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A key point was omitted from a Dec. 16 article on California utilities justifying their use of fuel

The World Bank staff issued a strong call this weekend for the United States and other industrial na

THE CARIBBEAN BASIN INITIATIVE may have had mixed results in the Western Hemisphere, but it excited

SONY TO INTRODUCE VIDEO CAMERA IN USSony Corp. said it will begin selling a compact, lightwe

PPG Industries said Friday it has completed the purchase of the Koppers Co. Science and Technology C

In what appears to be a never-ending stream of Pacific Rim petrochemical projects, Indonesia says it

Recent events at ports around the nation have focused attention on the growing politicization of the

FRENCH COMPANY SEEKS BIGGER STAKE IN INSURERThe holding company Navigation Mixte has taken c

Hermann J. Strenger, chairman of the West German chemicals group Bayer AG, tapped his finger on the

TWO BANKS COMBINE FOREIGN EXCHANGE UNITSNEW YORK - Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp. and M

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

The International Trade Commission in January is due to make rulings that could lead to anti-dumping

A two-month-old strike by French nuclear power workers brought a windfall of spot orders for U.S. co

A SURE BET FORECAST: The petroleum exploration and production industry, which has greatly slimmed do

When Mike Haverty talks about articulation, he's not discussing proper use of language. Mr.

American President Lines said it had reached a tentative agreement to sell one of its older breakbul

A multilateral shake-up in Hong Kong's maritime sector is rearranging the players and interests asho

The debate over individual exemptions to the Voluntary Restraint Agreements, or VRAs, on imported st

Citing the reappearance of illegal animal drugs in some European meat, a top U.S. Department of Agri

Still running ahead of its levels at the beginning of the year, The Journal of Commerce Industrial P

Renewed evidence of strong economic growth and the prospect of higher interest rates have helped to

Japan's Toshiba Machine Co. has halted exports to the United States ahead of a U.S. government ban o

Hampton Roads' port deepening of its outbound channel to 50 feet is finished, and shipping lines hav

Uncle Sam wants You to do electronic data interchange. Department of Defense projects aimed

In a pact bridging the biotechnology and drug industries, a division of International Minerals & Che

DOCKWORKER STRIKE CONTINUES IN BRAZILSAO PAULO, Brazil - A dockworkers strike affecting oper

Traders of freight futures contracts on London's Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange don't

Reliance Insurance Cos. may be headed for court if it pursues plans to withdraw its property/casualt

A section of the Mississippi River 20 miles south of St. Louis, Mo., remained restricted to vessels

The nation's insurance regulators approved model legislation Friday aimed at long-term health care i

BRITISH INFLATION REMAINS STEADY AT 6.4 PERCENTBritain's retail price index rose 0.5 percent

Brazil will end 1988 with record annual inflation of more than 900 percent, and a social pact to avo

The Association of American Railroads' board of directors has authorized its staff to talk with the

The planned $880 million merger of Federal Express Corp. and Tiger International Inc., parent of the

JAPANESE FIRM EYES US COPPER PROJECTTOKYO - Mitsubishi Metal Corp. is studying plans to buil

Carlos Andres Perez, the president-elect of Venezuela, predicted late last week that Latin American

Foreign investment benefits U.S. consumers and communities as well as financing the budget deficit a

Western countries that joined in slapping an arms embargo on South Africa 11 years ago are unwitting

Turkey and Iraq will resume trade talks later this month, six months after the Abkara government sus

The European Community named Frans Andriessen its top official for foreign affairs and trade policy,