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

Ends Peace Shuttle JERUSALEM - U.S. Middle East envoy Richard W. Murphy ended a week-long sh

The coal industry isn't going to do a flip-flop celebrating the new royalty payment regulations prop

Bernard Pache, the new managing director of Charbonnages de France, the state coal company, will acc

Long Island Lighting Co. filed a federal suit challenging the legality of New York state's and Suffo

World gold production rose 5 percent in 1986 to 50.846 million troy ounces, and will increase every

Group Launches Fight to SaveThe Paper BagROCHESTER, N.Y. - A local humorist, who for

Cyclohexane Consumption,Prices UpThe market for cyclohexane has strengthened due to

Aetna International has convinced authorities in Taiwan to grant it an unrestricted license to sell

Enron Chemical Co. changed its name to USI Chemicals Co. The name change was a result of the

Paralyzed Man Loses Bid for DamagesA federal judge ruled that a man paralyzed in a diving ac

The stock market rose in heavy trading to yet another record Wednesday, paced by surging semiconduct

South African Airways has formed an arrangement with Cathay Pacific Airways to help compensate for

Either society will reform the tort liability system, or major insurance companies will abandon the

Federal Express confirmed it has agreed to sell 1.3 million pounds a week of cargo capacity on its t

Heavy Duty Manufacturers Association annual conference, Jan. 21-23, Washington, D.C. Contact: HDMA,

Protectionism is threatening growth in the lucrative international service industries. A rec

Ansett Prepares to Bid For 49 percent Stake in AustralSYDNEY, Australia - Ansett, the Austra

Three men wearing Halloween masks held up a Federal Express terminal at gunpoint Monday afternoon an

With People Express about to fold its wings, some employees of the airline say they'll remember the

Conservative and liberal truckers clashed sharply over American Trucking Associations' controversial

GENERAL NEWS U.S. consumers were more confident in December than in many months, the Confere

The federal regulatory structure has not caught up with science in the area of health standards for

The flex rating system, a modified prior approval plan to permit commercial insurance rates to vary

Tokyo has instructed a high-level official to press Washington for concerted efforts to halt the dol

Shippers, shipowners and port employers in eastern Canada are casting an anxious eye at a concerted

Brooklyn Union Gas Co. signed a long-term contract to purchase gas from the Enron Gas Marketing Inc.

Thirty-eight percent fewer oil and gas wells were drilled in the United States in 1986 than in 1985,

Burlington Northern Inc.'s natural gas reserves are the main reason for Texas oilman T. Boone Picken

3 Companies Raise Crude Oil PostingsAtlantic Richfield Co. raised its posted purchase price

GOOD NEWS FOR SPOT COAL? Two new coal transportation contracts signed by Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co.

Efforts to bolster oil prices by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries continue drawing

A picnic basket of favorite foods and wines? Brie cheese, white wine and olives with an endive salad

Promising export news has emerged in the second half of the 1986-87 U.S. wheat marketing year after

The reduced flow of worldwide waterborne trade has been accompanied by an erosion of ethical standar

The aging Phelps Dodge Corp. smelter here wheezed to its last gasps Wednesday in a shutdown that cre

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and the Southern Pacific Transportation Co. today will unve

The Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth 2 will take a break from its cruise schedule next September to hous

OOCL Extends Service To Include New YorkOAKLAND, Calif. - Orient Overseas Container Line sai

West Coast ports, hustling to secure the exploding business of Japanese knock-down auto parts, are t