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The Malaysian government launched the next stage of its aggressive denationalization program with an

Dissidents May Go Free LONDON - Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev will release thousands of po

The Department of Transportation approved a rate agreement filed by the International Air Transport

A passionate and sometimes testy confrontation is, well, mushrooming on the forest floors of the Pac

JAPAN PHILIPPINES - Up to 6.65 billion yen (US$41.6 million) in aid for new projects in the

Czechoslovakia announced a series of tough new controls in a bid to improve product quality, especia

Colombia Coffee Stocks Put at 10.5 Million BagsBOGOTA, Colombia - The London auditing firm J

Keelung harbor, the oldest port in Taiwan, recently celebrated its 101st birthday. But make that 101

British business leaders are more confident about prospects for the economy and for industry in gene

Affiliates of Texas International Co. and Conoco announced the start of oil production from the Sal

Top officials of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party increased the fiscal 1987 national defense

The government has abandoned a scheme to buy back weapons from Communist rebels but is considering a

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the world price of upland cotton at 48.81 cents a pound

Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner George F. Grode described as ludicrous" suggestions that automob

The Reagan administration is due to report to Congress by Jan. 19 on whether it intends to renew a n

Shortly after taking office in 1981, President Reagan named a group of 27 high-powered businessmen

Hilton to Manage Hotel in BeijingHilton International Co. said an agreement has been signed

OILING FEWER WHEELS: The ramifications of OPEC's deliberations and the oil market's machinations are

Hopes for a last-minute year-end rally by the stock market faded Monday as the market drifted downwa

Selling Amtrak's heavily traveled Northeast Corridor line, a proposal the Reagan administration is e

U.S. oil drilling equipment manufacturers are using a variety of strategies to market their surplus

The volume of laid-up tonnage has fallen to the lowest level for five years, according to Lloyd's of

Top officials of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party increased the fiscal 1987 national defense

The European Commission Monday said it plans to pursue its complaint under international trading rul

Cameroon's fast-growing port of Douala is to boost investment outlay during the next few years to in

World milk production is up about 1 percent this year and is expected to level off in 1987, accordin

Solvent farm banks in the Northeast and Texas are headed to court to argue for a limit on how much

With fewer federal safety agents inspecting factories, some state and local prosecutors have begun u

Sales of existing homes continued to boom as the year ended, driving up the sales of homeowners insu

The Reagan administration's soon-to-be released federal budget begs forcomparison with the T

Calif. Seat Belt Law Seen Having ImpactCalifornia drivers are buckling up in record numbers

Entering 1987, the deck is stacked against U.S. coal exporters, whose fortunes rode high in the earl

Shipping Prices Help FirmMusk MarketThe market for synthetic musks is reported to ha

Teofilo Named Trade Group'sNew ChairmanThomas N. Teofilo was elected chairman of the

Spending on Japan's program to send its first astronaut aboard a U.S. space shuttle will be cut in

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

The leadership of Yasuhiro Nakasone is certain to be severely tested by stormy legislative sessions

The quick and skillful action of crewmembers on a New York harbor tug averted what could have been a

Tomoko Nagamine carefully punched the numbers into her calculator, totaled them and, as she usually

The Australian government has set up a series of committees to improve efficiency on the waterfront.