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The government reinstated cost-of-living increases on savings and loan accounts in a move designed

Leaves for Washington NEW DELHI, India - Indian Foreign Secretary A.P. Venketeswaran leaves

Indemnification and absolution from liability are playing key roles in a dispute between the Boston

The Department of Defense may ease a transportation safety proposal that would have barred some truc

Several members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries notified buyers of new, increas

CNW Corp.'s Western Railroad Properties unit signed two long-term coal transportation contracts with

Chandler Set to Acquire National AmericanCHANDLER, Okla. - Chandler Insurance Co. Ltd. said

Resin Output IncreasedIn OctoberProduction of plastics resins totaled 3.891 billion

A Portland company that filed for protection under U.S. federal bankruptcy laws late last year won a

US-EC Grain Dispute Could Widen Trade RiftA failure to resolve the U.S.-European Community d

While the attention of most Americans has been focused on Washington's undeclared and as yet ineffec

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

The government will spend more than $3 billion in 1987 to promote non- petroleum exports, said Alfre

President Reagan's fiscal 1988 budget, like its recent predecessors, lacks any good news for the mar

The computers said "Buy!" and institutional investors jumped on the bandwagon Monday, sending stocks

Prime Minister Robert Mugabe's decision to let pass a deadline for imposing sanctions against South

Norsk Hydro is evaluating several ways of getting the most out of the $85,000 daily rate the company

Reform of the tort law liability system for settling civil complaints is alleviating the medical mal

Seaboard Marine Ltd. postponed a decision on whether to transfer the bulk of its operations to Miami

India's shipping industry is drifting while government officials search for a way to address the deb

The Philippine government has postponed talks with 12 creditor banks on renegotiating $9.2 billion i

Maritime industry executives are predicting a modest upturn for world shipping in 1987. At i

Israel Diamond Exports Reach Record LevelsTEL AVIV, Israel - Israel exported a record quanti

Despite few innovations in 1986, makers of personal computers saw a slight improvement in sales and

A publisher says American music lovers shouldn't be able to buy an imported recording of Frank Sinat

What a difference three years can make. When People Express Airlines Inc. entered Texas for

Alexander & Alexander Inc. said three insurance companies agreed to back a new insurance facility fo

A group of Japanese banks, led by the Export-Import Bank of Japan, will provide five Japanese tradin

For the Sydney Futures Exchange, 1986 was a year to remember. Signalling the beginning of w

Monday, January 5, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The pound sterling will fall to $1.45 and yields on 14-year gilt bonds will rise to 10.9 percent by

The government of Singapore expects a boom in high-technology exports to the United States as a resu

After over a month of hesitation, President Corazon C. Aquino has appointed a former management att

The Reagan administration will need help in achieving a fiscal 1988 budget def icit of $107.8 billio

Rescue workers using cranes pulled more bodies out of a crumpled Amtrak train Monday that derailed a

Car sales by the Big Three domestic automakers soared in mid-December to 26.3 percent above December

Japanese construction firms operating in the United States may be danger of an antitrust review.

McDonnell NamesWorshamST. LOUIS - McDonnell Douglas Corp. named James E. Worsham cor

British Company Changes Its NameThe word Shipping has been dropped from the name of a long-

The Kansas City Southern Railroad put itself forward as an alternative to the proposed merger of the