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The U.S. dollar was mixed against most major foreign currencies Wednesday in erratic, directionless

Fred Reinstein, president of Turbo Tek Enterprises, found a good market in Japan for his U.S.-made s

GENERAL NEWS A panel of leading economists urged Congress to set more realistic targets for

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

Nicholas Barber, chief executive of Ocean Transport and Trading, had a busy 1986, but 1987 looks lik

Philippine Debt Talks Rescheduled for MarchMANILA, Philippines - Renegotiation of a $12 bill

The United States began meeting Wednesday with its European, Japanese and Canadian partners in the p

Wednesday, Feb. 11, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

Americans aren't the only ones hooked on stocks. Foreign investors bought nearly as much U.S

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

Representatives of U.S. commodity groups told a House subcommittee the USDA's reluctance to spend fu

The National Farmers' Union bitterly attacked a government plan aimed at reducing Britain's food sur

Shouting No to the EC," about 1,000 farmers from around Greece marched through the capital Wednesday

The goal of meeting the budget deficit targets in the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act is out of reach and

The Agriculture Department may go underground with the nation's burgeoning grain surplus - way unde

Brazil Withdraws Beef Price ConstraintsThe Brazilian government freed all wholesale and reta

APC Names Ronald OliveVice PresidentOAKLAND, Calif. - American President Cos. named

A truck driver from Whitestone, Queens, was arrested on burglary charges after a woman saw his oil t

Mobil Oil Co. is taking control of two Indonesian oil exploration contractsfrom other U.S. c

''NORTH DAKOTA IS CLEAN," U.S. Sen. Quentin Burdick was quoted as saying not too long ago. The North

Malaysia will extend its voluntary 10 percent cutback of planned oil production until the middle of

Cash heating oil prices continued weaker this week and stayed below gasoline in unusually slow activ

Nymex Plans to Lower Energy Futures MarginsThe New York Mercantile Exchange announced it wil

Private Carrier Conference, Feb. 17-18, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Greenville, S.C. Contact Private Carri

Starting today, jetliners will trace new routes above the Eastern United States, raising the likelih

Eastern Airlines Suing Its Machinists UnionEastern Airlines is suing one of its three unions

Japanese officials conducted a simulated flight test last week using a computer-equipped aircraft to

Passenger services at Manchester Airport, Britain's busiest air terminal outside the London area, ar

British Aerospace PLC is successfully making inroads into the home territory of the giants in the wo

Air Canada, which currently operates a weekly freighter service between Brussels and Singapore and H

An increase in its passenger loads at several U.S. airports has improved Air Jamaica's operating pro

Greyhound Profits Decline for YearPHOENIX, Ariz. - Greyhound Corp. reported fourth-quarter n

Union Pacific Railroad is giving its automated train control systems a $38 million face-lift and is

South African railway employees began operating transport trains from the Botswana border to Mafekin

William Harris Receives Transportation AwardThe Transportation Research Forum has conferred

The Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad believes National Steel Corp. will grow to become it

Volkswagen do Brasil began regular shipments of medium-weight truck tractors to the U.S. and Canadia

The new wave of interest in anti-lock brakes in the trucking industry has some manufacturers worried

Industry shipments of plastics in 1986 gained 6.3 percent (in 1982 dollars) as volume rose in respo