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Prime minister Margaret Thatcher's steadfast refusal to consider taxing food and certain other items

Traditional Exports Rice, rubber, maize, textiles, tin, jute, sugar, tuna and pineapple.Pote

The president's budget chief warmed to the role of credit cop Tuesday, saying it's dragnet time for

Chinese authorities are pushing for quality in export production. Under new rules drawn up i

The State Department's top Asian expert praised South Korea for the steps it has taken thus far to o

The past year won't go down as one the port of Vancouver, Wash., wants to brag about, but 1987 figur

A federal appeals court has cleared the way for Great Lakes port and shipping interests to sue feder

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

Citing deadly attacks by pit bull terriers, City Councilwoman Carolyn Maloney on Monday called for l

Former Head of Thrift Sentenced to PrisonANN ARBOR, Mich. - Burton Bongard, of New York, for

July 22, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Spain is absorbing a new increase in Mexican oil production. In a contract concluded this we

Taurus Sells Stock To Australian GroupTaurus Petroleum Inc. said that it sold 5 million shar

Most people take for granted that any U.S. corporation that stretches around the globe and sells $6

Lloyd's Shipping Intelligence said Wednesday that 333 ships have been attacked or damaged in the gul

Consumer prices, paced by a rebound in energy costs, rose at an annual rate of 5.4 percent for the f

The formal signing of a joint venture contract with Inland Steel Industries Inc. of the United State

Production is expected to start in 1990 at an iron ore mine to be developed by a China-Australia joi

The Environmental Protection Agency has drawn the U.S. Department of Defense into its national plans

Japanese auto parts manufacturers are dumping their products in the U.S. market, a senior Commerce D

General Electric Co. said Wednesday it will drop out of the consumer electronics business, which doe

COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.'S BRAIDWOOD NUCLEAR STATION generated its first electricity to customers ear

BP Performance Polymers Inc. will raise its prices on POLYBOND polyacrylic acid grafted polyolefins,

Fireman's Posts $116 Million LossNOVATO, Calif. - Fireman's Fund Corp. reported a consolidat

High sulfur content makes much of Illinois' huge coal reserves unusable under air quality laws, but

US Corn Growers Vow To Fight Unfair TradeThe National Corn Growers Association ended its 29t

The Defense Department is exerting heavy pressure on Japan to buy a U.S.-made strike fighter.

Cargolux Airlines International S.A. said it will acquire a third General Electric powered Boeing 74

NASA, 35th annual experimental aircraft association fly-in convention, July 31-Aug. 7, Oshkosh, Wis.

The Chicago and North Western Transportation Co.'s Global I double-stack yard has seen business grow

Sandbar Continues To Block MississippiBUFFALO, Iowa - It will take until Sunday for a dredge

The Federal Communications Commission will allow the first two Kuwaiti-owned tankers now under U.S.

The New York State Wine Grape Growers Inc. is attempting to puts growers ''in the driver's seat" whe

Joint logging operations by Japanese and Malaysian companies in Sarawak State have all but destroyed

Delaware's insurance commissioner is investigating USF&G Corp. and Fireman's Fund Corp. for possible

The British government is urging other countries to respond more quickly to the plight of the world'

Wed., July 22, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The battle for China's first international credit card is ending in a draw, with two U.S. heavies pr

FMC Corp. reported net income of $123.0 million, or $2.59 a share, compared with $49.0 million, or 4

Employers will be required to pay $19 per plan participant for government pension plan insurance und