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Coffee importing costs would be cut by a third if union weighers could be shifted to a banana-handle

GENERAL NEWS The government's employment figures for May reflect little progress for U.S. ec

GENERAL NEWS The government's employment figures for May reflect little progress for U.S. ec

The suggestion that Brazil may stop its international debt moratorium by paying half of the interest

If anyone needed one more reminder that the U.S. economy is sluggish, the Labor Department's report

Congress is showing increasing concern over Western bank lending to the Soviet Union. Rep. J

The General Accounting Office's two-year study of medical malpracticerecommends the federal

Pope John Paul Begins Pilgrimage to PolandWARSAW, Poland - Pope John Paul II today begins hi

NY Bill Would Allow Investments in CDsALBANY, N.Y. - The state insurance fund could invest i

Bunzo Yoda, a Japanese bond trader, often watches the clock and dozes near his desk, but no one has

The airlines' new deep discount fares are saving travelers hundreds ofdollars, but for some

The U.S. dollar was broadly lower Friday, although it moved up from its lows of the day on short cov

Shanghai Opens First Money MarketBEIJING - Shanghai, China's industrial hub and growing fina

From London to Chicago to Tokyo to New York, the world's financial centers are linking up piece by p

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

Fri. June 5, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K.

With eastbound cargo traffic out of the United States growing thanks to the declining value of the d

Twenty-four-hour automated securities trading is one of the key positioning factors in a proposed st

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

Dow Increases Price Of AA MonomerMIDLAND, Mich. - Dow Chemical Co. has announced a 3 cent-a-

Mexico exported $740 million worth of petrochemical products last year, a substantial gain from the

Major European airlines expect a 40 percent higher profit this year after a traumatic" year in 1986,

Jamesbury Licensed To Sell ValvesPullman Leasing Co. has licensed Jamesbury Valve Corp. of W

The navigator of a Soviet fishing trawler working off the Oregon Coast will not soon forget this sma

Faced with a Congress moving determinedly toward airline consumer-protection legislation, the Transp

''We're not the guys who call you on the phone during dinner to sell aluminum siding." Peter

The High Productivity Integral Train Project seminar June 23 at the American Congress Hotel in Chica

Allegis Plans to Study Restructuring ProposalAllegis Corp. said it has received a proposal f

Battling his way through airport traffic, the freight forwarder glanced at his watch and at the stac

The government of Oman is upset that vessels plying the Straits of Hormuz are coming too close to th

On Dock Labor Competition: "Some years ago, we probably would have gone out and raised some

The Maritime Administration refused to consolidate into one proceeding the various proposals to ente

A delegation representing three Japanese shipyard groups is taking advantage of Nor-Shipping week in

The National Maritime Union and and dry-cargo and tanker companies will resume negotiations Thursday

People who want life insurance but don't want to take AIDS tests will be getting less coverage than

An experimental drug has been shown to suppress the AIDS virus and strengthen the body's immune syst

Consumer advocate Ralph Nader is backing legislators who want to remove the insurance industry's exe

Health professionals, faced with a growing number of dying AIDS patients in hospitals, have begun to

By now, the pattern is annoyingly familiar: American scientists come upon a promising discovery. The

Resolving conflicts between natural gas producers and interstate pipelines over take-or-pay contract