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A New York City Council subcommittee voted unanimously Monday to recommend to the full city council

While most financial market participants hold their breath in anticipation of today's release of Apr

The International Finance Corp. affiliate of the World Bank is joining with French and British finan

The town that boasts of the world's largest open pit iron ore mine can now make a new claim: home of

Rising private consumption and steadily expanding exports caused the pretax profits of Japanese manu

Mon., June 13, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The American ambassador to Malaysia has stepped in to try to quell a controversy over a local labor

The National Economic Commission announced that it is inviting interested individuals and organizati

COLOMBIAN AIRLINE ACTS TO HALT FLOWER CARGOBecause of repeated seizures of cocaine and probl

The council of the General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade will meet here Wednesday and Thursday to

The visitors with cameras draped around their necks gather near the guide, waiting for the tour to b

As many as 15 additional states will join eight others in a federal lawsuit charging the insurance i

Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK Line) beginning July 1 will expand its vessel capacity and frequency of cal

Sea-Land's top brass and Louisiana's maritime bigwigs touted the carrier's new Americas-class servic

The major challenge facing U.S. chemical producers is to change the public's perception of the dark

Talks aimed at resolving the continuing tangle at the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad by clearing th

A Federal Energy Regulatory Commission administrative law judge has recommended that the proposed $2

June 13, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Heavy supplies of Brazilian debt paper and French President Francois Mitterrand's announcement that

Austria's Lauda Air is flying into and out of Australia once a week, but no frills operator Virgin A

A dramatic accident involving a Boeing 737 airplane has forced the nation's airline industry to chal

HAVEN'T THEY HAD enough of each other? That's the question some might ask about the 12 membe

IBM GETS HIGH MARKS IN MAGAZINE SURVEYComputer chiefs at some of the nation's biggest compan

The U.S. maritime industry has become used to the pabulum of protectionist government policies over

Because of the won's appreciation, South Korea's trade surplus with the United States is expected to

The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

The U.S. ambassador to the European Community in Brussels has reiterated a growing concern that U.S.

EXCESS LABOR WORKERS DRAIN CHINA'S COFFERSChinese factories and offices have at least 20 mil

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

A British company has designed three products to be used as buoyancy aids in water sports. T

It's now up to the Massachusetts Senate to decide if the state's troubled automobile insurance syste

The Supreme Court Monday made it more difficult for insurers and business representatives to partici

ASBESTOS SUITS LUMPED INTO A CLASS ACTIONThe approximately 35,000 asbestos-related lawsuits

Rail carloadings increased in May, giving further evidence the manufacturing sector of the economy c

June 13, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High

Growing plastics use in packaging, construction and transportation is fueling the demand for plastic

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of Commerce , U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, Room HCHB

Sputtering Pan Am Corp. better brace for jarring head winds from its three holdout unions. T

NORTHWEST ACCEPTS TRANSPORT CERTIFICATENorthwest Pipeline Corp. said it has accepted an Orde

Computer chip makers, as thirsty as cattle men and farmers in the deepening drought, say they'll swa