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Yearly "voluntary" restraints on shipments of automobiles to the U.S. market should end for good whe

Brazilian auto parts maker Freios Varga announced the signing of a $6 million contract to supply Chr

Orders to U.S. factories for manufactured goods fell 1.4 percent in August, the biggest decline in f

Many shippers and transport officials were caught by surprise at news of the ILA strike. Alm

Eleven member states of the European Community formally agreed to extend by five months a ban on the

Canadian ports on the Eastern Seaboard began making contingency plans to handle additional traffic a

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

Wednesday, October 1, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Traces of nuclear fuel from the damaged Soviet nuclear power plant at Chernobyl have spread much mor

Iranian Minister Says Kuwaiti Talks UsefulIranian Oil Minister Gholamreza Aghazadeh finished

A retired U.S. Army general who holds four of the nation's top combat medals faces charges he bribed

Maxime Faget intends to put the spirit of free enterprise into space. The president of Space

Harmon Unit PromotesC. TuckerLOUISVILLE, Ky. - Charles R. Tucker was named president

Nigeria Will Halt 15 percent Salary CutsABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - Nationwide salary cuts of 15

The European Community and Japan agreed to further efforts to make international standards for the c

Nissan to Hike Imports Of US Auto PartsNissan Motor Co., Japan's second-largest automaker, w

Foreign cigarette makers have improved their share of the fourth-largest market in the world since J

A strike by the International Longshoremen's Association shut down ports from Maine to Virginia, as

The free-market mechanism is working well in trans-Pacific ocean shipping, and Washington intends to

Ports, railroads and cargo brokers on the West Coast geared up to begin receiving diverted cargo.

Disappointed by a Soviet decision to pass up a massive U.S. grain deal sweetened with a $15-a-ton su

Warner-Lambert Co.'s Parke-Davis division announced the introduction of Nitrogard, a prescription ni

Biaggi to Be Guest At Port Week DinnerRep. Mario Biaggi, D-N.Y., will be guest of honor at t

Calif. Fruit Fly Scare Apparently OverNo Oriental fruit flies have been found in the past 10

The prolonged labor conflict at Thunder Bay, Canada's biggest cereals export port, remained deadlock

After achieving some small gains in early trading, the U.S. dollar headed lower Wednesday in reactio

The board of directors of San Salvador Electric Light Co. (Compania de Alumbrado Electricio de San S

Peru's July oil production averaged 174,200 barrels a day, down 12 percentfrom July 1985's 1

Supplies of gasoline and distillate increased substantially, according to the American Petroleum In

If railroads want dependable suppliers, they must become closer partners with rail product producers

An unequal division of traffic between the port of Vancouver's two container terminals is to receive

Oil industry analysts are confident the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will continue

Discord, fatigue and the press of time swamped a controversial Senate Finance Committee trade bill t

Crewmembers protesting job cuts staged sit-ins Wednesday on four Sealink ferries that travel from En

The Municipal Bond Insurance Association is planning to incorporate, the New York Insurance Departme

Ports no longer can expect to recover costs entirely from customers, the chairman of Lykes Bros. Ste

The United States will use a record amount of lumber this year but an anticipated economic slowdown

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

Phillips Petroleum Co. said its third quarter earnings will include an estimated $120 million after-

Columbia Gas Transmission Corp., a unit of the Columbia Gas System, filed with the Federal Energy Re