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Despite periods of setback and stalemate, Western Europe is slowly inching toward its goal of creati

Locomotive Unit of GM Picks Warner DETROIT - The appointment of a Canadian executive to head

Sales of U.S. savings bonds climbed to $646 million in February, 24 percent ahead of the total a yea

IBM Italia and Fiat are forming a joint venture information service, to be known as Intesa and speci

Employment figures in February once again were stronger than expected, as service and factory jobs e

Top Brazilian economic representatives carry to Tokyo this week their globe- trotting search for pol

GENERAL NEWS General Motors Corp. says it will save up to $3 billion this year and about $10

Jerry C. Welsh was named senior executive vice president, marketing and strategic development, of th

General Motors Corp. says it will save up to $3 billion this year and about $10 billion annually by

The paper industry says it's headed for another record year as the dollar's weakness against major c

Chinese Goods Fair NEW YORK - Some 150 manufacturers, brought to New York by China's Foshan

The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee today will unveil a more moderate trade bill in a

Treasury Secretary James A. Baker III said the United States must continue to be aggressive about br

Japan Line Ltd., one of the nation's largest shipping firms, may manage to avoid a pending serious f

What should a U.S. importer do when he believes the dollar probably will strengthen but fears it mig

When it comes to Federal Reserve monetary policy, lightning is not likely to strike twice any time s

In what is thought to be an unprecedented move, a U.S. company is establishing its Asian headquarter

A 21-year project to deepen the port of Stockton's ship channel is fin ished, said Alexander Krygsm

An elusive and potentially costly definition of waterfront "employer" lies at the heart of the feder

Foreign Ship Orders Slide in South KoreaSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's shipbuilding indu

That the cruise industry will be marked by greatly expanded capacity is a given. The question is whe

The port of Oakland plans $226 million in capital spending over the next five years. Its exp

After 25 years as import manager for various retail department stores and custom house brokers, Jack

The Reagan administration will not recommend pre-funding for retiree health- care benefits, a growin

The Propeller Club of the United States. Presentation of Maritime Industry Salute to Congress Award

Nationwide Insurance reported a record operating loss of $859 million for 1986. The company

Legislation aimed at preventing an insurance crisis for homeowners this time was introduced here by

The French state-controlled oil group, Compagnie Francaise des Petroles, or Total-CFP, is boosting i

The Long Island Lighting Co. will be allowed to burn higher sulfur oil through 1990, if legislation

Life Insurance Industry Booming in JapanThe Japanese life insurance industry has enjoyed a c

European oil prices closed the week sharply higher in response to a reported decrease in oil product

The Socialist government presented to Parliament a draft law permitting a state takeover of an inter

Japan Extends Loan To Mexico's PemexThe Export-Import Bank of Japan signed an agreement to e

A Japanese consortium of three oil development companies discovered two promising oil deposits in th

Spot prices for natural gas sold through the Natural Gas Clearinghouse Inc. held steady or weakened

The nation's longest oil pipeline soon will be ready for business, but producers of California's che

A Japanese trade official said he was not pessimistic about semiconductor chip talks with the Unite

RCA Laboratories demonstrated its new technology - full-motion videos on compact disk read-only memo

A senior Chinese official said the plunge in new foreign investment contracts last year reflected a

Japan and Burma exchanged notes for a total of 1.1 billion yen ($7.1 million) in Japanese grants for