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An increase in currency surcharges on cargo to Japan from North America won't squeeze U.S. exporters

Nerco Inc. announced it has resolved a dispute with Utility Fuels Inc. over a long-term coal supply

The oil industry is breathing easier after learning that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is

The future of Britoil PLC, Britain's largest oil producer, was thrown into confusion Wednesday. Brit

It's back to square one for Pan Am Corp. and its unions. The two sides are expected to get t

Japan plans cuts next fiscal year in its import duties on 107 items rangingfrom chocolate to

The concept is simple, like all good ideas. It goes like this: Shipyard workers know how to load shi

Coast Guard Further Tightens Its BeltThe Coast Guard, one of the hardest hit agencies in the

Shoppers yearning for VCRs and "camcorders" under their Christmas trees are advised to buy now, as J

John Bowers, the president of the International Longshoremen's Association, said he is no longer pre

Pott Industries Corp. hopes to establish what may be the first commercial hazardous waste incinerato

A group of former employees and New York area investors has purchased Wedtech Corp.'s high technolog

Glaxo Inc. and Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Corp. of East Hanover, N.J., have signed a letter of intent on

Malaysia Expects Dip In Palm Oil ProductionMalaysia's crude palm oil output in December will

The absence of any clear reference to interest rates in the latest statement by the Group of Seven m

Wed., Dec. 23, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

ICC Refuses to Give Data on BN Line SaleThe Interstate Commerce Commission refused to provid

The U.S. dollar may fall to the 70-yen level over the next two years, says the head of a Japanese tr

There's affirmative action at the North Pole. Proof positive is that during the holidays I d

An easier, more efficient means of complying with the regulatory requirements of the National Associ

The current and future cost of the AIDS epidemic for life insurers has prompted San Francisco-based

The slide of the U.S. dollar against a variety of world currencies has reached serious proportions,

The U.S. dollar rose early Wednesday in reaction to the Group of Seven's statement urging dollar sta

Ford Motor Co. said its transfer of $61 million to a former South African subsidiary was legal, deny

The European Community said Wednesday it had exempted a joint Italian- Japanese copier producing ven

The growing Crowley interests seek an unusual exemption from regulation by the Federal Maritime Comm

Public utilities have agreed not to cut off the service of customers who paid their bills with money

The Reagan administration unveiled a real economic growth estimate of just 2.4 percent for 1988, and

Japan's Cabinet Wednesday approved a draft budget for fiscal 1988 that abandons recent austerity eff

WASHINGTON - Jerome L. Dreyer has been named president and chief executive of the Transportation Dat

DOLLAR POLICY has fluctuated wildly in recent months, and this week it shifted again as the U.S. aba

The Federal Maritime Commission's broad probe of marine terminals will move into the field early in

Edison to Increase Residential RatesROSEMEAD, Calif. - Southern California Edison Co. said e

The government of South Korea intends to settle major outstanding trade issues with the United State

Canada's new National Transportation Act, due to take effect Jan. 1, may cause problems for a Wester

EC Takes 2 Members To Court Over DutiesBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Community said Wedne

Consumer activist Ralph Nader and 15 environmental groups have endorsed a table grape boycott by the

Operators restarted the $6.3 billion Nine Mile Point 2 nuclear plant Tuesday, one month after it was

A New York City-based independent power plant builder has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in

The International Cocoa Organization may hold an emergency meeting starting Jan. 11, 1988, to discus