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Multinational companies fear that Brazil's decision to suspend interest payments on its foreign debt

A strong rally by the U.S. dollar and sterling collapsed Wednesday afternoon and analysts said they

Japan will permit major U.S. banking institutions to open branch offices in Japan for their brokerag

Next Tuesday Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson will emerge from his home next door to that of

Rising energy and import costs may boost the U.S. Consumer Price Index to 3.9 percent this year but

Brazil's citrus processors cheered Washington's decision this week that lowers dumping margins charg

Toughening anti-dumping law will be among many controversial issues again this year as the House Way

Asarco Closing Plant For Maintenance WorkNew York - Asarco Inc. said it will close its coppe

March 11, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Home heating oil prices in Pennsylvania have fallen by an average of 2 cents a gallon since early Fe

Venezuela may supply oil to Ecuador's foreign clients while Ecuador repairs its earthquake-damaged

The New York Mercantile Exchange's expanded program, for the exchange of futures for physicals in it

Prices for North Sea crude oil surged above $18 a barrel Wednesday, propelled by tumbling production

Hughes Board OKs Baker Merger TermsHughes Tool Co.'s board decided to approve the terms of a

Supplies of distillate oil and gasoline declined, according to the American Petroleum Institute's la

The drive for French disinvestment from South Africa will move into high gear on March 21 with meeti

Two major power generating projects financed by Japan will be inaugurated next weekend, the official

Triton Energy Corp. said its Canadian unit completed an oil well in Saskatchewan. The well i

At least 5,000 coal miners near this northern Asturian town stayed off the job in a one-day strike

The Long Island Lighting Co. disagrees with assertions that it cannot protect people in the event of

The chairman of the New York Power Authority called for a restructuring of the nation's electric ind

Himont U.S.A. Inc. announced an increase in its Pro-fax polypropylene resin prices, and plans for in

Meridian Diagnostics Inc. announced that it received Federal Food and Drug Administration approval t

Celanese Announces Glycol Price IncreaseCelanese Chemical Co. announced an increase in the s

The St. Lawrence Seaway is likely to capture cargoes from U.S. East Coast and Gulf ports in 1987 bec

W.R. Grace & Co. announced a 1986 fourth quarter loss of $559.9 million andplans to divest i

Bayer USA Inc. announced a loss in overall 1986 net income although subsidiaries Mobay Corp. and Mil

JGC Corp., a Japanese plant engineering company, has won a contract from Virginia Power in the Unite

Georgia peanuts, like those made famous by former President Jimmy Carter, are one reason officials a

For 10 years, California truckers and lawmakers have argued over how to keep loose rocks in truck be

Cruise ship capacity has outstripped customer demand on the lucrative U.S. market over the past seve

Seaborne trade in forest products is one of the few sectors of the dry bulk shipping market that see

U.S. manufacturers are about to jump back on the bandwagon as the pace of anti-lock brake developme

In a move to diminish costs and increase competitiveness against the ports of Antwerp and Rotterdam,

The form of taxation to be levied on shipping in the new Hong Kong register, when it comes into bein

Argentine President Raul Alfonsin is expected to approve a proposal by a large private farm cooperat

The U.S. District Court here endorsed the way in which the Maritime Administra tion approved the tem

A wave of dysentery struck some 500 sailors at a merchant marine academy near this southern Italian

Transamerica ICS Inc. has signed an agreement with Mitsubishi Corp. to recover about 26,000 containe

The Federal Maritime Commission received some high-level, last-minute advice on how to deal with a r