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The head of the umbrella group representing nine unions negotiating with Canada's railroads urged wo

The U.S. dollar will continue declining for the foreseeable future, as long as the United States kee

The debt owed to U.S. commercial banks by Third World countries dropped in the first three months of

For the past decade, major U.S. banks have treated Latin American debt like South Floridians treat a

U.S. and Japanese negotiators agreed to disagree Wednesday during talks involving Washington's insis

New regulations have been issued to clamp down on fraud, overpricing, tax evasion and other problems

As many as five Navy minesweeper ships based in Puget Sound will leave today for duty in the Persian

Pension legislation is on a fast track in Congress and is expected to pass as part of a reconciliati

There was a loud knock at the door at Navistar International Corp. last month. It was the so

Representatives of the world's space-faring nations are meeting in Hawaii to plan possible cooperati

The U.S. Customs Service has recommended a 100 percent retaliatory tariff on Japanese computer circu

RAILROADS Soo Line Corp. NamesGilmore Vice ChairmanSoo Line Corp. elected Robert C.

Chinese Yard Group In Search of US OfficeA delegation of Chinese shipping officials arrived

Plans have been established to include the private trade in an effort to transport grain and oilseed

An Aug. 10 story about the consolidation of container terminal operations at Montreal misidentified

Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd. of Japan said it will build a plant in the United States by August 19

US Sugar Imports Hit 21,265 Tons for WeekThe United States imported 21,265 short tons of sug

By now, the drama of federal budget deficits evokes the image of televised live wrestling matches -

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

A letter of intent that would return shipbuilding and repair work to the Brooklyn Navy Yard is expec

The California Department of Food and Agriculture's (DFA) Pesticide Enforcement Branch released resu

Hewlett-Packard Co. on introduced five low-priced new computer terminals ranging from $375 up, the l

State utility regulators said Connecticut faces a potential natural gas shortage in the future, but

Toa Domestic Airlines, one of Japan's major carriers, has experienced problems with the same type of

Citing national security, economic and political interests, Texas Gov. Bill Clements has formally as

U.S. banks are free to close about a half dozen debt-for-equity swaps now that the Federal Reserve B

Hungry? How about Sinhuang bearded chicken of Longmen? Or black-haired goose of Qingyuan? Ch

Sitting at an outdoor cafe here, one can sip a cool drink under the shade- giving trees that line th

China has had widespread increases in retail prices in larger cities since April because of high dem

U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese III reminded China Wednesday that it must provide attractive condi

Hill Samuel, UBS End Merger TalksZURICH, Switzerland - Union Bank of Switzerland and U.K. me

Investigators now believe that the engines that powered Northwest Airlines' Flight 255 - prior to Su

The U.S. Department of Agriculture delayed until today implementation of a ban on imports of Austral

AVIATION Investigators now believe that the engines that powered ill-fated Northwest Airline

The International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union is expected to approve a new three-year co

Traditional Exports Electronics, scientific instruments, chemicals, electrical machinery, cr

Still another trucking group has urged the Federal Maritime Commission to require ocean carriers to

New applications, combined with product innovations and continued improvements inprocessing and fabr

Belgian Bank's network in Hong Kong is the first in the world to buy a newly developed computer soft

Supplies of key petroleum products followed normal seasonal patterns, with gasoline inventories decl