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The state Price Administration is lifting price controls on 749 commodities, the state-run China Dai

Democrats bolstered, but only moderately, their majority in the House of Representatives in Tuesday'

Coal trade negotiations between the U.S. and Japanese governments apparently have hit rock bottom af

The mayors of Chongqing and Toronto, the largest cities in China and Canada, signed an economic acco

The stock market, shrugging off news that the Democrats gained control of the Senate, edged ahead We

US Official AwardedGATT PostGENEVA, Switzerland - Charles Carlisle, chief textile ne

Donald Carson, general organizer of the International Longshoremen's Association, and seven other me

More than a year after the European Community reached agreement on a plan to reduce exhaust emission

GENERAL NEWSThe Democrats' strong showing in this year's Senate races leaves their leadershi

One of the nation's largest freight brokers is launching an elaborate new venture borne of deregulat

The U.S. merchandise trade deficit next year will decline significantly, according to a new Commerce

The Democrats' surprisingly strong showing in this year's Senate races leaves their congressional le

General Motors Corp. announced it will lay off about 500 workers next month at its Flint assembly pl

Tax payments will rise at Ryder System Inc. but so may earnings as a result of changes in the tax la

Previously deadlocked negotiations between representatives of the United States and Japan on renewa

Here Comes '88 WASHINGTON - The 1986 elections have scrambled the equation for the 1988 pres

New Zealand will throw open its doors to foreign banks next year, but Bank of New Zealand isn't afra

China's Guangzhou province is about to embark on a major advertising binge in the United States to i

Voters in Marin and Sonoma counties were asked to make their counties the first in California to bec

Indian nuclear scientists solved the problem of uncontrollable vibrations at the country's largest a

Enron Corp. of Houston completed the sale of its Enron Chemical Co. subsidiary to National Distiller

Market For BariumIs MixedThe market for barium carbonate has firmed, while barium ch

The operators of the fledgling port of Fernandina Beach will be receiving a dose of "European know-h

Lilco Pays NiMo Cash On Interest ObligationsSYRACUSE, N.Y. - Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. said

U.S. soybean exports are continuing to surge past year-ago levels as the 1986-87 marketing year ente

Congress has taken the first step toward easing the traffic jam at this port's Industrial Canal lock

A recent statement by the Danish government that it welcomes a Gothenburg- Frede rikshavn rail-ferry

CBT Chairman Gilmore Won't Run for 2nd TermCurrent Chicago Board of Trade Chairman John Gilm

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission asked for comment on proposed contracts. The Chicag

Negotiations for local longshore contracts in four North Atlantic ports are being pressed, spurred b

India's coffee exports rose to 99,298 metric tons in fiscal year 1985, ended in March, from 68,896 m

The first U.S. warships to visit China since 1949 arrived Wednesday at Qingdao, where the last U.S.

Argentina exported 711,948 metric tons of grain, oilseeds and grain subproducts in October, down fro

The Uruguay round of international trade talks could provide an opportunity at least to freeze curre

Hampton Roads Steamship Agency of Norfolk filed for liquidation after being pulled down by the busin

The Indian State Trading Corp. has reportedly decided to import some 300,000 metric tons of sugar du

The concept of a single European Community ship registry proposed by two top EC officials has not be

The Federal Maritime Commission will tighten requirements on carriers and conferences in the foreign

The chief executive of Navieras de Puerto Rico predicts the government-owned shipping line will turn

Seamen's Institute Sets Boat-Handling CourseThe Seamen's Church Institute for the first time