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Despite loss of one lucrative maintenance contract, Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Co. Ltd. reports

U.S. consumers took on $5.421 billion more in consumer installment credit than they paid off in Janu

The Upjohn Co. and Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. of Tokyo have signed a letter of intent to form a joint

The nation's largest shippers' association has abandoned its efforts to forge a compromise with the

In a story published on Tuesday, March 1, on polyethylene price increases, USI should have been ide

The government's planned sale of the electricity industry in England and Wales is by far the biggest

U.S. monetary authorities intervened heavily in the foreign exchange markets to support the dollar i

South Korean textile manufacturers will put their best cloths forward in New York this week for U.S.

The San Francisco Bay Area will see a substantial increase in cargo traffic over the next 32 years,

The International Maritime Bureau is to investigate the growing incidence of merchant ships being di

Mar. 4, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High L

A federal judge has ruled that Trans World Airlines did not bargain in bad faith to precipitate and

The Connecticut state Transportation Department will solicit proposals for development of an air car

Fast Trains Considered Viable Air AlternativeA surprising number of manufacturing executives

Unemployment slipped 0.1 percent to 5.7 percent last month as half a million new jobs were created,

Japan's wholesale prices in the period Feb. 11-12 rose by 0.1 percent from the previous 10 days but

Evergreen Line announced Friday that it is ending its weekly feeder service to the U.S. Gulf at the

FIRST CAPITAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. (La Jolla, Calif.) - George H.G. Hall was named senior vice preside

Gynecologist Indicted In Dalkon Shield CaseTAMPA, Fla. - A Chicago obstetrician has been ind

The U.S. pulp and paper industry is set to continue its two-year-old long march on increased growth,

American President Lines Ltd. wants to continue unchanged for another two years its three-ship, fore

EC May Reimpose Ban On US Meat HormonesBRUSSELS, Belgium - European Community farm ministers

ANZDL Taps Genmar As Agent in MexicoLONG BEACH, Calif. - Australia-New Zealand Direct Line h

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

The Senate approved legislation last week allowing the federal government to crack down on unsafe tr

The current weakness in Brent blend crude oil prices has prompted oil traders here to consider the r

The Congressional Budget Office said the federal budget deficit in fiscal 1989 under the proposed Re

When the United States and Canada started talking about a free-trade agreement, the U.S. Customs Ser

President Reagan said he will nominate W. Allen Moore, the Senate Commerce Committee minority staff

British Coal has won the first legal action of its life-or-death battle to prevent the country's ele

Fri., March 4, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Several major Japanese electronics makers, including Pioneer, NEC and Fujitsu, will end sales to Sou

A major Canadian sugar cane refiner is officially protesting a U.S. decision to block Canadian-proce

For the week ended Feb. 20 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 10

An international consortium of railroad consultants, involving state-owned railroads in Canada and S

Coastal Corp., an integrated oil company, and Coastal Oil Co., a regional marketer in the Northeast,

For the first time in their history, the Japanese will be able to travel across the nation's four ma

South Korea plans to bar large foreign shipping liners docking in South Koreafrom extending

The Florida Insurance Department has given preliminary approval to plans for a self-insurance trust

The U.S. paper industry shifted to a greater use of waste paper in 1987, according to the American P