala

Sun Chemical Corp. and Chromalloy American Corp. announced their directorshave approved a merger agr

The New York Power Authority is seeking agreement on legislation that wouldallow the continu

The environment ministers of the 12 European Community nations failed to agree on a plan to cut air

South Korea fears that a proposed North Korean hydroelectric dam could reduce the flow of water to S

Mobil Sets ExpansionOf Joliet UnitMobil Chemical Co.'s Polystyrene Business Group an

Bristol-Myers Co. announced that a motion by McNeilab Inc., a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, to se

Kalium's Potash Prices to Hold Steady Kalium Chemicals' list prices for potash will remain f

Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp.'s contracts to buy up to 3 million tons of coal from two West Vi

China's coal output this year is expected to top 870 million tons, the official Xinhua news agency s

Dominion Resources Sets Up Realty UnitDominion Resources Inc. announced the formation of a s

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. obtained exclusive marketing rights to an advanced system for monitori

BANKINGSouth African business executives term Barclays Bank's pullout from South Africa a se

Sea-Land Corp. introduced a new data communications link Monday that it said will allow importers an

A public opinion poll indicates support for a wide range of solutions to the liability insurance pro

The strike aboard a number of Smit-Lloyd BV vessels last week was suspended, but union members will

The AFL-CIO's Metal Trades Department will sponsor a conference here Dec. 1 and 2 on the alarming d

A port's labor force can be one of a port authority's most valuable marketing tools, the executive d

As the port of Tacoma's budget director revealed a new 30-acre container terminal on the drawing boa

North Central Maritime, Duluth, Minn., asked the Maritime Administration for permission to sell the