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Japan's jobless rate dropped slightly to 2.9 percent in February, down from a record monthly high of

Port of Vancouver officials are confident that British Columbia can seize a ''substantial slice" of

Audi Offers $5,000 Toward 1987 ModelsAudi of America Inc. is offering about 150,000 Audi own

Beech Aircraft Corp., confirming that it now has orders for about 50 Starship 1 turboprops, has anno

The government's main gauge of future economic activity rose a healthy 0.7 percent in February, the

Franklyn A. Caine was elected vice president and treasurer of United Technologies Corp., a diversifi

Brazil is waiting for U.S. regional banks to decide whether to renew their share of $15 billion in s

Risk managers are starting to wear fig leaves. Not in the literal sense, but as they cope wi

Henkel Corp., the U.S. subsidiary of Henkel, KGaA of West Germany, completed the acquisition of the

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is asking the government for $59.6 million - $2.1 mill

Brazil's financially troubled, state-owned Lloyd Brasileiro general cargo carrier will begin paying

The stock market recovered its footing Tuesday, recouping part of Monday's scary plunge as the dolla

$225,000 Award Made In Wrongful DismissalVANCOUVER, British Columbia - A former Vancouver ha

South Korea does not plan to rush semiconductor exports to the United States to fill a possible mark

Anti-U.S. sentiment among ordinary Japanese will grow if the United States goes ahead with penalty d

British Caledonian Tuesday reported a 19.3 million ($30.8 million) pretax loss for the year to the

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

International Shippers' Association Founders Meeting. Designed to educate importers of textile, appa

ICC Votes to Cut Reporting RulesThe Interstate Commerce Commission voted to significantly re

Occidental Raises Phenolic Resin PriceOccidental Chemical Corp. announced a price increase f

Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., unveiled a new legislative proposal to provide $3.5 bil

Arch Mineral Corp. renewed its bid to acquire Diamond Shamrock Coal Co. and is engaged in negotiatio

Dresdner Bank Seeks Tokyo Exchange SeatDresdner Bank, West Germany's second largest credit b

Rear Adm. Thomas A. King, superintendent of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point since 19

The state insurance department hired four private actuarial firms to help cut down on a backlog of m

Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd. reported that after-tax earnings last year totaled HK$480 million (US

U.S. semiconductor executives plan to meet in Washington Thursday to consider how best to apply up t

U.S. exports to Romania are increasing, and prospects are good for further growth. Exports t

International Business Machines Corp. elected Kaspar V. Cassani and Jack D. Kuehler executive vice p

Top officials of the Reagan administration played down the adverse reaction of financial markets to

In the brave new world of intermodal transportation, there are still many shippers who prefer the tr

European motorists will get their first U.S.-style quick lube service next week when Jiffy Lube Inte

Hanson Industries, the U.S. arm of Hanson Trust PLC, announced the sale of PCR Inc., a specialty che

NRC Orders Shutdown Of Peach Bottom PlantPhiladelphia Electric Co. was ordered by the U.S. N

W.R. Grace & Co. announced that its European Darex division has begun a $20 million project to doubl

The Panamanian-registered tanker Xylos was reported sinking Tuesday in the southern sector of the Pe

The U.S. dollar was steady in relatively quiet trading Tuesday, with smallgains against all

Salvors have taken a body from the hull of a British ferry that capsized March 6 as it left this por

Three major carriers operating in Alaska are looking to Hawaii for reliefbecause of dismal p

THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES in December became the first in the nation without taxing authority to recei