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Malaysia hopes to sign a trade agreement with China before the Chinese lunar new year on Feb. 17, De

McDermott International Inc. announced that the Insulating Products Group of its Babcock and Wilcox

The re-election this week of Arthur Scargill, widely considered the most militant of the country's m

The number of oil and gas drilling rigs working in the United States dropped again last week, fallin

The departure of James McJunkin as port director at Long Beach, Calif., is the latest example of a t

The Illinois Insurance Exchange has given new life to the fable of the tortoise and the hare.

Japan's crude oil imports fell to an 18-year low in 1987, largely because it imported more refined o

Bethlehem Steel Corp. has announced plans to sell its shipyards in Singapore and in Beaumont and Por

Lawmakers from crawfish country are boiling over President Reagan's suggestion that spending $200,00

After selling heavily toward the end of last year, foreign investors are expected to buy more Japane

Eight Soviet-made excavators that are powered by General Motors engines will be shipped from Leningr

State-owned Indian Petrochemicals Corp. signed an exclusive sales and market- development agreement

HIGH TECH doesn't always mean high profits. Don't take it personally, said an executive at C

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

Wed., Jan. 27, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Hilton Hotels, the Beverly Hills-based corporation that operates more than 250 hotels and inns acros

Subsidiaries of Kemper Corp. are investing a total of $52 million in a new Bermuda-based reinsurance

Rising inflation is casting a pall over the market-style reforms that have brought unprecedented pro

Footwear Industries of America, a national trade association for domestic footwear producers, named

The Argentine government accepted six offers proposed by private sector investors under the recently

A Canadian apparel industry plan may increase U.S. industry opposition to the U.S.-Canadian free tra

AIR CARGO Equipment suppliers warned airlines against taking a shortsighted approach to carg

The Federal Reserve Board voted 5-to-1 Wednesday to accept, in principle, compromise international c

In a report remarkable for its conflicting signals, the government revealed the U.S. economy grew at

The International Longshoremen's Association has agreed to continue working under its contract for a

Traditional Exports Cotton, yarn, textiles, fertilizers, preserved fruits and vegetables, me

Coal mining companies are pushing to bring electronic data interchange to their industry, lest they

NC Utility Sets Mark For Peak Electric UsageCHARLOTTE, N.C. - Duke Power Co. customers set a

Gasoline and fuel oil markets are not likely to be affected by Coastal Corp.' s plans to sell up to

A dissident member of the New Jersey Highway Authority withdrew his threat of legal action to block

Effective immediately, the Coast Guard is making probably the deepest cuts ever in its operations to

Though their markets are flourishing, New York's largest futures exchanges appear to be suffering fr

One of the 10 Puget Sound port commissioners who would be eligible to receive $18,000 a year under a

Sanofi SA, a French pharmaceutical company, announced that it has acquired Fendi Profumi SpA and Flo

Chrysler Corp. said Wednesday it will close its aging Kenosha, Wis., assembly and stamping plants by

Supplies of key petroleum products followed normal seasonal trends last week with distillate oil sup

OCAW Panel Meets To Decide on StrikeThe Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers bargaining committe

Due to technical difficulties at the U.S. Department of Commerce, we are unable to publish export op

A federal court judge Wednesday required two air cargo companies to follow the letter of the law, so

General Motors Corp. and Penske Corp. said they have received all necessary government approval to b