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The European Community, seeking to counter what it sees as rising protectionism in the U.S. Congress

The nation's three largest trucking companies will raise freight rates on long-haul traffic despite

The U.S. dollar weakened against most major foreign currencies Thursday on remarks about the U.S. tr

Attention focused on individual issues in a mixed, uncertain stock market Thursday with many changes

Chamber of Commerce Hits Acute-Care PlanThe U.S. Chamber of Commerce criticized Reagan admin

Former U.S. Senator Mark Andrews, R-N.D., formed Andrews Associates Inc., a government relations fir

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco USA said Thursday it sold four of its smoking tobacco brands to John Middleton

The New York Mercantile Exchange will launch trading of options on its heating oil futures contract

Topgallant Group Inc., which submitted the second lowest bid to carry Military Sealift Command Cargo

Beginning this week, price changes for Naval Stores materials will be published on Mondays only in t

Phenolphthalein Prices Rise as Dollar FallsThe spot price of white phenolphthalein is moving

Japanese Businessman Gives Portland $5,000PORTLAND, Oregon - The head of a Japanese corporat

Carolina Freight Sets Purchases for YearCHERRYVILLE, N.C. - Carolina Freight Corp. said it w

Chicago Will Host Housewares ExhibitionChicago's McCormick Place will be the site of the thi

Foreign lawyers can practice in Japan for the first time in 30 years under a law now in effect, and

Treaties Proposed WASHINGTON - The Soviet Union has approached a number of West European cou

The House Merchant Marine & Fisheries Committee is expected to approve three maritime bills today,

In December 1985, Warner-Lambert Co. looked as if it were flat on its back. The $3.1 billion

Water rushed into a $1 billion crude oil pipeline in a test of the line that stretches 1,225 miles

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

A New Jersey appeals court struck down a controversial truck tax and ordered the state to refund mor

Wednesday, April 1, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Greg Morris is a hard man to reach these days. As the president of a new shipper-trucker gro

Peabody Holding Company, St. Louis, Wednesday said it completed the acquisition of mostly all the co

Canadian all-wheat ending stocks in the 1987-88 (August-July) crop year are expected to total 17.118

Kuwait added 389 gas stations to its fast-growing European retail network with the acquisition of Br

Supplies of distillate oil and gasoline declined, according to the American Petroleum Institute's l

The much-anticipated acquisition of Korea Shipping Corp. by the Hanjin Group of Seoul appears to be

The Coast Guard's only boot camp is literally slipping into the sea, according to a New Jersey congr

The port of Oakland, which has been losing market share to other West Coast ports, has developed a m

Today's busy executive is a high-strung person who wants to relax. But it's not enough anymore to ju

The government-ordered shutdown of the Peach Bottom nuclear power plant in eastern Pennsylvania will

International Symposium Airfreight For Profit - To Whom?" Conference, April 2-3, Post House Hotel (M

Rockwell Forms Joint VentureTROY, Mich. - Rockwell International Corp. said it has formed a

In a move that could ease U.S.-Japan trade tensions, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. said Wedne

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

A Japanese author has found 650,000 buyers in recent months for two books contending that a worldwid

Sales of microwave test equipment in the United States are expected to climb nearly one-third their

Denmark had a current accounts deficit in February amounting to 191 million kroner ($27.7 million) f

The surprising increase in the prime rate at a number of major money center banks isn't likely to ha