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Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher told a Senate committee Wednesday that the United States is look

A lower U.S. dollar against the pound sterling pushed cocoa futures higher Wednesday. Althou

Business and other U.S. spokesmen Wednesday sharply questioned the federal government's commitment t

An electronic tariff filing system developed by the Interstate CommerceCommission and rail c

A tax revolt is brewing among Canada's 10 provinces over a proposed national sales levy similar to t

European nations are finding out the hard way that they are no longer totally in control of their ow

American Electric Power Service Corp. said it's looking to buy spot coal needed in the first quarter

UNOCAL UNIT TO INVEST IN THAI GAS FIELDSBANGKOK, Thailand - Unocal Thailand said Wednesday t

One of Singapore's richest businessmen and the head of several flourishing companies was charged Wed

A ship is better off putting to sea to avoid the large tidal wave that might result from an earthqua

EAST GERMAN LEADER PUSHED OUT OF OFFICEEast German leader Erich Honecker was stripped of pow

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

A group of insurance trade associations is nearly ready to present Congress with a proposal for a $5

Layoffs, budget cuts and the state's commitment to relocate offices into high-crime urban areas has

Perhaps one insurance company president was joking when he said the biggest growth industry in the U

The Bush administration sent out mixed signals Wednesday when it issued its long-awaited statement o

The demand for tin is not exceeding supply and there is a limited chance of the price rising sharply

HUNTSMAN CHEMICAL TO BUILD PLANT IN IRAQHuntsman Chemical Corp., based in Salt Lake City, Ut

Tonen Corp. said Wednesday it reached agreement with a U.S. oil trader affiliated with Exxon Corp. t

The first of Boeing's new 747-400s to operate in China went into service Wednesday, one of three on

President Bush has signed the Maritime Administration budget bill for fiscal year 1990. Cong

Bank of Japan Governor Satoshi Sumita Wednesday urged Japanese banks to be cautious in lending for l

The U.S. merchant marine will never move beyond mediocrity unless it develops a unified strategy, a

Shippers with operations in and near San Francisco and Oakland, Calif., were quick to adjust their o

One small casualty of the earthquake was a good night's sleep for Southern Pacific Chairman Philip F

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange said Wednesday that it had accepted the withdrawal of Capcom Futures

South Korean President Roh Tae-Woo Wednesday pledged his country to freer international trade.

President Bush has pledged in a letter "to work on Congress" to extend most-favored-nation status to

CSX TRANSPORTATION INC. (Jacksonville, Fla.) - David W. Hemphill was named assistant vice president,

A lack of grain sales to the Soviet Union this year has left Canadian railroads with a surplus of ra

The Federal Maritime Commission and one of the world's largest freight handling firms have reached a

The Malaysian government Wednesday gave the go-ahead for a US$750 million plastics venture between B

Cuba's 1989-90 sugar crop, estimated at 7.9 million metric tons of raws, will be delayed four to six

HOUSING CONSTRUCTION FELL 5.2 PERCENT IN SEPTEMBERHousing construction fell 5.2 percent in S

Supplies of distillate and gasoline declined, the American Petroleum Institute's latest weekly suppl

Oct. 18, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

In an effort to reduce air pollution, Massachusetts environmental officials announced regulations Tu

Commuter and cruise boats from two Crowley Maritime Corp. units have been pressed into service ferry

JAPANESE REPORT CUT IN US STEEL QUOTAJapan's steel export quota to the United States has bee

Disappointing trade numbers could cause a weakening in the Canadian dollar, some analysts say.