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Slight increases in mortgage interest rates and a slower rate of increase in family income pushed th

Orders to U.S. factories, bolstered by a big jump in orders for military goods and transportation eq

Peter Sutherland, the European Community competition commissioner, Monday criticized British Prime M

The Transportation Department, in a victory for U.S. automakers, said Monday it relaxed the fuel eco

Construction spending fell 0.6 percent in August as drops in highway, factory and shopping center co

Free trade with the United States will be a major issue but not the only issue in Canada's federal e

HOUSE PLANS DEBATE ON FOREIGN OWNERSHIPThe House plans debate Wednesday on legislation that

The so-called insurance crisis of the mid-1980s is definitely over, with prices for most lines of in

The Supreme Court Monday refused to force an insurance company to help pay for cleaning up dioxin, a

Oppenheimer Industries Inc. announced that it acquired Agri-Risk Services Inc., a managing general a

The U.S. Supreme Court Monday refused to hear the remaining appeal against Manville Corp.'s reorgani

The varied and complex lives of the people killed in the crash of Northwest Airlines Flight 255 are

Hurricane Gilbert's destructive swath through Jamaica three weeks ago will cost U.S. and European re

TOXIC TORT LAW REFORM SAID PRIVATE SECTOR JOBWHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. - The private sect

A new Kocks container crane is discharged onto the dock at the Port of Miami. The crane is expected

Several inland Chinese provinces and regions are banding together for the first time to build their

O'BRIEN CHOSEN AAPA CHAIRMAN-ELECTOAKLAND, Calif. - James J. O'Brien, deputy executive direc

The Military Sealift Command is embroiled in another legal dispute over thecarriage of milit

Oct. 3, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange*PrevClose High L

1275 (Oct. 3, 1988) Previous day - 1270 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in

Attempts by two Texas congressmen to attach controversial amendments to a widely supported truck saf

AMTRAK EXPANDS NY-WASHINGTON LINEWASHINGTON - Amtrak has added 16 more high-speed reserved M

CSX/SEA-LAND INTERMODAL INC., (Hunt Valley, Md.) - John R. Busher was appointed vice president-finan

Oil prices dropped sharply Monday on the New York Mercantile Exchange, withDecember and Janu

SUNOCO TO BOOST OCTANE OF PREMIUM GASOLINETOLEDO, Ohio - Sunoco Marketing, a unit of Sun Co.

Oct. 3, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Key ministers of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries say an oil price collapse is inev

Despite formidable problems at the Antaibao open-cast coal mine in northern China, Occidental Petrol

National Starch Boosts PolymersBRIDGEWATER, N.J. - The Resins & Specialty Chemicals division

ARIZ. UTILITY TO PAY SUM TO KAISER COALRETON, N.M. - Salt River Project, a Phoenix, Arizona-

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

The federal government's testing of pesticide residues was criticized as inadequate, largely because

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of AgricultureForeign Agricultural Service

Cyanamid Hikes Sulfuric AcidWAYNE, N.J. - American Cyanamid Co. announced a price increase o

* Import Quota Watch 4A * Commodity Research Bureau - Why Index Declined 10A* Albert L. Krau

The volume of U.S. chemical imports in July climbed to 33 percent above the July 1987 level, but was

Sales by Saudi Basic Industries Corp. topped $1 billion for the six months ending June 30, and net p

CHIRON AFFILIATE JOINS WITH WARNER-LAMBERTEMERYVILLE, Calif. - Chiron Corp. affiliate Mimesy

For July 1988 vs. July 1987 (In Metric Tons - Via Ocean)US Coast and PortJuly 88

For July 1988 vs. July 1987 (In Metric Tons - Via Ocean)Rank CommodityJuly 88