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Polysar Inc.'s plastics plant in Copley, Ohio, ranked 162nd among the nation's top polluters by a gr

INDIA NOT PLANNING TO IMPORT WHEATNEW DELHI, India - The Indian government does not plan to

Trading volume in the U.S. dollar index futures has doubled in the past 12 months, largely as a resu

A poster worthy of military recruiting beckons from below McDonald's Golden Arches on a busy Honolul

The number of working oil and gas rigs in the country increased slightly last week, climbing by six

LANDSTAR SYSTEM INC. (Stamford, Conn.) - Donald A. Lucchesi was named group vice president, planning

The Federal Maritime Commission's probe of unfair foreign shipping practices in the U.S.-Taiwan trad

A former chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission is buying one of the largest freight brokera

The U.S. dollar was mostly weaker Monday except against the yen, with dealers looking to the Canadia

COAL EXPORTS INCREASED IN FIRST HALF OF '89U.S. coal exports for the first six months of 198

NORWEGIAN YARD GETS ADDITIONAL STOLT ORDERGREENWICH, Conn. - Stolt Tankers and Terminals (Ho

The government will inject 400 million French francs ($61.5 million) into the French shipping indust

A number of court cases are changing the way companies account for premiums paid to captive insurers

Private Japanese corporations are continuing to expand their merger and acquisition operations in ov

U.S. Coast Guard investigators have found more trash from cruise ships littering Fort Pierce beaches

US BUSINESS FAILURES SHOW SIGNIFICANT DROPBusiness failures in the United States fell 14.5 p

ROMANOFF INTERNATIONAL INC. (Carteret, N.J.) - Henry E. "Hank" Sieban Jr. was named seniorvice presi

THE U.S. TRADE DEFICIT HAS DECLINED importantly over the past three years, raising the inevitable qu

IT'S TIME for a two-way street. That's what the trade and transportation communities are say

INSURANCE EXECUTIVE EYES NY GOVERNORSHIPALBANY, N.Y. - A Rockland County insurance executive

Taiwan and the United States last week signed an agreement to regulate Taiwanese fishing in the Nor

European yards were the main targets of unfair trading complaints filed with the Office of the U.S.

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

Aug. 28, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

North American Coal Co.'s shipments totaled 11.3 million tons for the first half of 1989, ahead of t

UPS WILL BUY 747 FROM JAPAN AIR LINESGREENWICH, Conn. - United Parcel Service has agreed to

Continued slack farmer booking of new-crop corn and soybeans could force cash markets to hold their

TEXTILE GROUP TO STUDY US COTTON IMPORT BANThe head of a major U.S. textile industry group M

Scandinavian Airlines System and an unidentified partner reportedly are involved in advanced talks w

A judge in Texas has temporarily clipped the wings of Sir James Goldsmith'ss high-flying bid to take

The Brazilian subsidiary of paper manufacturer Champion International Corp. is awaiting a government

Although the international oil sector will generally experience steady growth and financial health o

The Maritime Administration has received a request from a Michigan company to sell and transfer to C

SUGAR MOVES LOWER ON MODERATE VOLUMESugar moved sharply lower Monday on moderate volume.

A junta is poised to take over power in Panama but that might not be enough tobreak a stalem

A dozen years ago, skeptics hooted when the Superior Midwest Energy Terminal opened its gates.

She was still several miles away, approaching the tanker Capella in the Strait of Malacca, but Capt.

Mon., Aug. 28, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

U.S. firms are complaining less about unfair foreign pricing practices, and the complaints they make

Small-parcel carrier and courier operators are jockeying for stronger positions in Asia as competiti