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

African Coffee Group To Meet Nov. 18-21ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - The InterAfrican Coffee Organi

The Chicago Board of Trade seems bent on extending trading hours for itsfinancial futures co

The Agriculture Department will provide a new 24-hour-a-day computer service to explain the latest g

The U.S. dollar moved lower against all major foreign currencies except the yen Friday in reaction t

British Aerospace Wins Defense System OrderThe British government said it placed a $1.5 bill

President Suharto has agreed to send a delegation to Malta to study the possibility of expanding tra

While many in the West tend to lump the dynamic economies of East and Southeast Asia into one mold,

Japan asked the United States to be patient in its call for Japan to halt alleged "dumping" of semic

Pennwalt Corp.'s board of directors approved the expansion of the Organic Chemicals Division's metha

Hercules Inc. appointed Harwick Chemical Corp., Akron, Ohio, as its distributor for key peroxide and

China is so upset over "exploitation" by foreign automakers that it wants car parts to be made in Ch

Yang Ming Line, the ocean carrier owned by the government of Taiwan, is likely to join the growing l

Europe's auto industry has finally pulled out of its long skid. After a half-decade of painf

Top Stories The tumble of oil prices has taken its toll on coal technology proposals as the

Polar BEAR Satellite Will Do ExperimentsVANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - A satellite that

Japanese Ministry Fears Coal CollapseJapan's coal industry faces collapse because of the gov

IFAD$5 million from the international fund for agricultural development in credits for fish

U.S. exports to Hong Kong slumped in September, dragging the United States off its long-time perch a

Work parties and four dredges continue to clear the Panama Canal of one of its biggest landslides,

The U.S. Court of Appeals here dismissed another suit against the shipping industry by Marshall P. S

Many residents of New Jersey's cities will be shut out from obtaining automobile insurance if propos

Here in the "oil patch," even multimillionaires like Clayton Williams and his wife, Modesta, are hur

In a city-wide crackdown on automobile insurance fraud, police arrested 55 people, including a feder

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

Hertz Penske Truck Leasing Inc. strengthened its role as the nation's second largest truck lessor wi

Business Data WASHINGTON - Figures on business inventories for September and factory capacit

The stock market is "torn betwixt and between" and unable to mount any sustainable rally, but "doesn

Hopes for a contract settlement were still alive in Philadelphia and Baltimore as talks between the

Coal Technology '86, the 9th International Coal Utilization & Transportation Conference & Exhibition

Two Alaskan non-vessel-operating common carriers should have to pay much steeper penalties than the

A top Maritime Administration official said it is realizing 30 cents to 40 cents on the dollar in di

What happens in the wheat fields of the Soviet Union often translates into good or bad news for U.S.

When Volkswagen do Brasil late this month ships its first shipment of new cars to be marketed in th

Brazil is opening one of the world's last great agricultural frontiers, a huge region on its central

Charles Schwab, who wants to buy back the discount brokerage company he founded and sold to BankAmer

Cyprus Minerals Co. said it has collected $20 million held in escrow as a guarantee of LTV Steel Co.

The Argentine government has signed two exploration and production deals with private oil companies

Home Group Withdraws Re Unit Stock SaleHome Group Inc. said it's withdrawing its proposed pu

Interest rates may tick upward, at least temporarily, unless some new, unforeseen development alters