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Are U.S. wheat exports on the road to recovery? The answer to that question depends on who's talking

International Finance Corp. is making its first investment in the shipping industry with $10 million

The Indian government is rethinking plans to require 40 percent of domestic cargo to be carried in I

Mobile offshore drilling units in Indian waters are likely to come under the country's Merchant Ship

Australia's mounting current account deficit has prompted the government to launch a national export

A long battle between independent container freight stations in California and the Pacific Maritime

Two new regular services have been established between Australia and Papua New Guinea and between Au

The Justice Department remains opposed to vaccine compensation legislation and may recommend a presi

Social Security Benefits To Rise 1.3 percent in JanuaryThe nation's 37.4 million Social Secu

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. is investigating whether insider information led some participant

A RISKY FASHION: Here's one time where New York isn't leading the way in new fashions, and pray for

A decision on the challenge to Florida's new insurance and tort reform law is expected by Monday, i

Hitachi Shipbuilding To Reduce Work ForceHitachi Shipbuilding Co., Japan's third-largest shi

Chubb Operating Income Rose in 3rd QuarterWARREN, N.J. - Chubb Corp. reported third quarter

Clayton Yeutter, U.S. trade representative, rejected the U.S. rice industry's petition for Reagan ad

Waterfront management associations in the North Atlantic ports are concentrating on negotiation of i

U.S. factory orders for large durable goods jumped solidly last month, consumer prices rose marginal

Citicorp Picks New DirectorOf BrokerageCiticorp elected Peter W. Carlson, 40, chief

A NEW LEASE on the leasing business will be sought by banks and insurance companies under the tax r

The U.S. dollar advanced sharply against the yen Thursday and by lesser amounts against other major

Ford Motor Co., the nation's No. 2. automaker, Thursday reported a 121 percent jump in its third-qua

Thursday, Oct. 23, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

GENERAL NEWS Consumer prices and new orders for durable goods rose in September. Page 3AFo

The government will use part of the $12 billion from its newly negotiatedfinancial rescue pa

Thousands of Mexicans drain the nation's wealth by investing in foreign industries. Most of the mone

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

'Cease-fire' Urged WASHINGTON - The United States, without retaliating for the latest expuls

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

The pound sterling weakened after Britain reported another set of very poor trade figures that incre

Poison pills, crown jewel lockups, green mail (or lollipops) and other corporate takeover defenses d

CHANGES IN STEVEDORING: Now that the dust is settling from the Atlantic and Gulf longshore negotiati

The latest report from the Norwegian Shipowners' Association reveals that the balance between mercha

Ted L. Rausch Co., San Francisco-based customs broker and foreign freight forwarder, established a n

Hanjin Container Lines has integrated the sales office in its Seoul, South Korea, headquarters with

The Port of Houston Authority has an employee drug test controversy on its hands as the result of a

The 1984 Shipping Act has benefitted big shippers at the expense of the ''little fellow," according

Bird-Johnson Co. has acquired 76 Corp., a major marine propeller and distribution facility in Seattl

Barge freight rates on the mid-Mississippi River rose dramatically this week as elevators, burdened

The just-harvested California almond crop is down by almost half because of brutal storms during the

Grain production dropped this year by at least a million tons in Henan, China's largest wheat-produc