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Moss Rosenberg Verft in Moss, 40 miles south of Oslo, delivered what could be its last ship.

Prices farmers get for raw products on the average staged a 2.4 percent retreat in September, the Ag

Monsanto Co. announced that it sold its paper chemicals business to a unit of Akzo NV. The t

President Reagan urged congressional action to prevent regional rail strikesfrom shutting do

Sumitomo Bank Ltd., Japan's third-largest commercial banking institution, has merged with the Heiwa

In another move to the right in its economic policy, Greece's Socialist government is planning a ser

GENERAL NEWSOrders to U.S. factories for manufactured goods fell 1.4 percent in August, the

NWA, Airbus Deal Set MINNEAPOLIS - NWA Inc., parent of Northwest Airlines, agreed to acquire

House and Senate negotiators reached agreement on amendments to the Risk Retention Act, setting the

Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Rhode Island Nov. 1 will begin paying participating doctors who also pract

Cruise ship passengers arriving in New York Wednesday had to carry their own luggage because of the

"I do not see why TNT should not be able to continue its rate of growth through to the year 2000."

Reichhold IntroducesPolyester ResinThe Reactive Polymers Division of Reichhold Chemi

Three U.S. firms have won the hard-fought battle to build South Korea's next two nuclear power plan

Green Mountain Power Corp. filed a new rate design plan that, if approved by the Vermont Public Serv

Atochem Inc. will begin U.S. marketing in 1987 of hydrogen peroxide manufactured in Canada by Oxyche

Interior Secretary Donald Hodel instructed the Bureau of Land Management to delay for one year incre

Haz Mat Trans Expo and Safety Conference, on handling and transporting hazardous material. Oct. 1-3.

Shultz Postpones Trip WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz's nine-nation Afric

Senate-House conferees are again moving toward a compromise bill on pending port and waterway develo

A loan and grant combination to support $288.8 million in U.S. exports for three projects in Turkey

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