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Mersey Docks and Harbour Co., which operates the port of Liverpool, reported a pretax profit of 1.0

The House approved legislation to allow U.S. cruise lines to use foreign- built ships in coastal tra

Bermuda Container Line has lost its bid to set up a non-International Longshoremen's Association ter

The Houston Ship Channel remained closed for a second day Wednesday while firefighters continued the

Bank of Japan Governor Satoshi Sumita said authorities of the Japanese central bank see no immediate

Non-Panamax vessels - the kind that are too large to get through the Panama Canal - for the first ti

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

The Dow Jones transportation index rose 10.00 points to 828.13 Wednesday, nearing its record close o

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

The state-owned tin company of Indonesia plans to raise output sharply this year to 27,000 tons desp

Leading indexes compiled by the Center for International Business Cycle Research at Columbia Univers

BankAmerica Merger Could Mean Big LayoffsThe proposed merger of BankAmerica Corp. and First

Wednesday, October 8, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Canada's plastics fabricators shipped $8.7 billion worth of products in 1985, an increase of 11.4 pe

Anti-nuclear protesters blocked roads and disrupted traffic to protest the start-up of West Germany'

W.R. Grace & Co. said it cut 164 jobs in its corporate staff, a reduction of about 25 percent.

New England Hydro-Transmission Corp. says the New Hampshire attorney general has raised moot" financ

The Hope Creek nuclear power plant suspended start-up operations since Sept. 11 because of testing p

Chiron Corp. plans to form an equally owned joint venture with Ciba-Geigy Ltd., the world's fifth la

Peter Walker, U.K. energy secretary, told the Conservative Party's annual conference the government

Hong Kong's local toy industry, the world's leading exporter of toys, has set an ambitious goal to c

Air Products and Chemicals Inc. and Wacker-Chemie GmbH of West Germany signed a new technology licen

Governor Plans Action Against Seabrook TestsMassachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis says the stat

Union Texas Petroleum said it purchased a natural gas processing plant in central Texas from El Paso

Kuwait is standing in the way of agreement by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to e

Escalating warfare in oil-rich southern Sudan has dealt a near fatal blow to hopes of Western firms

Cash petroleum prices gained in the New York harbor area this week, followinggains in the fu

Englehard Corp., Edison, N.J., said it will construct plants in Western Europe and Canada to manufac

Amoco Buys Interest In Texas WellsAmoco Production Co. entered into a formal purchase and sa

Cuba signed contracts with Soviet and French companies to build a base capable of handling oil super

Atlantic Petroleum Corp., King of Prussia, Pa., and Ultramar Petroleum Inc., Monta vale, N.J., said

Petroleum inventory levels, as reported by the American Petroleum Institute, were interpreted as neu

Supplies of distillate continued a strong buildup, according to the American Petroleum Institute's l

A flight attendants union has filed a federal lawsuit against Trans World Airlines alleging the carr

DHL Airways Inc. must provide further information on its Far East market survey before submitting it

Controversial stevedore Hank Milam has accused port officials here of interfering with a $4,700 work

Air traffic controller error has been tentatively blamed by the Federal Aviation Administration for

The key players involved in the pending acquisition of People Express Inc. by Texas Air Corp. are sc

The FBI is investigating allegations that the Federal Aviation Administration softened a 1984 safety

Haz Mat Trans Expo and Safety Conference, on handling and transporting hazardous material. Oct. 1-3.