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Chung in-Yong, new economic planning minister, said Wednesday that South Korea plans no major change

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

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

Hapag-Lloyd's decision at the start of this year to transfer the British end of its North Atlantic s

Dawn Chemical Co. announced the completion of its purchase of Amrep, Inc., a $30 million a year manu

Home Insurance Co., a unit of Home Group Inc., New York, was incorrectly included in an April 30 art

The Shoreham nuclear power station resumed low-power testing to test equipment and train workers, th

Canadian Board OKs Natural Gas ExportsCanada's National Energy Board has approved the reques

A study commissioned by an industry-labor coalition lobbying for import curbs has found that the Tex

Organizers of a series of seminars on the U.S. conversion to a universal tariff classification syste

On Protectionism: Protectionism is a slippery slope that inevitably leads you to a worse pos

South Korean Cabinet Loses Eight MembersSEOUL, South Korea - President Chun Doo Hwan dismiss

GENERAL NEWS A mammoth optical-fiber cable system to link the United States to Asia is under

Federal inspectors generally are doing a good job protecting the nation's meat and poultry supplies,

Franchise Expositions Set for Eight US CitiesThe International Franchise Association will ho

A TORRENT OF PAPER crosses the journalist's desk each day from companies, associations and governmen

The amount of gold mined in Indonesia in the first four months of the year exceeded that for all of

Following passage of federal dredging legislation last year, work has begun on deepening of Hampton

Fri., May 22, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

Customs officers at the port of Dover, Britain's busiest English Channel port, began a three-day str

American Short Line Railroad Assoc., 1987 Western/Southwestern regional meeting, June 1-3. Embassy S

Metal Detectors Urged For Calif. SawmillsFORT BRAGG, Calif. - A timber workers union has ask

Mitsubishi Computer Planned for Space UseMitsubishi Electric Corp., a leading Japanese elect

Whatever the contradictions, Western classical music is strongly on the upbeat in this land of exoti

Himont Inc. posted first quarter net income of $50.9 million, or 83 cents a share, compared with $18

A State Department official said the United States is philosophically committed to a deregulated env

The Supreme Court Tuesday refused to review a lower court ruling that bars Milwaukee Road shareholde

Waterman Steamship Corp. objected to a proposed doubling of service by Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. bet

Sequoia Creative Inc.'s workshop is a fantasy factory. In one corner lies King Kong's hand w

A contest for youngsters to come up with ideas on how to promote British goods has somewhat backfire

Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone ordered Japan's Management and Coordination Agency to launch an imm

Agriculture Secretary Richard Lyng said the United States will press for quick international agreeme

Half the flights by the French domestic airline Air Inter were expected to be grounded by a pilots'

"Australia is in the position of being in a David and Goliath fight against one of the world's large

A Canadian merchant bank has come to the aid of cash-strapped Versatile Corp. of Vancouver, which is

Strength in grain and chemical loadings in the first quarter of this year led rail traffic through t

An explosive device that crippled a Soviet oil tanker in the Persian Gulf on May 17 may have been de

The threat of another trade war between Europe and the United States was lifted, at least temporaril

Australian cattle producers have called for a ban on DDT insecticide after reports that traces of th

The Middle East Economic Survey has listed the 11 state-owned tankers due to be registered under the