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The first of the dozen giant Econships formerly owned by United States Lines today is unloading its

Longshoremen at Montreal staged their sixth one-day walkout since mid- December on Wednesday as a bi

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

Chief Cabinet Secretary Keizo Obuchi said Wednesday the U.S. decision to bar Japanese construction f

New York Gov. Mario M. Cuomo, in his State of the State Address Wednesday, advocated the use of comp

The new U.S.-Mexico textile trade pact is far more generous to Mexico than the United States indicat

The commercial fishing industry at the port of Los Angeles is beginning to experience a renaissance.

Transit agencies are taking in stride a federal judge's decision ordering them to provide services f

A Greek hotel manager received a $52,000 check Monday because he took out insurance against rain fal

A major municipal bond insurer is optimistic about the industry's fortunes in 1988 despite the uncer

Soviet Bank Move Reflects Currency NeedMOSCOW - The decision by a Soviet bank to take out a

Dealers in U.S. Treasury securities said foreign central banks have shown an unusual willingness to

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Reforms under way in the Soviet Union have little in common with the 1968 ''Prague Spring" movement

The opening of the Soviet economy poses wide-scale political problems for the United States and its

Sun Refining & Marketing Co. said that effective Jan. 5, it is eliminating the gravity deduction on

Supplies of distillate oil increased significantly last week, while gasoline inventories were virtua

Some manufacturers in the heavy truck industry are starting to think that the last thing they need i

1284.5 (Jan. 6) Previous day - 1270.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in L

Official to Evaluate Prince Rupert SituationWINNIPEG, Manitoba - Canadian Federal Labor Mini

Liquor sellers and servers will soon get some relief from the painful hangover caused by the high co

A U.S. trade official denied that the United States and Japan have settled a dispute over Japan's im

The early 1988 rebound in the U.S. dollar against major foreign currencies is expected to have no im

Payments Surplus Could Fall in GermanyFRANKFURT, West Germany - West Germany's current accou

Throughout their history, Canadians have feared domination by the economy and culture of the United

A group of companies from around the world announced an effort to accelerate toxicity testing on com

Midway Service To Bahamas ApprovedMidway Airlines has received government approval to begin

The Federal Maritime Commission, in advance of a Friday deadline, has postponed for 60 days its sche

The stalemate at the Springfield Terminal Railway continues, as a strike by its 1,200 union workers

A group of Roman Catholic hospitals bought an insurance company to provide malpractice insurance for

Security Trust Life Insurance Co., a subsidiary of Southlife Holding Co. here, has sold its Texas ho

After studying the Florida insurance system, a task force has found that rate regulation in Florida

Steel production rose to 1.747 million tons in the week ended Jan. 2, an increase of 3.7 percent fro

The Singapore government is considering Shell Coal International's proposal to buy the government's

The crew of a Maltese-registered freighter that was towed to Seattle after being caught in a fierce

Patients spent nearly the same amount of time in hospitals last year as in 1986, but the cost per st

Wed., Jan. 6, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

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

BESIDES EXPERIENCING more growth, what do the people who cause computers to do business with each ot

Most home gardeners look at catalogs in the winter and buy seed just before planting time in the spr