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YA GOTTA HAVE FRIENDS, but White House adviser Michael Boskin went through an object lesson last wee

Pasha Properties has renewed its lease until January 1992 for the Bay Bridge Terminal at the Port of

Sept. 7, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

A state judge ruled Thursday that the Bush administration could enter the state court fight against

Japan's 24 largest shipbuilders soon will be ordered to disband their production cartel by the end o

Canada's largest coal-fired utility, Ontario Hydro, is looking for the second time this year to buy

The French Shipbuilders Association has lashed out at the South Korean and Finnish governments becau

Canada appears to be the latest competitive market for courier and express traffic from the United S

U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills said Thursday she hopes to find common ground with her Europea

With air cargo volumes rising and the Boeing Co. about to open a plant nearby, Spokane International

A private terminal operator is on the verge of starting up an electronic communications system for t

For the week ended Sept. 2, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

Australia's domestic air services are likely to resume next week, Industrial Relations Minister Pete

SEGER 'UNCONVINCED' RAPID EXPANSION AHEADFederal Reserve Gov. Martha Seger Thursday said she

PAN AM PLANS TO HIKE SERVICE TO FLORIDA 50 PERCENTMIAMI - Pan Am Corp. said it will increase

Shipping patterns in the United States' wool trade have shifted as most wool processing moved South

Lloyd's of London is launching a new promotional campaign in a bid for a larger slice of the market.

Another storm is blowing up over seamen's pay and the lure of working abroad, something the governme

If the effects on the insurance industry of the European Community's planned ''Single Market" are up

Transportation Research Forum, New York Chapter. Sept. 12. New York. Luncheon meeting. Patricia Zeda

MEDICARE CHANGES MAKING HEADWAYSenate tax-writers, yielding to loud complaints from many old

Congress is back from its August recess and two House subcommittees promptly picked up where they le

The U.S. business community is trying to sharpen its image on the environmental front as it responds

CAUSTIC SODA Dow Chemical Co. said it raised off-list caustic soda prices $20 a ton, not to

STRONG US DOLLAR SEEN WIDENING TRADE GAPSenate Banking Committee Chairman Donald Riegle, D-M

ALTHOUGH DEMAND for gold and other precious metals remains sluggish, in one small way the modest or

PLASTIC BAG MAKER IN BUY-OUT TALKSSIOUX FALLS, S.D. - American Western Corp., which makes pl

The Canadian government's budget deficit for April-June, the first three months of fiscal 1989-90, t

President Bush's chief economic adviser both praised the Federal Reserve Thursday for its conduct of

Thu., Sept. 7, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Officials of Georgia Gulf Corp. said they will meet with NL Industries about a possible $55-a-share

Yuriy Chumakov, the Soviet Union's chief grains negotiator, is here this week for preliminary "get-a

Despite five weeks of intense negotiations, Argentina and the International Monetary Fund have not r

RJR Nabisco Inc. has agreed to sell its fresh fruit operations of Del Monte Corp. to the British con

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. said it plans to double worldwide production of polyimide film by 1995

A soft boat-building market and stalled construction market will hold U.S. shipments of composites t

OFFICIAL TO EXPLORE POLAND'S FOOD NEEDSA high-level USDA official Thursday said he will trav

U.S. grain exports to China and the Soviet Union should remain steady over the next several years de

The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed Thursday that the Soviet Union would purchase 50,000 me

Opposition from some powerful senators and several interest groups has dimmed the chances for passag