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An increasing number of Americans are taking their vacations in the Caribbean this year, contributin

Portugal's autonomous region of Madeira, an island about 500 miles from the mainland off the North A

The head of the Federal Communications Commission wants to know whether national security is threate

IADB BOLIVIA - $100 million from the Inter-American Development Bank for agricultural produc

Some three years after President Reagan implemented the Caribbean Basin Initiative, U.S. companies a

Falklands Fishing Rules STANLEY, Falkland Islands - A top British fisheries official says ev

A male hairdresser is shown lightly touching a woman's hair in an ad for a multinational company. T

Foreign ministers of the seven-nation South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation today tackle

S. Korea to Counter Protectionism on AutosSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea plans to control

About 170 Brazilian business executives curious to see what they can sell and buy in Cuba after 22 y

Japan and other Asian countries with large trade surpluses with the United States must visibly open

The chairman of a new opposition party and prominent left-wing trade unionist was found shot and sta

Britoil Plans to Sell Its Assets in USBritoil PLC said it plans to sell its U.S. assets and

Supplies of distillate fuel oil and gasoline increased, the American Petroleum Institute's latest we

China will attempt to expand aluminum production in the next five years, despite the cost and poor r

Toxic waste disposal companies in Switzerland will be required for the first time to obtain licenses

Kuhlman Unit Settles Labor Dispute TROY, Mich. - Employees at Kuhlman Corp.'s Bronson Plasti

Domestic fertilizer consumption declined slightly in September from the year before. In addi

Sixteen months ago, Capt. Chuck Hutson didn't believe he was an alcoholic. A commercial airl

Vista Chemical Co. filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission coveri

First Albany Corp. recommended that all income-oriented investors switch out of investments in Cent

A national coal advisory group will tell the federal government next June how the substitution of do

People Express Airlines says it will begin once-daily Boeing 747 service next month between Honolulu

The coal industry is trying to convince the Supreme Court to invalidate a Pennsylvania law requiring

Northwest Airline's order of two 747-200 freighters gives it the flexibility to put freighters back

Babcock & Wilcox Unit To Build Egyptian PlantBabcock & Wilcox, an operating unit of McDermot

Union Carbide Corp. announced agreement in principle to sell the assets of its electrical carbon bus

Council of Logistics Management, New York City round-table. Nov. 14, Bristol- Myers Co., second floo

The Brazilian government could swap railway equipment and iron ore for Chinese coking coal in a $50

Two of Britain's largest general lines insurance companies, Commercial Union Assur ance Co. PLC and

The maker of a stomach balloon used to treat obesity is warning doctors to curtail its use after 80

Antitrust problems in the health-care industry will be the focus of the Federal Trade Commission in

Heavy-duty trucks are starting to live longer on the road than in deal er catalogues. While

Lloyd's of London lawyers say a proposed state rule governing surplus and excess lines insurance bro

Santa Fe Railway has begun offering shippers a network of high-speed, low-cost freight trains opera

Newark Airport to Get Rail Station, MonorailNewark International Airport will be linked with

US Sanctions Expected WASHINGTON - President Reagan is expected to act promptly on recommend

As Hanjin Container Lines and Hyundai Merchant Marine realign from their recent breakup, a port offi

YEARS AGO, IN SWITZERLAND, George Telfer, then our world trade editor, asked a clerk at his hotel fo

The director of the Teamsters union's largest pension fund said he is pleased with a labor/managemen