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The U.S. dollar continued a slow drift downward Wednesday on what the market saw as fresh signs of a

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

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

A powerful businessmen's organization which helped form the Vancouver Port Corp. is now attacking it

Hahn Bong-Soo, president of the South Korean Trade Promotion Corp., criticized the protectionist att

An unusual libel suit filed by a defector from China against the Chinese Communist Party has caught

Chemical and pharmaceutical stocks, as well as those of public utilities, were in the spotlight Thur

Production at the nation's factories, mines and utilities edged up a tiny 0.1 percent last month, co

Week of August 10-August 16, 1986 This is a compilation of U.S. coal exports for the week. I

Gotaas-Larsen Shipping Corp. reported net earnings of $8.5 million, or 62 cents a share for the thir

The U.S. Maritime Administration plans to move three massive liquefied natural gas tankers to a Narr

A week of heavy rains caused a landslide that partially blocked the Panama Canal, reducing traffic t

The Florida insurance department fined the Allstate Insurance Co. $40,000 ''for refusing to offer au

Crop production forecasts. To many, the very words might usher in the soft balmy haze of slu

Sugar cane output in China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region increased 22 percent this year, accord

An Australian-designed, U.S.-built catamaran, capable of carrying 245 passengers at 28 knots, was pl

Australian agricultural officials do not expect any improvement in the international trading of farm

Heller Financial Lends $80 Million to Itel RailHeller Financial said it is providing a $70 m

An oil rig in Abu Dhabi belonging to Denmark's A.P. Moeller concern was hit by three missiles, a com

Nuclear power plants in Japan will supply 60 percent of the country's electricity needs by the year

Dillingham Ship Repair unilaterally put a new work contract into effect this week, triggering a prot

Kuwait underlined its intention to boost output by unexpectedly chartering six supertankers for incr

More dark clouds are building up in the U.S. farm export picture, obscuring the summer's mild upswin

The TransPacific Westbound Rate Agreement said it has no intention of charging excessive fees at Wes

Now that Union Pacific Corp. had made some moves to get its own house in order, the only logical thi

The Center for Asian Pacific Affairs plans to expand its activities in the Pacific Basin. Th

Forecasted growth in containers moving through Seattle may be just enough positive news to help reli

a new U.N. panel, in a report issued this week, called for full but well- managed exploitation of al

GENERAL NEWSThere will be big changes in the semiconductor business in the next five years.

GENERAL NEWSThere will be big changes in the semiconductor business in the next five years.

Maritime arbitrators attending the monthly meeting of the Society of Maritime Arbitrators here were

Legislation setting national energy efficiency standards for large household appliances, a step the

Cravat Coal Co. of Cadiz, Ohio, made its final shipment in August on a one- year steam coal contract

Somehow during this age of high-flying jumbo jets equipped with weather radar and ships with sophist

New Flights by IPX Will Carry UPS CargoALAMEDA, Calif. - International Parcel Express, a joi

The number of people out of work in Britain fell by 22,000 in September to 3.19 million, or 11.6 per

British Petroleum Co. Seeks Oil in EcuadorQUITO, Ecuador - British Petroleum Co. Ltd. began

Crude oil production in Argentina fell 3.8 percent in September compared with the month before, the

The supply of distillate fuel oil continued its seasonal buildup, according to the American Petroleu

Esteban Davila, executive director of the Puerto Rico Maritime Ship ping Authority, said he received