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Wednesday, Sept. 10, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanadaU.

Stanley Ferguson, editor of The Journal of Commerce from 1962 to 1969, died Wednesday in his sleep.

The Federal Maritime Commission decided to investigate fully an agreement proposed by carriers for s

Mexico Likely to Cut Some Grain ImportsThe U.S. counselor in Mexico City has lowered his est

The U.S.-inspired bid to devise rules for traded services under the General Agreement for Tariffs an

Peru's 1986 fine copper output is projected to total 397,037 metric tons, down from last year's 401

Thirteen North Atlantic port agencies sought Federal Maritime Commission approval to confer on matte

Twenty years ago the federal government began regulating auto safety, and as cars became safer the n

Nine companies, seven of them Japanese, asked to be allowed to bid on state- owned oil when Alaska a

The growing practice by utilities of bulkpower transmission may slow down be cause the costs are too

GENERAL NEWSIndexes of a business study group indicate better U.S. employment, less decline

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

Beleaguered Wah Kwong Shipping & Investment Co. Ltd. hit back at Chase Manhattan Bank, denouncing th

The Department of Transportation wants the Interstate Commerce Commission to reduce significantly th

A $225 million Teleport, touted as the world's first satellite communications center, will become th

The New York State Public Service Commission voted 3 to 2 in favor of adopting a $4.1 billion cost s

The colony's largest landlord, Hongkong Land Co. Ltd., appears to have escaped decisively from its l

Deficit Pushes India Toward CountertradeIndia wants free trade but has to use the bartering

Another aftershock of July's big earthquake shook the desert Tuesday, but was met with indifference

The Teamsters union faces further isolation in the trucking industry if internal politics steers its

Relatives of six passengers killed when an Aeromexico jetliner crashed after an airborne collision a

Lawmakers trying to wrap up the 1987 budget in the next three weeks are willing to try just about an

A positive picture for U.S. employment, less downward pressure on U.S. prices and a mixed growth out

The Canadian Wheat Board announced an emergency plan to ship grain by railfrom western Canad

The 219,387-deadweight-ton tanker Golar Robin left Subic in the Philippines Seot. 9 after repairs we

Two key executives involved in Liberian-flag shipping operations say a sure- fire recipe for disaste

The major eastbound trans-Pacific shipping conference voted to postpone until Sept. 30 the implement

Crowley Maritime Corp.'s acquisition of Coordinated Caribbean Transport's assets could damage seriou

Spokesmen for the insurance industry, the nation's trial lawyers, consumer advocates and organized l

Borg-Warner Chemicals, with headquarters at Parkersburg, W.Va., sold its surfactant and phosphate es

The Argentine government signed an offshore oil exploration "risk contract" with a group of private

President Kenneth Kaunda has invited President Reagan to meet with the leaders of the six black-rule

The Reagan administration went on record in favor of Conrail sale legislation that is unencumbered b

A deadlock over the tiered wage system brought a sudden end to contract negotiations between the Int

Hapag-Lloyd, West Germany's largest shipping line, told its ship crews itplans to sell six t

Major truck lines will convert double-digit tonnage gains into solid third quarter profits, but anal

Permea Inc. developed advanced-generation membrane gas separators that are 200 percent to 400 percen

Compared with some of the long-winded and often confusing language of international trade, the agric

Dow to Sell BusinessTo BPMIDLAND, Mich. - The Dow Chemical Co. and BP Performance Po

In a city covered by clouds three of every five days, homeowners now are guaranteed access to sunshi