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Australia is the world's last true frontier, and that makes it a good place for foreign capital to b

The state Health Department is acting with deliberate speed to devise an acceptable testing program

North Canadian Oils Ltd. said it has signed a 10.4-million-cubic-foot-a-day natural gas contract wit

The U.S. dollar edged cautiously higher Wednesday while the foreign exchange market awaited fresh ne

Burlington Northern Inc. reported net profit of $69 million, or 93 cents a share, in the first quart

Tax on Oil Imports Termed IrresponsibleAn oil import fee intended to reduce U.S. dependence

Truckers may need a scorecard this year to keep track of all the safety and regulatory initiatives t

Californians Set Vehicle RecordsCalifornians set records in 1986 for the number of vehicles

Farrell Lines Inc. dropped its bid to carry Military Sealift Command cargo in the trans-Atlantic mar

Spring's coming early in Vermont for the second year in a row, raising the prospect of bitter times

Public Service Co. of Colorado and Union Rural Electric Association reached a preliminary agreement

Combined world output of wheat and coarse grains this year could fall to 1.352 million metric tons f

Business groups told Congress that risk notification legislation requiring warnings to workers about

Barbie, the sophisticated lady doll, soon will be manufactured in India. Mattel Inc. of Hawt

The chairman of the Senate Banking Committee said Wednesday he hopes to curb some Wall Street abuses

Truckers beware. Some 8 million truckloads are hauled over 1,000 miles on U.S. highways each year, a

U.S. carmakers operating in Mexico are being hit from both sides. While U.S. unions rail at

A high-ranking Japanese trade official left for the United States Wednesday for emergency talks aime

Business leaders on this English-speaking Caribbean island say a wide-ranging tariff reform program

Two months into its strike against Crowley Maritime's Puget Sound Tug and Barge, the national presid

Japanese government action to restrict semiconductor exports would be counter-productive to achievin

Central Gulf Lines Inc. elected Erik L. Johnsen a vice president and James M. Baldwin Jr. an assista

World cereal carryover stocks for 1986-87 will increase to 452 million metric tons, compared with an

Chevron U.S.A. Inc., the domestic oil and gas unit of Chevron Corp., began its long-delayed installa

Hawaiian Electric Industries wants to take advantage of potential in property and casualty insurance

A U.K. official threatened Wednesday that unless Japan accepts a timetable proposed by U.K. official

Wed., April 8, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Small Trade Surplus Reported by ECThe European Community showed a small trade surplus in the

A delegation of top rank Dutch navy officers will visit Saudi Arabia this weekend to lobby for a 3

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 50 YEARS, the International Longshoremen's Association agreed to accept wage

Taiwan's trade surplus in March rose to $1.45 billion from $1.32 billion in February, the Directorat

The European Commission announced it has decided to give another 2.7 million ECUs ($3 million) in fo

The fledgling private U.S. launch industry received a boost with the an nouncement by aerospace gian

GENERAL NEWS The Rolls-Royce aero-engine unit returns to private sector 16 years after a tra

International automakers and the Brazilian government are expected to sign a formal agreement here w

The House Armed Services Committee has cut $16.7 million from the Staten Island homeport budget, whi

ICC Approves Plans For New Line in NMThe Interstate Commerce Commission approved Star Lake R

The Engineering Thermoplastics Department of The Dow Chemical Co. announced it is amending a recent

China has moved to limit issues of shares and bonds until the current heated debate over the princip

The socialist government indicated that a near-freeze on wages would end in 1988 if the Greek econom