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Ecuador's non-oil exports will hit a record $1.2 billion in 1986, said CarlosJulio Emanuel,

Japan's last oceangoing commercial whaling fleet leaves for the antarctic Tuesday to close down the

The European Community is planning unspecified trade retaliation against Japan over its curbs on imp

Japan's economy is sinking deeper into the doldrums as industries battle an export decline stemming

With the credit market looking over its shoulder at next week's massive Treasury refunding, analysts

China Drafts Measures To Attract InvestmentChina is drafting a dozen new regulations to enco

Booming domestic exports hit a down-draft last month, though their performance is still substantiall

Japan and Australia are to exchange investment missions with the aim of increasing Japanese investme

SAI Names G. RamseyPresidentREADING, Pa. - Strategic Analysis Inc. named Gregory Ram

The Japanese government said it appreciated U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter's rejection of

Bank of America is swinging the ax in Asia, pruning staff in almost every regional center office in

French banks are rapidly forging ahead with ambitious plans to promote an electronic banking revolut

Big integrated steel mills will be a thing of the past by the year 2000because competitive,

Iroquois Gas Transmission Co. wonders if natural gas and politics make a volatile mixture in Connect

Exxon Corp. reported third quarter net income at $1.06 billion, or $1.46 a share, compared with $995

GENERAL NEWSA new study said mini-mills are replacing the larger integrated steel mills. Pag

The Netherlands and Argentina again failed to reach agreement on their long- running dispute on debt

Diamond Shamrock Corp. reported a third-quarter loss of $97.9 million, compared with net income of $

Norway Says Cutback Unrelated to OPECNorway is not cutting its oil production to cooperate w

Alaskans have been hanging their hopes for an economic rebound on an OPEC production pact, counting

The conference that sets rates for shipments from India, Bangladesh, Ceylon, Burma and Pakistan to t

The newest farm product in this Delaware Valley dairy town is not bovines, but baby beans - Bovina h

The Chicago Board of Trade has set Jan. 1, 1987, as the effective date for phasing out its governmen

Moroccan coal purchasing authorities are scouting the market for 60,000 tons of coal to be burned at

The stock market could be vulnerable to rising interest rates and likely will take its cue from the

Jacksonville is not the only Florida port counting heavily on a Nov. 4 voter referendum. Dad

Boston Edison Co. will start paying commercial and industrial customers to use less power as it seek

Market conduct examinations independent of financial exams are being launched by the Washington Stat

An opening of markets for British coal was forecast last week by David Hunt, coal minister.

The weekly general freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will be asked for an opinion on several questions stemming

Union Carbide Corp. officially opened a new 140,000-square-foot technology and operations center for

Robert D. Kennedy, Union Carbide president and chief executive, praised President Reagan for his act

The first 1,300-megawatt unit of the new nuclear power plant at Cattenom, strongly opposed by enviro

Alaska Marine Lines, a non-union, cost-conscious barge operator, has emerged as the dominant common

Monsanto Co. said its net income in the third quarter jumped to $144 million, or $1.85 a share, from

Market for Balsams Fairly Stable The market for balsams has been fairly stable for some time

The Linde Division of Union Carbide Corp. announced that it will build an $11.2 million air separati

American Ventures Eyes Allegheny Power PactGREENWICH, Conn. - American Ventures Inc. began n

Struggling Tiger International Inc., which absorbed $422.3 million in 34 years and is asking its uni