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U.S. maritime officials have a little better idea where Brazil is heading in formulating a new promo

Despite intensive efforts by the Indonesian government to lessen its dependence on energy earnings,

When Chairman Mao Tse-tung died 10 years ago today, he left his successors a stagnating and chaotic

The European Community is expected to implement quickly an export licensing system enabling its stee

Sea-Way Express, smallest of the four carriers serving the trade between Puget Sound and Alaska, has

Cogentrix Inc. recently asked City Council to postpone a vote on a proposed coal unloading facility

Soil and water conservation people will be watching closely as Congress returns this week and prepar

The competition by six major life insurance companies and several commercial and financial giants fo

Private Japanese enterprises are planning to expand their capital expenditures by the end of fiscal

Private Japanese enterprises are planning to expand their capital expenditures by the end of fiscal

Japanese Minister Fired TOKYO - Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone fired Education Minister Ma

Nissan Plans to Expand UK Production PlantNissan, the Japanese automaker, announced a 300 m

Louis Fernandez, former chairman of Monsanto, and Frank Cary, former chairman of IBM, jointly announ

Court Rejects Delay Of Nuclear Plant StartSTRASBOURG, France - An administrative tribunal in

Profit-taking, especially in the pharmaceutical/drug area and among interest- rate sensitive issues

One thing reinsurers are attempting to discover as they meet here at their annual Rendez-Vous de Sep

Auctioneers in Singapore are negotiating privately in an effort to liquidate more of the salvage fle

A submarine cable linking La Seyne, Palermo, Alexandria, Suez, Jeddah, Djibouti, Colombo and Medan t

Philippine Economic Planning Minister Solita C. Monsod criticized the International Monetary Fund Mo

Three companies and three individuals were indicted in federal court on charges they smuggled milli

Brazil May Re-enter Sugar Export MarketRIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Brazil could return to the s

International Cocoa Organization consumers and producers are close to agreeing a mechanism to cover

The Interstate Commerce Commission concluded that no anti-competitive impacts have resulted from CSX

British Airways told the Department of Transportation proposed U.K. restrictions on all-cargo operat

A fictional newscast of a Seabrook nuclear power plant meltdown - run as a politi cal advertisement

Arco Chemical Co., a division of Atlantic Richfield Co., announced the construction of new facilitie

Corpus Christi Petrochemical Co. agreed to acquire the butadiene facility of El Paso Products Co.

Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa denied speculation in Japan that U.S. Treasury Secretary James Bake

Mexico's underground economy - unreported deals and sales of illegal drugs and contraband - has grow

JAPAN INDONESIA - Up to 80 billion yen ($516 million) in credits in fiscal 1986 for economic

Frequent flier programs have proved to be such a boon for the passenger side of the airline busines

Nissan Plans to Expand UK Production PlantNissan, the Japanese automaker, announced a 300 m

Two Indian machinery manufacturers, Larsen and Toubro Ltd. of Bombay and Kirloskar Bros. Ltd. of Poo

When Oscar Wilde arrived in New York in 1918, he told customs officials, I have nothing to declare b

GENERAL NEWSLabor Secretary William Brock cautioned that Social Security taxes are as high a

CAP Air/Ocean Inc. of Houston and Rider Distributors Inc., Hialeah, Fla.,applied to the Fede

The difficulties associated with insuring liabilities in the United States will be one of the main i

A teen-ager has been sentenced to one year in prison for broadcasting a false distress signal that t

Frota Amazonica Finds New Berth at Red HookFrota Amazonica's vessels calling at the port of

United Kingdom ships made a net contribution of 745 million ($1.1 billion) to the country's oversea