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The dollar was slightly firmer against most foreign currencies at mid-day, having inched up from mid

Brazil Wheat Imports Expected to Rise 10 percentDespite an expected fall in Brazil's 1987 wh

Exxon Co. U.S.A. announced that it will reduce the annual percentage rate for revolving credit charg

What began as a U.S. effort to show resolve in the gulf is bringing backmemories of former P

China's modernization program is heavily dependent on one natural resourcefrom the Northwest

Foreign Bond Sales Hit Record in JapanJapanese investors bought a record number of foreign b

The Nicaraguan economy, pummeled by the Contra war, the U.S. trade embargo and scarce foreign aid, h

In an action that could speed its entry into the Hawaiian trade, American President Lines is asking

The Tennesse Valley Authority purchased 17,300 tons of coal in six spot market contracts issued July

976.5 (July 31) Previous day - 969.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in Lo

Oshkosh Truck Net IncreasesOSHKOSH, Wis. - Oshkosh Truck Corp. reported net income for the t

Members of Congress got a first-hand look at the French Minitel system of small computer terminals t

Prospects that Israel and Turkey will continue to receive major chunks of ashrinking U.S. fo

The government of Taiwan is running scared, as the U.S. Congress works on legislation to punish cou

M. Kathryn Eickhoff, former chief operating officer of the economicconsulting firm Townsend-Greenspa

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission reluctantly granted another short extension of its deadline for

A wealthy Colorado rancher who is a former "Marlboro man" was chosen as chairman of a committee to r

Britain said Friday that it has no plans to send minesweepers to the Persian Gulf at present but wou

A congressional proposal designed to prevent the Seabrook, N.H., nuclear power plant and the Shoreha

The British Coal Corp. said it is determined to defend its home market from foreign exports and at t

James Patrick McGee of Weston, a vice president at Greenwich-based United Parcel Service, died last

Fraud Auditing Techniques. Aug. 4-6, University of Delaware, 2800 Pennsylvania Ave., Wilmington, Del

Mexico Plans Program To Stop Illegal CropsThe government will begin a pilot program in three

The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Gulf Section. Symposium on American ship produ

US Factory Orders Rose 1.7 percent in JuneWASHINGTON - Orders to U.S. factories for manufact

U.S. textile manufacturers say the explosive growth of textile production in the Northern Mariana is

U.S. Ambassador Winston Lord has urged China to address U.S. concerns about doing business in China

Production of the over-budget Lavi jet fighter plane may be halted even before a government decision

July 31, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Utilities and others defending a multibillion-dollar suit over defaulted nuclear power plant bonds i

About 500 people have died this year in China in serious building accidents attributed to poor manag

Some of the nation's top life and health insurers are becoming farmers by default. As govern

Southern Co. Services Inc., is back in the market to buy coal for Georgia Power Co. After an

Ford Motor Co. hopes late vehicle deliveries and lack of coordination between rail and truck carrier

ScanCarriers Offers Service Through BostonScanCarriers is offering service to New Zealand an

Algoma Central Railway, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, recently received a checkfrom the U.S. Tr

The formal launching of a Canadian Insurance Exchange has been further delayed due to an insufficien

Commercial insurance companies have even more restrictions to follow in using an already controversi

American Reliance Group Inc. and its largest shareholder said they sued two investors Friday after r

Buckeye Management Co., general partner of Buckeye Partners LP declared a quarterly partnership dist