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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

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

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

The following are the results of Thursday's St. Louis Merchants Exchange call session for barge frei

Brazil, goes the age-old joke, is a country with a great future - and it always will be. But

Chase Enterprises To Acquire RangerChase Enterprises of Hartford, Conn., and Anderson, Clayt

The Caribbean Basin Initiative, a U.S. trade program for the region implemented just under three yea

The National Council on International Trade Documentation will sponsor a day- long forum on recent d

While travelers get increasingly steamed over longer flight delays, the airlines are trying to stir

Knight-Ridder Inc. said its net income rose 20.2 percent to $31,480,000, or 54 cents a share, in the

A spokesman for the New England Power Pool denies that NEPOOL has taken a role in the New Hampshire

Beamis Unit SchedulesPrice HikeThe Film Division of the Beamis Co., a major extruder

Operators of the San Onofre nuclear power plant say a copy of the plant's security plan is missing,

The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Taney, which survived Japanese bombs at Pearl Harbor, will be taken out

Hyundai Construction and Engineering Corp. and several other South Korean firms are trying to bid fo

The Department of Transportation began the process for selecting who will over see the public offeri

Battling new federal taxes that penalize highway users tops the trucking industry's legislative agen

The U.S. dollar held firm against major currencies Wednesday despite the widely expected news of 2.4

The largest exposition of computer and communications ware ever staged in China closed with exhibito

Consumer spending, a "vital prop to the economy," is likely to slow during the rest of this year and

GENERAL NEWSWest German Chancellor Helmut Kohl said his country has taken steps needed to st

Consumers Power Co. said the Michigan Public Service Commission's action allowing construction spend

Stiff penalties should be levied against two entities that allegedly operated as common carriers bet

The city, impressed by the success and interest generated from two experimental ferry services to Ma

The U.S. economy expanded at a modest annual rate of 2.4 percent during the summer, up substantially

Kremlin Retaliates MOSCOW - The Kremlin ordered five more American diplomats to leave the co

The following are the results of Wednesday's St. Louis Merchants Exchange call session for barge fre

Highway Funding Issues Remain for CongressCongress must address six issues when it considers

The Montreal-based CSL Group Inc. has sold its entire trucking division in order to concentrate on t

Move over, San Francisco and Seattle. Canada's third-largest city is no longer content to be

Although U.S. rice exports are surging, an Agriculture Department analyst says the world's leading r

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which once confined its warnings about hazardous

Insurance brokers C.E. Heath is to advise shareholders to reject as ''opportunistic and inadequate"

A confused, mixed stock market drifted sideways again on Wednesday as hesitant market participants c

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

Alaska Marine Lines, a non-union, cost-conscious barge operator, has emerged as the dominant common

After making bold marks on U.S. Agriculture policy during its first session, the 99th Congress decid

The first step toward building a proposed $75 million cruise ship terminal, waterfront office and ho

Pittston Co. reported third quarter net income of $1.8 million, or 5 cents a share, an increase fro