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Only about 16 percent of Americans expect to pay lower taxes as a result of the new tax reform legis

Grain traffic is expected to resume later this week at Canada's largest grain port following a tenta

GENERAL NEWS The Supreme Court opened its new term by placing on its agenda interstate taxat

Whining by oil rigs along Gabon's continental plateau has become increasingly rare as Western oil fi

Spain has forecast its 1986-87 citrus production to reach about 3.790 million metric tons, an increa

Mylan Laboratories Inc., a leading independent generic drug manufacturer, announced it will build a

In the face of a world glut of many chemical products, Indonesia is forging ahead with big plans to

Trucking interests are pushing for adoption of new rules aimed at permitting larger vehicles to oper

Although the South African government has a wide range of economic weapons to use against neighborin

The Supreme Court refused to involve itself in major product liability cases including those involvi

A concert violinist was indicted in a botched fire insurance scheme that left two men severely injur

MARITIME ZIM-AMERICAN ISRAELI SHIPPING CO. (New York) - Louis Ferro was promoted to assistan

The Canadian National Railway offered to give Guilford Transportation Industries access to Chicago i

The Asia North America Eastbound Rate Agreement and the TransPacific Westbound Rate Agreement announ

The chief shipping executive in China thinks that container traffic moving through the West Coast wi

Oil ministers of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries were divided on whether to extend

Uncertainties related to tax reform continue to haunt the stock market, according to David D. Hale,

Hong Kong's new unified stock market opened Monday following speeches by senior figures in the indus

Hirohisa Kinoshita, a foreman at Mazda Motor Corp.'s giant car assembly plant here, grimaced with di

Hong Kong's local electric utility, China Light & Power Co. Ltd., concluded a deal to supply electri

Top Stories The new wave of economic freedom could be a boon or bane for New Zealand as the

The following index charts weekly changes in motor carrier tonnage originatingfrom 49 produc

The number of failed insurance companies in Texas has reached a record high, and regulators say it m

Several hundred AIDS victims bought life insurance either knowing or suspecting they had the deadly

U.S. steel demand will fall 4 percent next year, an industry expert estimated. Lenhard Holsc

Volkswagen of America Inc. began production of its popular Jetta sedan at its Westmoreland County, P

Chevron Shipping Co. and Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have signed a contract in which the yar

Western Canada wheat farmers are caught in an agonizing and frustrating dilemma. Although th

ITC Forecasts 20 percent Fall In 1986 Tin ProductionWestern world tin production is expected

The Soviet Union will place an additional $65 million order with Greek shipyards for four refrigerat

Federal officials say a problem-plagued air traffic control system installed at many U.S. airports f

Venezuela Raises Crude By 40 Cents a BarrelPetroleos de Venezuela, the Venezuelan state oil

A new blow molding brochure from El Paso Products Co. features the company's Rexene polypropylene 23

Hongkong & Shanghai, Global Union Deal OK'dNEW YORK - The Federal Reserve Bank of New York a

Stocks, aided by rising bond prices and computer-driven buying programs, rose in slow trading Monday

U.S. exports to Japan may drop by as much as 5 percent this year if the rising yen keeps Japan's eco

Gabon, sub-Saharan Africa's third-largest oil producer, is bracing for stricter austerity in 1987.

The picket lines came down in southeastern Florida following ratification of a new International Lon

Last week's dock strike at U.S. North Atlantic ports didn't prove too costlybecause it only

Some issues never die; they just come back to the Supreme Court in new clothing. The justice