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GENERAL NEWS Recent optimism by the Senate Budget Committee chairman gives way to concern ab

OFFICIAL WASHINGTON CAN STILL LAUGH AT ITSELF and much of the world around it. Sometimes tha

The Reagan administration is encouraged by Brazil's apparent intent to improve its copyright law.

U.S. automakers scheduled the assembly of 152,339 cars in domestic factories this week, according to

Just a few weeks ago, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Lawton Chiles was upbeat about getting an ear

The Senate may approve its version of a comprehensive trade bill by the middle of next week, Senate

GENERAL NEWS Recent optimism by the Senate Budget Committee chairman gives way to concern ab

Governments and bankers of the industrial world were warned here Thursday that unless they provide r

Contracting for new construction dropped 6 percent in May to an annual rate of $233.5 billion, accor

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

Average Broker's Pay Tops $97,000 a YearNEW YORK - The average earnings of retail stockbroke

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

The U.S. dollar inched higher in a quiet market Thursday. Analysts said the market may be po

Pennsylvania officials will battle the trucking industry over the fate of $500 million in disputed h

A sharp increase in Mexico's foreign sales has not brought the unbridled opti mism that many economi

The Chicago Board Options Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade formed a joint venture to trade fu

Todd Pacific Shipyard in Seattle has lost a $9 million contract to repower a Washington state ferry

Heller Overseas Corp. said its international factoring business is expected to grow 15 percent to 20

The keel for the 270-foot medium-endurance U.S. Coast Guard cutter Mohawk has been laid at the Derek

At a time when the nation's merchant marine fleet is in precipitous decline, the Navy plans a museum

Embryonic signs of consumer backlash are surfacing in South Korea amid the continuing political turm

The Baltic Exchange, the London shipping market where cargoes for merchant ships are fixed, is consi

The Federal Maritime Commission is divided on how to ensure that service contracts are not used to c

In an attempt to bolster sales, Nissan Motor Corp. and its dealers this weekend will try selling car

Thu., June 25, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

University Creates Biotechnology ProgramIRVINE, Calif. - The University of California, Irvin

The familiar battle lines were sharply drawn as health officials and consumer advocates clashed with

A Navajo tribe leader has appealed to American business to invest in his reservation and help improv

Delegates at the National Congress of Indians say the battle over tribal water rights will grow more

The state Fish and Game Commission is delaying until July 6 a ruling on a proposal to start a new se

Japan and the Soviet Union ended two days of trade and economic consultations Thursday with agreemen

Willy de Clercq is adamant that the European Community is determined to retaliate against the United

Despite Riots, S. Korea Prepares for OlympicsNICOSIA, Cyprus - Rioting in South Korea has no

Acreage in bearing lemons will decrease sharply in California and Arizona by the early 1990s, then w

Togo, a small West African country sandwiched in between Ghana and Benin, isspearheading the

President Alan Garcia has delayed the announcement of a new cabinet, leaving Peru in a political vac

EC Consumer Prices Up Only 0.2 percent in MayBRUSSELS, Belgium - Inflation in the 12-nation

Japan and the Soviet Union ended two days of trade and economic consultations Thursday with agreemen

Willy de Clercq is adamant that the European Community is determined to retaliate against the United

Tiny Caribbean nations cannot live by bananas alone. St. Lucia learned the hard way when Hur