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Portland waterfront workers got a double economic shot in the arm Tuesday. Sen. Mark Hatfiel

South Korea Will Free Chip Import MarketSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea will end all restri

Chase Enterprises said it completed the acquisition of Ranger Insurance Co. of Houston from an affil

Union members rallied on Capitol Hill in favor of legislation to give retirees' health benefits pref

Lloyd's of London will attempt to bury one of the insurance market's longest- running scandals next

South Korea Will Free Chip Import MarketSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea will end all restri

U.S. workers compensation insurers can throw away the crutches this year. Operations for the

In a move that could ease U.S.-Japan trade tensions, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. said Wedne

Rogers & Cowan Inc., one of the largest entertainment public relations firms in the United States, h

Belgium's largest insurance company is expected to announce a joint venture with France's leading pr

The rise of the yen, engineered to help ease foreign trade frictions, is confronting Japan with a pa

More Employees Have Retirement PlansWorkers are getting more help from companies in putting

In a move that could ease U.S.-Japan trade tensions, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. said Wedne

A British leather company has developed a range of saddlery for endurance riding. The saddle

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Foreign lawyers can practice in Japan for the first time in 30 years under a law now in effect, and

Renewed dumping by Japan threatens to put the only remaining U.S. manufacturer of portable electric

Foreign lawyers can practice in Japan for the first time in 30 years under a law now in effect, and

Chicago Will Host Housewares ExhibitionChicago's McCormick Place will be the site of the thi

A Japanese author has found 650,000 buyers in recent months for two books contending that a worldwid

Sales of microwave test equipment in the United States are expected to climb nearly one-third their

Citadel OKs Payment Over Aborted TakeoverGLENDALE, Calif. - Thrift holding company Citadel H

Gencorp Inc. chairman A. William Reynolds expects to reveal within a week the specifics of the compa

Leather's Popularity Traced to New StylesNew techniques for treating leather have made it as

The labels on non-alcoholic beverages should be required to say the drinks actually may contain some

When Samuel A. Armacost was forced to resign in October as chief executive of BankAmerica Corp., he

Wall Street's insider trading scandals aren't going to smooth the path of banks seeking directors an

French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac told U.S. congressmen Wednesday that his government was increas

The economic goals of Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev appear to include ashift of some re

India's state-owned automaker, Maruti Udyog Ltd., on Tuesday signed its first export contract, a bar

A decade of free-market policies initiated by Chicago-trained economists and the prospect of democra

Burgundy, a rich wine-growing region in the central-western part of France, is striving to develop i

Denmark had a current accounts deficit in February amounting to 191 million kroner ($27.7 million) f

The Caribbean's tourist industry grew in 1986 by 5 percent in the volume of visitor arrivals, booste

Argentine President Raul Alfonsin swore in a union leader as the country's new labor minister amid c

The Japanese probably will be able to head off the worst of the proposed U.S. import tariffs on semi

Richard A. Debs, president of Morgan Stanley International Inc. and a managing director of Morgan St

The Reagan administration has granted a Japanese request for emergency consultations on $300 million

The surprising increase in the prime rate at a number of major money center banks isn't likely to ha

Commercial banks warned they can't take a lead financing role in developing countries and urged indu