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Interest rate swap volume rose to a record $57.4 billion in the first quarter of 1987, according to

U.S. factories, utilities and mines operated at 80.5 percent of capacity in July, after adjustment f

Record volatility in the Japanese government bond market during the past five months signals a new e

The equivalent of one in every six skyscrapers in this city is owned by a foreign company. S

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

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

49 Japanese Banks Lend to World BankTOKYO - A group of 49 Japanese local banks agreed to len

Mon., Aug. 17, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

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

Some U.S. exporters say they hope to benefit from a planned $10.2 billion modernization program by T

Taiwan legislators and business leaders are trying to organize a boycott of U.S. goods as a dozen Am

Indonesia's Peanut Use Offers Potential for USIndonesia offers some possibilities as a major

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

Honda to Increase N. American OutputHonda Motor Co. is planning to boost its annual North Am

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese III opened a three-day Sino-American Conference on Economic Law by

Passenger car exports to the United States dropped by 13.7 percent during the first six months of th

Sweden's Berga Brunnsinsatser - located in Akersberga outside Stockholm - has developed a rubbish co

Todd Shipyards Corp. and its Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp. subsidiary filed Monday for protection fro

In March, Belco Resources Inc., a marketing export company based in Eastchester, N.Y., had a load of

While consumers, governments and securities buyers have raised their credit demands through much of

Michael G. DeGroote was named chairman and chief executive of Laidlaw Transportation Ltd., where he

Schering-Plough Corp. said it completed the sale of its "Dr. Scholl's" businesses in Europe and rela

AVIATION Police searched offices of Japan Air Lines trying to obtain material evidence of cr

It reads like an unfinished cheer: hip, hip . . . but no hooray. The Reagan administration'

Carbide Plans Relief For Victims in BhopalBHOPAL, India - Union Carbide Corp., the U.S.-base

Four Southeast Asian countries pledged to streamline customs procedures from early next year in hope

C. William Verity, as the next commerce secretary, may face some early hard decisions given the back

A fact-finding study by the U.S. International Trade Commission reveals sweeping objections by U.S.

Brazil and Mexico, Latin America's two economic giants, began rare presidential-level talks here on

Northwest Airlines has adequate insurance to cover future claims stemmingfrom the fiery cras

The cost of heating a home in northern Alaska can get pretty steep in the winter, so some people thi

Blocker Energy Corp. reported second quarter earnings of $1,860,000 or 3 cents a share, compared wit

Frank's Fuel, North Tarrytown, N.Y., was sold Friday to Original Consumers Oil Heating Corp., Bronx,

Gas Explosion Kills 25 Miners in ChinaA gas explosion in a southwest China coal mine last Mo

One black worker was killed and two were injured in fighting between supporters and opponents of a s

Some coal industry sources see new market opportunities being created in Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.'s dec

A group of municipal utilities in Northern California is weighing a proposal to build a $75 million

The builders of a natural gas-fired power plant in Hazelton, Pa., are banking on using coal gas from

An explosion ripped through a chemical storage warehouse near Seoul's Kimpo International Airport, k