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

The Caribbean Community has postponed the start-up of a bank to finance the region's exports and imp

E-Z SERVE INC. (Dallas) - Jerry H. Mouser, E-Z Serve's president since its acquisition by Harken Oil

Northwest Turns Down Offer of ArbitrationST. PAUL, Minn. - Northwest Airlines has rejected a

US Share of Britain's Import Market ShrinksThe United States shipped more goods to Britain l

U.S. personal spending rose by 0.5 percent in December, the same as in the previous month, but spend

Increased container traffic helped push operating income up by 24 percent at Matson Navigation Co. l

Turning protein into particles that taste like fat, a sort of culinary lead- into-gold conjuring tri

When sweltering weather pushes electricity use to the limit next summer, Orange & Rockland Utilities

Coffee prices could rise 5 U.S. cents a pound if the International Coffee Organization authorizes an

International Business Machines Corp. restructured itself into five autonomous segments coordinated

Inter-Continental Equipment Inc., the container-leasing group, said it has formed a new subsidiary,

Sponsors of mandatory employer-sponsored health insurance are preparing a major push to enact legis

Thu., Jan. 28, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Labor contracts affecting more than half of U.S. refining capacity expire this weekend, and leaders

Truck lines operating in the eastern central United States approved a freight rate increase effectiv

Coal management and labor leaders locked in contract negotiations are prepared to work through the w

Ralph Sarotte, brand-marketing manager for Chrysler's new Eagle car line, was hunched prayerfully ov

Exxon oil tanker crewmen are picketing company offices in New York, accusing management of a series

State Insurance Commissioner Bill Gunter Wednesday pledged to push for legislation that would requir

U.S. game manufacturers have come to the birthplace of Trivial Pursuit this week to hunt for new way

When the assembly lines stopped and silenced Sweden's huge Volvo factory last week, it was another s

New Jersey Resources Posts Rise in NetWALL, N.J. - New Jersey Resources Corp. reported earni

Import prices other than fuel generally rose faster in the final three months of 1987 than in any ot

Alan J. Brody, chairman of the Commodity Exchange, criticized the New York Mercantile Exchange for d

The government of Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, hoping to defuse resistance to hefty price hikes schedul

The death of another Springfield Terminal Railway employee in a switching accident refueled the driv

The secondary market in developing country debt paper totaled about $15 billion in 1987 and may grow

Legislator Pushes Sales To Taiwan, S. KoreaRep. Hal Rogers, D-Ky., chairman of the House Tas

AVIATION After almost nine years on the National Transportation Safety Board, Vice Chairman

The Massachusetts Port Authority misrepresented statistics about the number of private aircraft usin

Prospects exist for "a real improvement" in the tanker market over the next few years, a London ship

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

The Coast Guard wants to re-examine its policy of providing towing service to vessels in need of ass

Japanese computer giant Fujitsu Ltd. intends to more than triple overseas production as soon as poss

With the United States and European allies watching closely, Canada soon will decide whether to spen

Rockwell Introduces Heavy-Duty Axle LineRockwell International Corp. Automotive Operations i

While health experts worldwide are counseling smokers to quit, multinational tobacco firms are manip

A branch of the American Chamber of Commerce cried out Thursday against a Japanese government plan t

Some of the nation's biggest exporters are calling for a partnership among themselves and other ship