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The government has decided to allow foreign banks to accept time deposits for more than six months a

Foreigners Reduce Investments in TaiwanTAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan approved foreign investments

Japan's proposed tax cuts will give a big push to capital investments from the country's private sec

In a new spirit of cooperation, the competing ports of Everett, Seattle and Tacoma are talking about

California Promotes Exports in SingaporeChalk up another "first" for California: A two-week

Even in remote northwestern China, only recently opened to Westerners, American businessmen can be f

Pounding the podium and with the voice of a fire and brimstone preacher, Dave Beck, 92-year-old form

The Frankfurt-based communications company Telenorma, a subsidiary of the Bosch Group, won a contrac

British Petroleum Co. Seeks Oil in EcuadorQUITO, Ecuador - British Petroleum Co. Ltd. began

Philippine President Corazon Aquino has unveiled a land reform program for Negros Island, where wide

Australian agricultural officials do not expect any improvement in the international trading of farm

An oil rig in Abu Dhabi belonging to Denmark's A.P. Moeller concern was hit by three missiles, a com

Dow Chemical Co. said its third-quarter profit soared 56 percent from a year earlier despite a 3 per

A senior Chinese official acknowledges the frustrations and disappointments involved in the hunt for

The U.S. Maritime Administration plans to move three massive liquefied natural gas tankers to a Narr

The chairman of Exxon Corp. said he expects a gradual rise in oil prices before the end of this deca

BASF completed a major restructuring of its North American operations. The consolidation of

Crude oil production in Argentina fell 3.8 percent in September compared with the month before, the

Security was tightened at offshore oil drilling platforms after a reported sabotage threat by Sikh t

The supply of distillate fuel oil continued its seasonal buildup, according to the American Petroleu

Merchant seamen from Third World countries are increasingly being denied shore leave in the United S

The Tennessee Valley Authority purchased 36,000 tons of spot coal from aKentucky mine owned

A pond of salt water turned the sun's rays into electricity and may save a factory thousands of doll

Nuclear power plants in Japan will supply 60 percent of the country's electricity needs by the year

A new statute requiring insurers to justify rate hikes of 25 percent or more on commercial liability

Dillingham Ship Repair unilaterally put a new work contract into effect this week, triggering a prot

HOW ITS DONE IN TEXAS. The voice on the telephone was warm and soft. A slow, slow drawl. "Ji

Esteban Davila, executive director of the Puerto Rico Maritime Ship ping Authority, said he received

Omnium Named Agent For Andean LineOmnium Agencies Inc. has been named nationwide marketing,

A week of heavy rains caused a landslide that partially blocked the Panama Canal, reducing traffic t

Metropolitan Backs School Cover ProposalALBANY, N.Y. - Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. is ex

Donald Mazankowski, deputy prime minister of Canada, has said the federal government will award a co

Cruise ship companies belonging to the International Committee of Passenger Lines will participate i

George F. Grode, 40, a professional government administrator with no previous ties to the insurance

The new automobile processing facility at the port of Brunswick, Ga., swung into operation with the

Dravo Corp. said it is exploring the sale of its barge line and stevedoring subsidiaries to the curr

Univar Corp. received final approval from the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission to

The Florida insurance department fined the Allstate Insurance Co. $40,000 ''for refusing to offer au

New Orleans dockworkers ended a one-week strike, and the leader of the International Longshoremen's

The state of California has been accused of venue shopping in the first lawsuit in a bus accident th