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Japanese companies are expected to be much more active in mergers and acquisitions in the future, ba

Textile Imports Up From Communist BlocTextile imports from communist countries have shot up

Jamaica's raw sugar output for 1986-87 reached 187,966 metric tons, 12,321 less than in 1985-86, the

Tenneco Oil Exploration & Production Co. will drill a rank exploratory well in virgin territory in t

More than 20 million air bags will be in U.S. cars by the end of model year 1994 and will prevent th

Stock prices fell sharply Tuesday, with the Dow Jones average of 30 industrials sinking 46.47 points

Mexico May Issue Silver-Backed BondsWASHINGTON - The Silver Institute says Mexico is serious

Madeira, a Portuguese island in the Atlantic Ocean, has created a free trade zone and an offshore fi

Bass Purchases Stake In Holiday Inn ChainBass PLC, a British company famous for its ale, has

The railroad industry's massive wall of opposition to coal slurry pipelines has been quietly breache

The Tennessee Valley Authority is likely to enter the spot market in November for a short-term coal

Tugs and barges have become increasingly important in the movement of cargo along the coasts of the

A container being loaded on NYK Line's double-stack train at Burlington Northern Railroad's Seattle

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

Quadrex Recycle Center has been awarded a $4 million contract by New Jersey's Department of Environm

Circuit-board, anyone? At an event like this, such a question is likely to bring several tho

Richard B. Byrne wants insurance agents to break through their prison walls. The California

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

U.S. industrial production rose a seasonally adjusted 0.3 percent in August after increasing 0.8 per

South Korea's ruling party leader urged the United States to weigh the strained trade relations betw

Presidential Airways Suffers Quarterly LossPresidential Airways suffered severe losses in it

September 15, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gal

Wilh. Wilhelmsen Ltd. hit the market at the right moment with its two new 310,000-deadweight-ton oil

The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. has announced the completion of its first contingency pl

United Parcel Service Inc. posted a sharp earnings decline from its trucking operations in the secon

Train Carrying VWs Derails in Nova ScotiaDARTMOUTH, Nova Scotia - Seven freight cars carryin

In an ambitious attempt to rescue its debt-ridden, job-short economy, the Irish government plans to

Court contests involving issues of state's rights under federal laws that regulate the rail transpor

The Norwegian International Ships Registry headquarters in Bergen reported last week that 48 ships o

US Reports Exports Of Wheat to SovietsThere were 1,910,396 metric tons of wheat exported to

The European Community Commission approved a 590,000 European currency unit ($679,000) aid package t

AVIATION Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole resigned to work in her husband's president

Todd Shipyards Corp., which filed for bankruptcy-law protection last month, has asked a military app

State officials will seek to remove the $10,000 limit on the medical malpractice liability of hospit

Mon., Sept. 14, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

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

Big-city airports may have heavy jet traffic to worry about, but in rural Connersville it's the odd

The following index charts weekly changes in motor carrier tonnage originatingfrom 49 produc

Cargo transported through West Germany reached a record volume in 1986, as 37.7 million metric tons

For the week ended Aug. 29 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 10