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The Commission on Merchant Marine and Defense finally is in business. After 18 months of del

Rejecting mounting political pressures favoring a unilateral debt moratorium, Brazilian President J

New government requirements have temporarily halted the expansion of the Portuguese banking sector.<

Sen. Paul Simon, D-Ill., who is in line for a key Senate Laborsubcommittee chairmanship, is pushing

China's textile and apparel sales to the United States are expected to soar to more than $2 billion

Pyongyang is prepared for the 24th Olympic Games, blares the improbable propaganda here. At

A government advisory council put finishing touches on a proposal for Japan's most sweeping tax refo

The ghost of Smoot-Hawley" will be hanging over Congress next year when trade legislation aimed at r

Caribou Energy Inc. said it has agreed in principle to acquire a 20 percent working interest in an o

New York Mets pitcher Ron Darling says as many as seven of his teammates smoke and several more chew

Home Group Elects M. Manley as ChiefHome Group Inc. announced the election of Marshall Manle

Gasoline prices across the state have decreased by a third since last year and heating oil costs are

The Charterers Mutual Insurance Association announced Thursday that on Jan. 1 it will begin offering

Bonneville Pacific Corp. signed a joint venture agreement with Western States Cogeneration to develo

Eastman Chemicals Division of Eastman Kodak Co. announced plans to expand production of distilled mo

A serious supply-demand mismatch is developing in the Indian coal industry. If the situation

A major synthetic glycerine plant modernization by Dow Chemical Co. nearing completion in Freeport,

Resins ProducersSpecializeSTAMFORD, Conn. - Major producers of engineering resins, s

Production of Canada's seven major grains in 1986 is expected to total 63.1 million metric tons, up

Open Market Sought ROME - Henry Goldfield, U.S. undersecretary of commerce for trade develop

London's influential insurance groups are welcoming long-awaited European Court of Justice rulings g

The westbound shipping conference for the trade from the Western Mediterranean to U.S. Atlantic and

Factory Orrders Plummet Orders to U.S. factories plunged 3.6 percent in October, the biggest

A series of new U.S. customs fees is embarrassing U.S. trade policy-makers. Within a period

The Brazilian government surprised local computer manufacturers and software houses Thursday, submit

Britain's international trade performance during the third quarter of the year was considerably wors

A government advisory council put finishing touches on a proposal for Japan's most sweeping tax refo

A Japanese businessman is plotting to overturn his government's tight ban on rice imports by any mea

With up to $56 million at stake, San Francisco International Airport asked the U.S. Court of Appeals

A Democrat-controlled Senate does not necessarily mean protectionist trade legislation will pass nex

Spending US$410 million to acquire a majority stake in Canada's Husky Oil Ltd. "should prove a good

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

STROLLING DOWN MEMORY LANE WITH NOTHING IN MIND: Twenty-five years ago, media philosopher Marshall M

Metropolitan Reinsurance Co. received a $25 million early birthday presentfrom its parent.

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

Baxter Travenol Laboratories announced that it will eliminate an estimated 5,000 positions over the

Staff at the San Onofre nuclear plant are investigating two incidents of equipment tampering at the

The Society of Port Engineers New York. Dinner meeting in conjunction with the Institute of Marine E

Sen. J. James Exon, D-Neb., sees little chance of any massive infusion of government funds to revive

Typhoon damage to crops may force North Korea, normally not a grains importer, to buy substantial am