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The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries said the Soviet Union agreed to a temporary cut of

Further cuts in tonnage and some growth in seaborne trade are unlikely to restore balance on freight

The Soviet Union apparently has had enough of being the odd man out of the world trade community.

If one good turn deserves another, as the adage has it, then one good Federal Reserve discount rate

When their suits get shiny, their shirts torn, their sweaters snagged, many Americans give away thei

The loss of a lucrative contract to fly supplies to an Angolan diamond mine was one of several even

Hong Kong Holiday HONG KONG - Hong Kong marks Liberation Day today with a local holiday.

Norfolk Southern Corp.'s decision to drop out of the Conrail buying game is a shot in the arm for t

Bermuda Container Line plans to move its operation in the Port of New York and New Jersey to a nearb

A recently appointed three-member advisory panel has until next Monday to submit to Congress its rec

Toyota Motor Net Lowest in 5 YearsToyota Motor Corp. reported net income for the year ended

The Interstate Commerce Commission vacated its decision to allow Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. to ab

Faced with heavy demand, American President Cos. said it doubled the number of its container trains

A new issue index calculated by Standard & Poor's Corp. jumped 56.4 percent in the first half of 198

The U.S. Arab Management Co. Inc., a Washington-based consulting firm that assists U.S. businesses i

Pan Am Agrees to Pay $1.9 Million FinePan American World Airways became the latest victim of

The following are the results of Thursday's St. Louis Merchants Exchange call session for barge frei

The United Kingdom's role as one of the leading exporters of capital was highlighted in latest gover

South Africa has been stockpiling strategic minerals and manufactured products for the last 10 year

There are many donors around the world who want to help set up a viable link between the Indian Ocea

The landlocked nations of southern Africa, worried by South African threats to cut off their lifelin

Evidence of an economic slowdown in Canada is continuing to mount. The federal agency, Stati

Indonesians in US LOS ANGELES - J.B. Sumarlin, Indonesia's minister for national development

MARITIME TRANS FREIGHT LINES (New York) - Rupert M. Hickler was appointed owner's representa

U.S. Rep. John Dingell is questioning the U.S. plan to fight Canadian duty rebates designed to attra

The U.S. dollar moved higher over a broad front Friday in response to the surprising 4.3 percent inc

Analysts suggested the rise in durable goods orders in July wasn't as promising for the sluggish nat

The Insurance industry split a decision with the public in a round of surveys about availability and

Friday, August 22, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanadaU.K.

City councilmen plan to ask for a special appropriation to buy smoke detectors for the city's fireho

The already rapidly growing American Excess Insurance Association raised $8.5 million more capital f

State Health Commissioner David Axelrod said he wants New York's attorney general to shut down a Man

The U.S. property/casualty reinsurance industry continues to approach underwriting profitability aga

Conn. Forbids Questions About AIDS TestingHARTFORD, Conn. - Insurance Commissioner Peter W.

Dominion Insurance Co. of America was ordered into liquidation by a New York court as hopelessly ins

TWA Debt, Preferred Downgraded by S&PStandard & Poor's lowered Trans World Airlines' senior

Fundamentals are deteriorating for the pharmaceutical industry, but drug stocks will continue to out

The stock market is within striking distance of its early July high, but analysts said the aging bul

U.S. copper producers got unions to agree to wage cuts without a strike this summer, but the price

Buried in the House-Senate compromise tax reform bill are technical changes removing some of the sti