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Japan's jobless rate hit 2.9 percent in July, tying the highest rate set since the government began

The Customs Service will put a new, internationally compatible system to describe and classify goods

Illinois Central Sells Kentucky Rail LineIllinois Central Gulf Railroad sold its 305-mile we

There is a shortage of longshoremen to unload ships at ports in New Jersey and New York because many

An expected windfall from lower oil prices has not materialized in Western Europe and is causing the

Wickes Cos. ended its hostile takeover bid for Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. and sold off some of th

A watchdog group's contention that high numbers of nuclear plant mishaps made 1985 the worst year ev

Soviets See Benefits From Western ExpertsVIENNA, Austria - A Soviet scientist said that his

Japanese investments in foreign stocks climbed to an all-time high net figure of $844 million in Jul

Norwegian Oil Talks VIENNA - Norwegian energy officials are meeting with six North Sea oil o

The Group of 77 developing countries will try to block South Africa's participation in the new round

Japan's current account surplus soared to an all-time monthly high of more than $8 billion in July,

An Oklahoma high court ruling equating the workers compensation system to utilities is beginning to

Officials charge in court papers that three negligence suits that won $2 million from the city were

Northwest hop growers are harvesting the smallest crop of the beer-flavoring ingredient in years, a

Colombia Eyeing Hike In Coffee Retention TaxBOGOTA, Colombia - Colombia may announce an incr

Truckers are driving into the computer age in increasing numbers. Computerized routing and s

Botha to Visit Japan TOKYO - South African Foreign Minister Roelof Botha will make an unoffi

Prosperous countries are more willing to push subsidized loans to the Third World when the loans are

One year after the Austrian wine scandal brought wine exports to a standstill, two men have been arr

Kodak Finds Dealers For Notes in EuropeROCHESTER, N.Y. - Eastman Kodak Co. said it has signe

The widow of astronaut Ronald McNair says she will sue Morton Thiokol, the company that made the sol

The opposition Labour Party unveiled a package of proposals designed to help Britain's struggling sh

Roughly 150 miles of highway have been transformed into a conveyor belt for containers trucked betwe

The Journal of Commerce's new industrial materials price index gives early signals of inflation or d

Gas utilities are taking their gloves off. The American Gas Association is planning to visit

The aviation industry could face another round of massive insurance rate increases if further losses

A new forecasting service for ocean trade enables bankers, shippers and cargo vessel operators to an

Competing airlines are getting a nice boost in traffic from Frontier Airlines' decision to stop flyi

Transshipment tonnage through Rotterdam, the world's largest port, rose to 128.4 million tons in the

Japan's current account surplus soared to an all-time monthly high of more than $8 billion in July,

Two of the colony's premier trading groups stunned the stock market with their disappointing profits

Madras-based engineering firms have planned joint ventures in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.<

Brazil and India, the two leading opponents of negotiating rules for trade in services, proposed a p

Attorneys for two groups suing an insurance company for allegedly discriminating against homosexuals

SEPTEMBER 11-14 - National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices, annual convent

The following vessels have all been reported as casualties during the passage of Typhoon Vera:

The Agriculture Department is going to let meat processors use some acidic chemicals, including some

Spot coal market prices continued to fall, with traders and utility purchasers mostly attributing th

A record $18 billion merchandise trade deficit in July is likely to spawn protectionist demands in C