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Senator Line, the latest carrier to announce it would start a round-the-world container service, sai

Vietnam, India Sign Exploration AgreementBANGKOK, Thailand - Vietnam and India signed an agr

Heating oil and gasoline prices on the cash markets were lower Tuesday after prices firmed Monday to

Management and labor representatives are still negotiating at the Rotterdam- based Europe Container

Isramco Inc. , a U.S. company with oil and gas interests in Israel, said drilling has begun on the A

The U.S. dollar continued to drop sharply against the deutsche mark and yen Tuesday despite reports

Although many U.S. manufacturers still feel the use of computer-guided automation is too expensive f

The Navy and port of Everett commissioners say $43.5 million will buy 143 acres of port land on whic

China will take further steps to reform its banking system but will not turn away from Socialist pub

In spite of business community protests, the Supreme Court affirmed the right of states to mandate t

Top Firms Increased '85AppropriationsCapital appropriations by the nation's 1,000 la

The flow of goods between Hong Kong and the United States slackened in November 1986, despite a shar

Over half of all Norwegian-owned drilling and accommodation rigs have been idled, with 29 of the 53

In a move that it says could help to reduce Japan's runaway trade surplus with the United States, a

GENERAL NEWSLeading indexes of employment and inflation rose sharply in December, the Center

Portland's Terminal 6 saw its millionth imported car - a Honda Acura Legend - unloaded last week, wi

Work has nearly returned to normal at French ports after the suspension on Jan. 3 of a bitter two-w

Two alternative-energy plants valued at $200 million will be built, owned and operated in California

The number of working oil and gas rigs in the United States dropped this week to 916, down 46 from t

The fate of highway funding legislation should become much clearer in the next two weeks. Bu

Big money, says the founder of the Maui Visitor's Bureau in Hawaii, is in the Atlantic and Pacific

An Iranian gunboat fired two artillery rounds at a Liberian-registered tanker as it cruised toward t

The U.S. dollar dropped sharply against all major foreign currencies Monday in the aftermath of the

Union Carbide Corp. asked for an injunction that would delay any action on India's US$3 billion suit

Cigna Affiliates Gain Foreign LicensesCigna Corp. said two affiliates received licenses to o

CSX Changes Names Of Two SubsidiariesRICHMOND, Va. - CSX Corp. changed the names of two of i

Electronics Show Draws Record CrowdLAS VEGAS, Nev. - The 1987 Winter Consumer Electronics Sh

Haiti will soon make a drawdown from a loan package recently granted by the International Monetary F

Saudi Arabia initialed a memorandum of understanding with Swedish companies for the construction of

Demonstrators angered at strikes by state workers scuffled with union members at the headquarters of

Officials from the world's eight leading coffee exporting countries decided Friday to call a full me

Intertanko, the Oslo-based international organization of tanker owners, warns that a decline in the

The New York Insurance Department appears unlikely to establish a joint underwriting association for

Citing South Korea's unprecedented, sizable current account surplus in the past year, President Chun

Striking crewmen have returned to work on the Pionar, a Greek merchant ship, but the vessel now face

Financial observers here predicted the realignment of the European Monetary System announced Monday

Monday, January 12, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

A recent decision by the U.S. Trade Representative to waive import duties on Philippine sugar import

Staley Hikes MaltodextrinList PriceA.E. Staley Mfg. Co. decreased the list price on

Trinidad and Tobago's once buoyant economy is starting the new year with empty national coffers.