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Rep. George Hochbrueckner, D-N.Y., is "outraged" at the absence from the Reagan administration's fis

An Italian ship carrying 2,400 tons of toxic Italian chemical waste that had been dumped in Lebanon

A cargo ferry slipped out of the Falkland Islands on Thursday headed for Uruguay and Chile in a poli

Elaine Chao, chairwoman of the Federal Maritime Commission, likely will retain that post following t

The U.S. dollar edged higher in quiet trading Thursday while the market groped for firm direction.

The Customs Service confirmed that it has made a commitment to the International Longshoremen's Asso

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Top-ranking policy formulators at Japan's Finance Ministry have reached the conclusion that another

WHAT IT IS: A government and industry-funded program intended to move the most advanced coal-burning

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

FIRST WOMEN'S BANK (New York) - Stacie Weiner was named first vice president in charge of private ba

A direct container service between South Korea and China could start as early as March, the first di

The Port of Wilmington said it has extended the hours of operation at its container receiving gate.<

The Panama Canal Commission's board of directors will decide at its April meeting how much of a cana

Royal Nedlloyd Group NV, a large shipping, transport and energy concern, said Thursday it expects ne

The New York law firm Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens is making a major expansion through its merger

Local shipyards, suffering from a pile of cut-price orders, are keen for new orders, but reports tha

International Longshoremen's Association Local 1408 (Jacksonville, Fla.). 53rd anniversary celebrati

The government will soon decide on a package of measures to make ships built in domestic yards compe

The European Monetary System has gone for two years without a realignment in currency values, despit

Thu., Jan. 12, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

A jumbo grain carrier awaiting late delivery of a trainload of grain is being detained at the Port o

Conservationists have made their largest single debt-for-nature swap, buying $5.6 million in discoun

Liquid nitrogen consumption in the United States will grow at an average of 5.5 percent through 1991

REICHHOLD TO BOOST COATING RESINS PRICESReichhold Chemicals Inc. said it will raise coating

India effectively set up a special court Thursday to try the government's $3 billion compensation su

The Brazilian government is preparing to announce - probably next week - new austerity measures to b

One part of the federal government has accused another part of breaking hazardous waste laws.

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

BELGIUM'S GECHEM SELLS PLASTIC FILM UNITBRUSSELS, Belgium - Gechem, the ailing chemicals uni

Drug giant Merck & Co. is once again America's most admired corporation, according to Fortune Magazi

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

The Argentinians and Soviets are close to finalizing a long-term barter deal that could increase the

Jan. 12, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

No oil marketer in the Northeast looks kindly on the proposed pipeline systems that will bring mostl

TODAY'S U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE final estimate of 1988 crops will help the government and the

Northeast Utilities, Berlin, Conn., Thursday made a $2 billion proposal to Public Service of New Ham

Iran's Abadan oil refinery, the largest in the world, will reopen April 1, more than eight years aft

Kirk Line Ltd.'s efforts to upgrade its security procedures at the Port of Kingston, Jamaica, are bo

Great Britain's national utility, the Central Electricity Generating Board, has awarded contracts to