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The Polish Parliament approved a package of economic legislation giving the government power to free

The governments of France, West Germany and Great Britain agreed in principle to hold talks with the

Navistar International Corp. offered 106.3 million common shares at $4.75 a share Friday and the sto

A Guilford Transportation Industries spokesman claims Boston area public transit officials do not ha

Airlines need to guard against subtle efforts to re-regulate the industry, the president of the Air

American Airlines recently completed a sweeping change of its security procedures for international

Southern Air Transport, the all-cargo carrier linked to arms shipments to Iran and Nicaragua, is hop

A Japanese government commission has concluded that improper repairs by the Boeing Co. caused the cr

The fateful crash of a Japan Air Lines jumbo jet over central Japan in August 1985, killing 520 of 5

Bulldozers grunt and jackhammers clatter at rising hotels and shopping malls. Well-dressed workers j

Even if the old argument over grain embargoes doesn't become a national farm issue, it's still there

The U.S. dollar was generally mixed against major foreign currencies Friday as the foreign exchange

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

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

More than 300 unsecured creditors of a local unit of the Deak Perera finance house are being offered

IFC Helps to Establish Bank in HungaryThe International Finance Corp. is helping to establis

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

Friday, Dec. 19, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Moller Names M. LauridsenTo New PostMoller Steamship Co. promoted Mogens Lauridsen t

Malaysia is putting more restrictions on imports, but neighboring Indonesia is relaxing its regulati

Seaboard Marine Ltd., the steamship line/agency that sparked the entry of non-International Longshor

Consumer prices, led by increases in food and new automobile costs, climbed 0.3 percent in November,

Michel Camdessus, the International Monetary Fund's next managing director, will face an array of pr

The federal government recorded a $27 billion budget deficit last month, down substantially from the

MCI Nears Completion Of Fiber-Optic NetworkMCI Communications Corp. said construction will b

Bulldozers grunt and jackhammers clatter at rising hotels and shopping malls. Well-dressed workers j

A wrongful discharge suit was filed against Lockheed Corp. by a computer specialist who claims he wa

Toyota Sees 1 percent Decline In Production Next YearToyota Motor Corp., Japan's largest aut

China and the Soviet Union signed a contract to reconstruct a metallurgical plant that was built in

Low commodity prices on international markets and increasing domestic costs are hammering mining com

GENERAL NEWSFood and new car price increases boost consumer prices in November. Page 3A No

A laissez-faire philosophy that allows market forces to determine prices for goods and services is r

More than a foot of soggy snow blanketed eastern New York by Friday morning, dragging down power lin

Price Increases Announced by Olin Olin Corp. announced an increase in off-list prices for it

Platinum prices are expected to average US$550 in 1987, compared with an expected average of $526 i

S. Korean Firm SignsHimont PactHimont U.S.A. Inc. signed an agreement with South Kor

The state Public Service Commission's policy requiring consumers to pay for charitable contributions

Lauhoff Grain to Get Coal Cogeneration PlantBabcock & Wilcox will install a coal-fired cogen

Lilly Industrial Coatings Inc. and London Laboratories Limited announced an agreement in principle p

Mexico's problems often have been traced to the runaway spending that followed the nation's discover