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The Maritime Administration is promising to do what's necessary to convince other nations they must

Industries, banks and the governments of eight Mexican states took part in a two-day exhibit and con

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

Coastal Corp. signed a letter of intent with Pester Marketing Co., Des Moines, Iowa, to assume opera

A higher profile in the international small package/courier market, a new service to Japan and expan

Prudential Insurance Co. of America and the McLean Industries companies are waging a court battle ov

Brazil's finance minister said his country will seek to renegotiate its $100 billion debt. I

GENERAL NEWSNovember jobs figures were somewhat stronger than expected, helping the fourth-q

High-speed, low-cost information technology will make secondary markets more accessible to investors

The credit markets have come through the Armsgate crisis without adverse impact thus far and they ap

The Argentine National Grain Board has cut its 1986-87 wheat production estimate to 9,002,800 metric

The government, faced with sharp criticism from independent environmentalists, announced it was plan

SEC Still Studying Triple Witching HourBOCA RATON, Fla. - John Shad, chairman of the Securit

15-Day Rates Notice Struck Down by DOTThe Department of Transportation turned down a proposa

Josephine Driscoll winds up her one-year term as president of the National Association of Insurance

Insurance Took 2.9 percent Of '86 Wharton GradsThe Wharton School of the University of Penns

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle committee has concluded that no changes in the cash se

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle subcommittee, which is reviewing the live cattle futures

An international meeting on ways to protect the Earth's ozone layer ended Friday and delegates portr

Delors to Hold EC Post For Another 2 YearsJacques Delors, president of the commission of the

Christmas Trees Ride Waves to HawaiiIn Hawaii, a popular Christmas card has Santa Claus in s

Latest productivity figures from state-owned British Coal show that South Wales and Scotland are the

Integrated industrial production in South America's two largest economies is a major aim of accords

Conrail Expands Newark FacilityConrail is completing a $5.3 million expansion of its Doremus

The sudden death of Hong Kong's chief executive, Sir Edward Youde, while on a visit to Peking threw

The International Cocoa Organization's failure to agree buffer stock rules for the 1986 Internationa

The debate has raged for years - U.S.-flag carriers want a "fair share" of government-related cargo,

The depreciation of the U.S. dollar against European currencies in recent months hasn't noticeably a

Emerson Kampen, president of Great Lakes Chemical Corp., announced the company has reached an agreem

The Cabinet approved a 1987 budget of 114.7 billion pesos ($5.7 billion), slightly up from 107 billi

AMAX Inc. closed the previously announced sale of its subsidiary, AMAX Chemical Corp., to FCS Energy

Debt-equity swaps could relieve as much as 25 percent to 30 percent of developing countries' debt, s

Opening the world's first full-scale tidal power plant 20 years ago, President Charles de Gaulle sai

Friday, Dec. 5, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Air Canada's hopes of taking over the international routes of rival Canadian Pacific Air Lines are u

Foreign banks are up in arms over what they see as high-handed and discriminatory action by the sult

The stronger-than-expected November jobs report helped the outlook for economic growth through this

The withdrawal of United States Lines from the North Atlantic leaves the door open for Sea-Land Serv

The new Soviet law on joint ventures with foreign companies and the new economic restructuring steps

Inequities in the nation's highway funding programs are increasing thepressure for higher tr