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General Electric Co. has agreed to spend $20 million to clean up contaminated groundwater near its p

Important changes have taken place in the workplaces of many East European countries since the begin

Build a better chicken egg and skeptics will beat a path to your coop. That's the situation

An insurer of corporate bonds has decided to state explicitly that its policies will cover cases of

Nestle Foods Corp. announced Thursday a recall of 600,000 bottles of cocktail sauce because of a def

Robert W. MacDonald says his new insurance company offers long-suffering agents a chance to become "

Mass. Auto Rate Controversy ContinuesMass. Atty. Gen. James Shannon has recommended a 4.4 pe

Wildfires racing toward rural communities Thursday forced thousands to flee as National Guardsmen an

Carnation Co. said it was voluntarily recalling all flavors and sizes of its Bon Bons ice cream nugg

Brother International Corp. named Michael J. Kimball as resident representative in Nagoya, Japan, t

A federal appeals court has decided that a stockholder can sue seven high- ranking Bank of America o

Attorney Melvin Belli, representing some 20 families of victims of a plane crash, says he would pref

Continental Pilots Seek Union BackingWASHINGTON - Continental Airlines pilots are seeking un

Ask a Swede what he thinks about Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson and he'll probably tell you about Ol

AIR CARGO Australian transportation giant TNT launched a new intra-European door-to- door op

John B. Connally faced his creditors Thursday after telling a bankruptcy court he has $93.3 million

French chemical giant Rhone Poulenc received the green light from the Brazilian government for a $50

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

The Scandinavia Fund recently received approval from U.S. and Swedish regulatory agencies to invest

Tateho Chemical Co., which lost at least 20 billion yen ($142.2 million) in Japanese government bond

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

The Conference Board's Help-Wanted Advertising Index rose to a high for the year in July, signaling

Fed Approves Plan By Japanese BanksWASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve Board approved requests

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

Steel production in northwest Indiana is booming as steelmakers welcome the newfound demand.

Foreign exchange futures trading could expand substantially if the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's pla

Brazil's central bank announced proposed guidelines for converting $1 billion a year of foreign debt

Increasing hostilities in the Iran-Iraq war led insurers Thursday to increase war-risk insurance pre

Thu., Sept. 3, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The dollar continued to tumble Thursday and interest rates kept rising, making it likely that U.S. b

Mexico is examining options for using its $15 billion foreign currency reserves to reduce its $100 b

United Technologies Automotive Inc. and Augat Inc. have announced a joint venture agreement for the

Soft drink giant Seven-Up has taken Coca-Cola to court here over allegations that its rival was cond

Boeing's decision to delay for a year the production of its proposed 7J7 passenger airliner is drive

Isuzu Motors Joins Thai Engine VentureIsuzu Motors Ltd., a leading Japanese maker of small t

Saudi Arabia, the largest importer of U.S. feed barley, Tuesday apparently suspended imports for up

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

U.S. officials said Wednesday they have sent U.S. exporters a list of companies and government agenc

A major French winemaker has bought nearly 100 acres of land to start a vineyard in the Willamette V

Most farm experts agree that trade barriers make it harder to sell crops abroad, but there is a disp