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U.S. companies rely heavily on earnings and other financial barometers to measure the performance of

U.S. corporations are taking to international markets in increasing numbers to raise both debt and e

The U.S. dollar declined against most major currencies Monday on news U.S. personal income in July r

Canadian producers of rapeseed oil are predicting that thousands of soybean acres in the United Stat

The U.S. Postal Service is stretching all the way to Southeast Asia for supplies of rubber bands, ac

A new system for cleaning flue gases from thermal power stations fired with waste has been developed

Computer Group Hits Circuit Board RulingThe Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers As

At least 25 Hong Kong knitwear manufacturers are expected to be prosecuted for alleged violations of

Malaysia and the Philippines have begun a public relations counterattack in the United States agains

SEATTLE DISTRICT - Vessel Manifests. Seattle Customs no longer requires presentation of a dock copy

National Conference of Insurance Legislators will hold its second 1987 seminar Sept. 9-11 in Newport

A slump in electricity sales and mounting debt have forced the Bonneville Power Administration to in

The shipping industry faces at least two more years of uncertainty after yet another "disastrous" ye

Tennessee Valley Authority bought only 9,500 tons of steam coal, all for its Kingston, Tenn., steam

Coast Guard Publishes Licensing ProposalThe Coast Guard published its licensing proposal for

HTI Ships Inc. and its subsidiary Island Shipping Lines Ltd., which operates in the Guam-Japan trade

KPL Gas Service, Topeka, Kan., said it has renewed a coal supply contract with Arch Mineral Corp. th

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

A small Connecticut company's surprise showing in the race for an AIDS vaccine is good news for medi

The Glidden Co. and Shinto Paint Co. of Osaka, Japan, have signed a technical licensing agreement na

The New York State Consumer Protection Board said it will conduct public hearings to determine wheth

Huntingdon Enters Talks to Buy WTI Inc.HUNTINGDON, U.K. - Huntingdon International Holdings

Modern techniques of genetic engineering are "powerful and safe" and no more dangerous than selectiv

Unilever has agreed to purchase from the British Secretary of State for Education and Science part o

McDonald's Corp. denied rumors in the stock market that it planned to switchfrom plastic to

George White, general manager of Westburne Industrial Enterprises Ltd. of Mississauga, Ont., is in a

The counsel for the Dalkon Shield Victim's Association says the case of the intrauterine device "is

A New York bankruptcy court has agreed to allow American President Lines to take over the United Sta

Mass. Faces Challenge On Rate RejectionWorkers compensation carriers in Massachusetts will h

The Seafarers International Union of North America opens its triennial convention today facing old p

No one predicted it would turn out this way. After two months of calm, amicable labor negotiations,

United Parcel Service Inc.'s new labor contract with the Teamsters union hikes workers' wages by mor

A Customs Service test of paperless entry filing in Southern California has been under way for less

The head of mainland China's operation to build commercial ships forforeign customers puts it simply

The packaging industry wants to make sure that table grapes don't turn to wine before their time.

The U.S. dollar fell sharply Friday on news of a downward revision in second quarter U.S. gross nati

The main number didn't show it, but there was real trouble lurking in the latest government assessme

The pace and scope of economic reform are very much in doubt due to divisions in China's ruling lead

A refocusing on the U.S. trade deficit and other negative economic fundamentals will push the dolla

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