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Transnave to Operate As Independent CarrierTransnave has resigned from the U.S.-Ecuador Frei

Striking longshoremen returned to work after shutting down the port of Long Beach for 10 hours Monda

ICC Grants Truck Lines Right to Self-InsureThree trucking companies received Interstate Comm

The Computer Dealers Exposition, better known as Comdex, is where the computer industry struts its s

Although there is increasing talk of rewriting the 1985 Farm Act in the 100th Congress, it will be d

Shipping links between Australia and China have been strengthened by the visit of a Chinese transpor

Observers say the city of Boston is negotiating from a position of weakness as it looks to a $185 mi

The British government's probe of alleged misconduct in the dealings of brewery and distillery giant

HIGH AND DRY. The Port of Long Beach so far has fared well during the saga of United States Lines. U

Disagreement over how the new International Cocoa Agreement's buffer stock may buy cocoa surfaced be

A container made by Penn Plastics Inc. with Du Pont Selar" RB barrier resin is the first non-reusabl

A cuddly dragon that spews talcum powder tops a list of 10 dangerous toys that manufacturing officia

Paccar, the U.S. truck manufacturer based in Bellevue, Wash., is considering making a bid to take ov

GENERAL NEWSThe Reagan team plans to send the first part of its 1988 budget to Congress by J

Security Principles PARIS - Premier Jacques Chirac said the Western European nations should<

U.S. labor leaders renewed harsh criticism of the Reagan administration for failing to enforce unfai

Lawrence H. Kaufman was appointed intermodal editor of The Journal of Commerce, Stanford A. Erickson

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

Port Canaveral Sets Ship, Tonnage RecordsPORT CANAVERAL, Fla. - Records were set for vessel

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the first time has approved a new proprietary veterinary d

Japan's first offshore banking facility opened in the nation's capital Monday with 181 financial ins

Yves St. Laurent, top French designer, is lending his technical expertise and designer's sense to th

Anti-apartheid activists launched a Christmas boycott of white-owned businesses around Johannesburg.

General Motors is dismissing about 100 of its salaried employees in advance of the operation's sale

Ozone Layer Proposals GENEVA - A 60-nation meeting on ways to halt destruction of the Earth'

The United States and other nations resume talks in Nassau, Bahamas, this week toward a possible rec

American Telephone and Telegraph Co. and Philips Medical Systems Inc. agreed in principle to jointly

GENERAL NEWSThe Supreme Court agreed to review cases involving pensions, age-21 drinking law

Occidental Pipeline Shut Down for RepairsOccidental Petroleum's Claymore field export pipeli

A chemical company headquartered here announced the development of a calcium carbonate precipitate w

King Kong Loses To Donkey KongIn a case that could be called "King Kong Meets Donkey Kong,"

King Kong Loses To Donkey KongIn a case that could be called "King Kong Meets Donkey Kong,"

The Treasury Department approved the request of a large group of importers for a total exemption of

GM Revamps Key Units;Perot QuitsGeneral Motors Corp. said H. Ross Perot, the billion

Royal Insurance is settled into its new $30 million U.S. headquarters here, and it appears to have

Harold J. Pareti could be described as the Lee Iacocca of the airline industry. Like the fam

Japanese truck makers are tightening their belts rather than raising their prices in an all-out effo

The U.S. dollar plunged to its lowest level against the deutsche mark in nearly six years Monday on

Saudi Arabia's proposal to raise crude oil prices to $18 a barrel faces major obstacles despite supp

Monday, Dec. 1, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U